Sudan Crisis

Sudan’s Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L) in Khartoum on December 5, 2022, and Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commander, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti), in Khartoum on June 8, 2022.

deadly rift

Sudan: Clashes between rival military groups kills over 50 civilians Fighting in Sudan raged for a second day Sunday after battles between rival generals in control since their 2021 coup killed at least 56 civilians and...
SUDAN-POLITICS-UNREST © Heavy smoke bellows above buildings in the vicinity of the Khartoum’s airport on April 15, 2023, amid clashes in the Sudanese capital. – Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital on April 15 as paramilitaries and the regular army traded attacks on each other’s bases, days after the army warned the country was at a “dangerous” turning point. (Photo by – / AFP)

security division

Sudan’s army strikes paramilitary camps in Khartoum Sudan’s air force struck multiple paramilitary bases in Khartoum on Saturday, the army said, as fighting raged on the streets of the capital between t...

Sudan Crisis top stories

© Smoke billows in southern Khartoum on May 29, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between two rival generals in Sudan. A one-week ceasefire aiming to allow humanitarian aid for civilians in war-torn Sudan expires on May 29 at night, one of numerous ceasefires previously announced and immediately violated in six weeks of urban warfare which killed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. (Photo by AFP)

feuds abound

Premium badgeSudan: Ceasefire extension brings renewed fighting and little aid Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to r...
© Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno received by the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Hassan Shoukry in N’Djamena, on 8 May 2023. Presidency of the Republic of Chad

diplomatic dilemma

Premium badgeConflict in Sudan: How Egypt intends to impose itself in the mediation Diplomatic initiatives are expanding around the Sudanese crisis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hoping to take the lead.
© Activists demonstrate in front of the White House, calling on the US to intervene to stop the fighting in Sudan, in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2023. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Under pressure

Premium badgeUS hints at sanctions on Burhan and Hemeti if Sudan peace talks falter The Joe Biden administration warned this week that it had a package of sanctions at the ready if talks that the US and Saudi Arabia are mediating in J...

Sudan Crisis top stories

© Smoke billows in southern Khartoum on May 29, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between two rival generals in Sudan. A one-week ceasefire aiming to allow humanitarian aid for civilians in war-torn Sudan expires on May 29 at night, one of numerous ceasefires previously announced and immediately violated in six weeks of urban warfare which killed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. (Photo by AFP)

feuds abound

Premium badgeSudan: Ceasefire extension brings renewed fighting and little aid Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to r...
© Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno received by the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Hassan Shoukry in N’Djamena, on 8 May 2023. Presidency of the Republic of Chad

diplomatic dilemma

Premium badgeConflict in Sudan: How Egypt intends to impose itself in the mediation Diplomatic initiatives are expanding around the Sudanese crisis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hoping to take the lead.
© Activists demonstrate in front of the White House, calling on the US to intervene to stop the fighting in Sudan, in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2023. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Under pressure

Premium badgeUS hints at sanctions on Burhan and Hemeti if Sudan peace talks falter The Joe Biden administration warned this week that it had a package of sanctions at the ready if talks that the US and Saudi Arabia are mediating in J...

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