CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary forces seized a key military base in the army’s last stronghold in the western Darfur region, activists and aid groups said Monday, a significant blow in the war that has gripped the country since 2023. … Read More
Sudan’s conflict, now into its third year, has wrought unprecedented devastation on the country and threatens even more instability in a critical region connecting the African and Arab worlds. While the country’s strategic value is vastly underestimated in popular and … Read More
A top Sudanese general has said the army will press on with its offensive despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire in the 17-month civil war. “Peace talks can go on, but the army will not stop for that,” Assistant … Read More
Video reportedly from Ukrainian intelligence shows captured Russian saying he is from Wagner group Ukrainian special forces are reportedly operating in Sudan in support of the country’s army against Russian Wagner mercenaries aligned with the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF), … Read More
Officials say they don’t know who is behind the occupation of the National Public Health Laboratory. The World Health Organization is warning about a “high risk of biological hazard” at a Sudan laboratory of which one of the warring factions … Read More
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire from midnight (22:00 GMT) on Monday. It is at least the third ceasefire to be announced since violence erupted this month but none … Read More
The death toll from the crisis in Sudan as well-armed factions led by two rival commanders continue fighting each other in heavily populated cities has reached at least 270 people, according to the United Nations. Violence was still raging Wednesday … Read More
The Admiral Makarov frigate takes part in Russian Navy Day celebrations at the port of Tartus, Syria, on July 26. Russia plans to build a naval base in Sudan, according to a bilateral draft agreement between the two nations. The … Read More
For 30 years, right-wing parties and nativist leaders have whittled away refugees’ rights. In the wake of a global pandemic, seeking asylum will be nearly impossible unless the international community revises and modernizes its approach to people fleeing war. Rohingya … Read More
The agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, expected to be signed within the next two weeks in Washington, D.C., will be a “treaty of peace” with the same legal and diplomatic status as peace agreements Israel has previously … Read More