Is Sudan’s battlefield shaping the terms of its next political phase?

Sudan’s war is showing signs of a changing dynamic. Sudanese armed forces (SAF) have made a series of gains in North Kordofan state; the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is facing a new wave of defections; and army chief General Abdel Fattah …

Water crisis makes life in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps even worse

Families displaced by war in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps face crippling water shortages. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been targeting the city’s water sources. Al Jazeera’s Almigdad Alruhaid reports from one of the camps. Published On 26 …

El Niño worsens the hunger crisis in Sudan

Amid a protracted hunger crisis caused by the war that has pushed 40% of its population into “crisis levels of food insecurity”, Sudan is now hit by a dry spell cast by the strongest El Niño in 75 years.​ Displaced Sudanese children displaced at the El- …

South Sudan vows probe after two UN peacekeepers killed

South Sudan’s government has condemned an attack on a United Nations patrol convoy in Jonglei state that killed two Ethiopian peacekeepers and wounded seven people, calling for a joint investigation to identify those responsible. The convoy, operated by …

Is Sudan heading for partition?

Numerous proposals have been advanced for a new system of government. Among them is decentralisation based on states that administer their own affairs and benefit first from their own resources, before the centre (based in the capital, Khartoum) swallows …

Dozens killed in rebel attacks on Sudan’s Kordofan, medical group says

A medical organisation has accused a Sudanese rebel group aligned with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 27 people, including four children, in the southern province of South Kordofan. In a statement on Tuesday, the Sudan Doctors …

Sudan army completes first phase of integrating RSF defectors

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have completed the initial phase of processing and regularising the status of defectors from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the military said in a statement. The move follows a series of defections across …

‘Shameful milestone’: UN chief on dual famines in Sudan, Gaza

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday characterized the confirmation of famines in Sudan and the Gaza Strip as a “shameful milestone” during a Security Council session on global food insecurity, Anadolu reports. Guterres reported that 2025 has …

Christians in Sudan Face Killings, Abductions, Church Bombings in the Midst of Civil War

Two church leaders and six other Christians in Sudan were slaughtered during recent attacks, while violence toward Christians increases as the nation’s civil war rages on. Communities are being caught in the crossfire of rival armed factions in the war, …

Rwanda drawn against Sudan in AFCON U23 2027 qualifiers