Civilians caught up in Sudan's civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our journalists have managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital, Khartoum.
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In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan's central Al Jazira state, known as the country's breadbasket, with an ultimatum: "Enlist or die."
Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a (...)
The war in Sudan is "triggering the world's largest hunger crisis," with more than 25 million people "trapped in a spiral" of food insecurity, a United Nations agency has warned.
Nine in 10 people across the country face "emergency levels of hunger" (...)
I recall what the famous poet Abu Firas Al-Hamdani said: "And my companions said fleeing or escaping. I said: They are two things, the sweetest of which is bitter."
This is exactly the condition of those who follow the bloody scenes in the Gaza (...)
At least 250,000 people have fled fighting in a Sudanese state once seen as a safe haven for those escaping the civil war, the UN said.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have advanced into the city of Wad Madani, in al Jazira state.
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All eyes of Sudanese people and peace advocates are turned toward Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia, with a "ray of hope" in ending the bloody war that's being fought between two rival factions in Sudan. The Jeddah talks have brought together those who (...)
The BBC has seen new evidence of the brutal ethnic violence that has swept western Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival military factions in April. Analysis of satellite and social media data reveals at least 68 villages in Darfur have (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up support in Sudan, where authorities have declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref state amid the ongoing brutal conflict between opposing militaries.
The UN agency said on Friday that 264 suspected (...)
NEW YORK — Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that Saudi Arabia has invited all Sudanese parties to come to Jeddah for talks to resolve the crisis in their country.
Attending a ministerial meeting on Sudan on the sidelines of the 78th (...)
In war-torn Sudan, more than 1,200 children under five have died in camps in the space of four months from a combination of measles and malnutrition, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
According to the UN refugee agency (UNCHR) and the World Health (...)
At least 35 people have been killed after a crowded market in Sudan's capital was hit with "explosive weapons", a medical charity says.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) described it as "carnage", saying that more than 60 people had also been wounded (...)
With cross-border displacement nearing the one million mark, a protracted conflict in Sudan could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday.
Griffiths called on the warring parties (...)
After four months of war in Sudan, UN humanitarians on Tuesday called for action to be taken to end the conflict which is having a "devastating impact" on people's lives, health and well-being.
In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (...)
A Sudanese army air strike on the capital has killed at least 22 people and injured many others, eyewitnesses and an official have said.
Women and children were among the victims, the eyewitnesses told the BBC.
The airstrike hit the Dar Es Salaam (...)
At least 13 children have died in recent weeks during a suspected measles outbreak at internal displacement camps in Sudan's White Nile state, amid conflict between the country's two warring factions, according to an international medical NGO (...)
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Saturday said it was gravely concerned at reports of "wanton killings" by "Arab" militia in Sudan's West Darfur backed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), primarily targeting men from the Masalit community.
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Killings and attacks on communities in Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have been reported "in clear violation" of a fragile ceasefire in Sudan, civil society groups said.
At least four civil society groups (...)
A UN-led appeal for funding to help the people of Sudan raised $1.5 billion on Monday as UN chief António Guterres warned that the country was descending "into death and destruction" at breakneck speed.
Addressing donors at a pledging event in (...)
Seventeen people — five children — have been killed in an airstrike in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, officials said.
Twenty-five homes were destroyed in Saturday's strike in the densely populated Yarmouk district.
It came a day after a top army general (...)
Saudi Arabia and the United States, the joint facilitators, announced that representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire across Sudan beginning on Sunday (June 18) at 6:00 a.m. (...)
The ongoing conflict in Sudan has raised the specter of ethnic violence and crimes against humanity, two senior UN officials warned on Tuesday.
Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and rival military group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and the United States of America expressed their deep regret over the return of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to violence immediately after the end of the 24-hour ceasefire.
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Saudi Arabia and the United States say representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to a 24-hour countrywide ceasefire beginning Saturday.
The countrywide ceasefire will take effect from 6:00 a.m. (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned on Wednesday the sabotage and tampering carried out by some armed groups in the Kingdom's embassy building and its annexes in Khartoum, capital of Sudan. The ministry also voiced (...)
As the crisis in Sudan enters its second month, UN agencies and partners warned on Friday that the conflict between rival military groups since mid-April is fueling an increasingly "desperate" situation for civilians, especially in the nation's (...)