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Between conflict and hope: A photographer’s journey amid Sudan’s turmoil
Photographer Ala Kheir was using his camera to document the scars of Sudan’s old wars. Then came the new war.
Resistance committees keep Sudan’s revolution alive
They ousted a dictator, defied a junta and now Sudan’s resistance committees are providing the only support to desperate people in their areas amid the war and persecution. Mark…
Sudan civil servants go hungry as war rages
About a million desperate public sector workers have had to survive on their savings or social aid networks
Blasts in Khartoum as army renews call for volunteers
The army announced Monday it was ready to “receive and prepare” volunteer fighters, after Abdel Fattah al-Burhan last week urged Sudanese “youth and all those able to defend” to…
Sudan’s war leaves its history and culture in ashes
An Omdurman Ahlia University library filled with rare books, handwritten manuscripts and historical documents was gutted by fire
Sudan fighting hits home
First, they took away people’s dreams of democracy and peace. Now the men with guns are looting and occupying their homes
Sudan’s Geneina is a ghost town
It took more than a week for the fighting to reach Geneina, in Sudan’s far west. The town is now a shell of its former self
What countries are doing to extract citizens from conflict-torn Sudan
Countries intensified efforts to extract their citizens as a 72-hour ceasefire took effect
Tireless Sudanese protesters take on the generals — again
In 2019 Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir was ousted after a massive wave of protests. But the generals who replaced him won’t hand over power. Now the flames of revolution are being…
Sudan coup imperils hard-won international backing
When Sudan’s military removed leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019, it started receiving aid that is now under threat
Why handing over ICC suspects could help Sudan’s transition
A failed coup in September, weeks of brinkmanship, and a looming crisis in eastern Sudan have laid bare tensions between civilians and military leaders
Sudan government says it foiled coup attempt linked to Bashir regime
State television broadcast patriotic songs as it announced the coup attempt and urged “the people to confront it”.
Border tensions mount between Sudan, Ethiopia
Skirmishes between forces continue despite government calls for peace in a region already torn apart by ethnic conflicts
Covid-19’s second wave hits Sudan harder and faster
The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel
Catholic NGO boss accused of racism and abuse in Sudan
The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’