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U.S.-led mediators said on August 23 they had secured guarantees from Sudan's warring parties at talks in Switzerland to improve access for humanitarian aid, but that the Sudanese army's absence from the discussions had hindered progress. Over 10 days of talks, a new group of mediators including...

Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rampaged through a central village, looting and burning and killing at least 85 people, including women and children, authorities and residents said on August 17, the latest atrocity in the country’s 18-month devastating...

Talks aimed at ending Sudan's shattering 16-month-old civil war began on August 14 in Switzerland although the absence of the military dampened hopes for imminent steps to alleviate the country's humanitarian crisis. U.N. officials have warned that Sudan is at "breaking point" and that there will be...

Senior United Nations officials appealed to the Security Council on August 6 for help in getting humanitarian aid access in Sudan "across borders, across battle lines, by air, by land" to fight famine that has taken hold in at least one site in North Darfur. The United States last month suggested...

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has said it is ready to participate after the United States invited the warring sides in Sudan to mediated ceasefire talks. RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo said July 24 that the paramilitary group will participate. The U.S. invited the RSF and...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has met Sudan’s armed forces chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan as regional and world powers seek an end to the conflict between the military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Sudan has been racked by war since April 2023, when fighting erupted...

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group have advanced eastwards toward the key administrative and humanitarian hub of Port Sudan, claiming to have taken the key town of Sinja, the capital of Sennar State. Over 60,000 people have fled Sinja Town, south of Sudan's capital Khartoum, to...

Sudan is facing a famine that could become worse than any the world has seen since Ethiopia 40 years ago, U.S. officials have warned, as aid deliveries continue to be blocked by the warring armies but arms supplies to both sides continue to flow in. With much of the world’s attention focused on Gaza...

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor appealed on June 11 for information and evidence of atrocities in Sudan, saying his ongoing investigation “seems to disclose an organized, systematic and a profound attack on human dignity.” ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan released a video...

Amid the escalating violence unfolding in Sudan, activists are remembering crucial flashpoints of resistance during the pro-democracy protests in Khartoum on June 3, 2019. Before former President Omaral-Bashir was overthrown in a military coup, a civilian-led movement had levied consistent demands...