By Abdi Latif Dahir President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, center, giving a news conference with Vice President Peter Louis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images NAIROBI, Kenya — A decade after South Sudan gained independence The clashes come a decade after the landlocked nation gained independence from neighboring Sudan — a South Sudan on July 9. About 8.3 million people across South Sudan are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the

Sudan's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, centre, is greeted by soldiers as he arrives at the Republican Palace, recently recaptured from the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday , March 26, 2025 [AP Photo] The Sudanese army has claimed to have cleared Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of defeats for a year and a half, launched a counteroffensive that steadily pushed through central Sudan The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, had clashed with both sides before

Image Credit: X/@drassagheer In Sudan, a drone strike by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces killed at Sudan has been in a state of civil war since April 2023. Here’s United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres sounding the alarm about the situation in Sudan “The suffering of the Sudanese people is horrible. Security Council to be able to take, with the agreement of all the key powers, very tough measures on Sudan

Sudan is yet to appoint a legislative body, but the decision still needs the approval of the sovereign “Justice and accountability are a solid foundation of the new, rule of law-based Sudan we’re striving wanted by the court on trial, either in Sudan or in The Hague. Sudan’s transitional administration is in talks with the ICC about options for trying al-Bashir and his One stumbling block was that Sudan was not party to the Rome Statute.

and Eoin McSweeney Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Thousands of Ethiopian civilians have fled into neighboring Sudan escalating conflict in their country's northern region, with many more expected to follow, according to Sudanese More than 7,000 refugees from the Ethiopian region of Tigray have entered Sudan, fleeing fighting between than 1,800 people from the Ethiopian region of Tigray had crossed the border and were traveling to the Sudanese state of Kassala, while hundreds more had arrived in the border area of Al-Luqdi, the Sudanese commissioner

By Jehanne Henry Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks during a press conference after the oath of the prime minister and first vice president Bakri Hassan Saleh at the palace in Khartoum, Sudan March 2, 2017. © 2017 Reuters Last week, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir released 193 Darfuri rebel fighters In January, the US eased economic sanctions against Sudan, and the EU has earmarked major funds to Sudan Sudan has not succeeded in this, judging by the proliferation of protest movements.

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accused of carrying out crimes against humanity as The charter, however, is a sign that the splintering of Sudan is cementing, as the RSF focuses on the According to the text of the charter, the signatories agreed that Sudan should be a “secular, democratic Among the signatories to the charter is Abdelaziz al-Hilu, a powerful rebel leader from Sudan People’ The charter’s signing comes as Sudan’s army on Sunday claimed that it had regained control over the

Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images Passports recovered from battlefields in Sudan suggest the Security Council and seen by the Guardian, contains images of Emirati passports allegedly found in Sudan However, the suggestion that the Emirates has deployed personnel to assist the fighting in Sudan would and raised questions over what the US and UK know about the level of the Gulf state’s involvement in Sudan The UAE has repeatedly disputed allegations it is has sent military support to any of Sudan’s warring

By Julian Borger Sudan is in the grip of the largest humanitarian crisis on the face of the planet. Photograph: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters June 17, 2024: Sudan is facing a famine that could become worse than With much of the world’s attention focused on Gaza, the scene of another human-made famine, Sudan is “I would add that the most worrying scenario would be that Sudan would become the deadliest famine since Thomas-Greenfield said that in a worst-case scenario, a famine in Sudan could become even more lethal

Zamzam camp and market before and after the attacks [Maxar] Nearly 22 months since the war erupted in Sudan between the RSF and the SAF, the paramilitary group still controls most of Darfur in Sudan’s west and The army controls Sudan’s north and east and has recently made crucial gains in Khartoum. The top UN humanitarian official in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, said on Thursday she was “shocked “We must do more – and do more now – to help the people of Sudan out of this nightmare,” he said, calling

Security Council requesting a UN/African Union Peacekeeping Mission to stop the genocide in Darfur, Sudan to you to express our concern regarding the deteriorating situation that is currently unfolding in Sudan The resolution addresses some of the concerns that we have about Sudan. The arms embargo should be extended to all of Sudan. you to authorize, mandate, and fund these proposals for a strong UN and AU peacekeeping mission in Sudan

Deng Machol, July 1, 2022 FILE - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File) JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The head of the United Nations mission in South Sudan urged the East African country’s transitional government Thursday to set a date for elections Kiir, South Sudan’s president since independence from Sudan in 2011, says general elections will take Sudan.