Crisis in Sudan

Sudan’s army chief appoints new prime minister as civil war rages on

Sudan has named its first prime minister since its civil war erupted, as fighting with RSF continues on.

 People celebrate after reaching the presidential palace, protesting against military rule following last month's coup in Khartoum, Sudan December 19, 2021.
 A displaced Sudanese woman walks next her tent at "Abdallah Nagi" shelter camp, which houses people mostly displaced from the capital Khartoum, in Port Sudan, Sudan April 15, 2025

Up to 400,000 displaced from Darfur camp after Sudan RSF takeover, UN agency says

 udanese woman rests inside a shelter at Zamzam camp, in North Darfur, Sudan, August 1, 2024.

Dozens die of mysterious illness in besieged Sudan town

 A member of Sudanese armed forces looks on as he holds his weapon in the street in Omdurman, Sudan, March 9, 2024.

US sanctions Sudanese rebel leader over arms smuggling


The international community has forgotten Sudan

Behind the Lines - The international community seems largely indifferent to the 15-month war in Sudan that has seen thousands of casualties and millions of displaced people

 NOT GAZA – a view of damage to a street in Omdurman, Sudan as a result of the civil war, in April.

Sudan's cholera crisis compounded by conflict, crowded camps

Sudan faces a worsening cholera outbreak amid conflict, displacing millions. UNHCR warns of rising cases in overcrowded camps with scarce medical supplies.

A UNHCR doctor discusses admission records and daily figures with a nurse in a hospital inside a refugee camp in Kassala State.

Aid struggles to reach survivors as Sudan dam collapse, floods wreak havoc

The collapse of the Arabaat Dam on Sunday has continued to wreak havoc across Sudan, as the conditions make it a challenge to deliver aid to survivors.

 Women and children wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February 26, 2017.

The man-made disaster in Sudan must be stopped - opinion

We will continue to engage with the belligerents from a neutral position that puts peace and respect for civilian’s lives and rights front and center.

 A MAN buys vegetables from a local vendor during the month of Ramadan in Omdurman, Sudan. Nearly 20 million people, almost one out of every two Sudanese, are facing acute food insecurity in a country that used to be a major food producer, the writers note.

Murders, rapes, hangings rampant in war-torn Sudan

The Media Line speaks with eyewitnesses who detail atrocities taking place in Sudan during the ongoing civil war.

  A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict in Geneina in Sudan's Darfur region, is reunited with the rest of the family after she was relocated from makeshift shelters to a refugee camp in Ourang on the outskirts of Adre, Chad, July 25, 2023.

Rebels take control of Sudan's second-largest city, endangering refugees

Claims also emerged that the SAF and local police were targeting individuals based on ethnicity, arresting civilians from Darfur without proper cause.

 Civilians who fled the war-torn Sudan arrive in a courtesy bus near the border crossing point in Renk County of Upper Nile State, South Sudan May 1, 2023

Sudan civil war: Still no end in sight - opinion

The entire Sudanese nation is a victim of this pitiless and uncompromising struggle for power.

 Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan salutes as he listens to the national anthem after landing at the military airport of Port Sudan on August 27, 2023.

Sudan: A battlefield for close friends-turned-rival warlords - opinion

The two protagonists in the power struggle are Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the SAF, and his deputy in the military but also leader of the RSF, General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo.

 SUDAN’S GENERAL Abdel Fattah al-Burhan salutes for the national anthem after landing in the military airport of Port Sudan on Sunday, on his first trip away from Khartoum since the internal conflict broke out.

Sudanese factions fight over army base in Khartoum

At least 60 people had been killed and 50,000 have fled their homes between Aug. 11 and 17, according to the United Nations.

 Smoke rises in Omdurman, near Halfaya Bridge, during clashes between the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army as seen from Khartoum North, Sudan April 15, 2023.

Sudan war enters 100th day as mediation attempts fail

The war in Sudan reached its 100th day of conflict after international mediation attempts were unsuccessful.

 A view shows a damaged building as clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue, in Omdurman, Sudan July 4, 2023.

22 killed in air strike on Sudan's Omdurman - health ministry

More than 2.9 million people have been uprooted, including nearly 700,000 who have fled into neighboring countries. More than half of the capital has fled.

 An aerial view of the black smoke and flames at a market in Omdurman, Khartoum North, Sudan, May 17, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.