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Sudan

Scores of civilians killed as Sudan's RSF attacks displacement camps

Assaults by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed more than 100 people, including at least 20 children and nine aid workers, the UN said.

14/04/2025

Sudan

Sudan's army breaks paramilitary siege of el-Obeid in latest advance

The city of el-Obeid, a commercial and transportation hub, had been under siege for nearly two years by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

24/02/2025

Sudan

US says Sudan's RSF is committing genocide and sanctions its leader

The Biden administration has sanctioned the RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo as well as businesses owned by the group in the UAE.

08/01/2025

Sudan

UN Security Council calls for Sudan ceasefire over Ramadan

The UN Security Council has urged for a ceasefire in Sudan over the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in order to facilitate aid for those in need.

09/03/2024

Sudan

WFO: Sudan's war risks creating 'world's largest hunger crisis'

Fighting between the country's military and paramilitary groups has the potential to trigger a devastating famine.

07/03/2024

World News

Euroviews. The age of ‘climate war’ is upon us. Courts need to take notice

The Rome Statute includes multiple provisions for environmental atrocities in both wartime and peacetime, yet the ICC has not prosecuted a single case focusing on mass harm to the environment. This has to change, Richard J. Rogers and Moneim Adam write.

26/10/2023

Sudan

Sudan's warring factions agree to extend truce but fighting goes on

Fighting continues in the Sudanese capital and beyond despite the fact that both sides in the conflict have agreed to extend a three-day truce by another 72 hours.

28/04/2023

Sudan

Death toll from tribal violence in Sudan's West Darfur rises to 83

The incident is likely to destabilise the already fragile security situation in the country as international peacekeepers have already begun a phased withdrawal.

18/01/2021

Sudan

Sudan prosecutor to investigate former regime crimes in Darfur

Sudan's public prosecutor said on Sunday it has opened an investigation into the crimes committed in Darfur since 2003.

22/12/2019

Sudan

Amnesty accuses Sudanese government of war crimes

The leading human rights group has accused the government of Sudan of carrying out at least 30 chemical weapons attacks in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur since January.

29/09/2016

Sudan

Five of the world's most-wanted for crimes against humanity

17/07/2015

Sudan

Al Bashir back home after South Africa fails to arrest Sudan leader on war crimes charges

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has arrived back in Khartoum after avoiding an international arrest warrant on war crimes charges. Bashir left

15/06/2015

South Africa

Sudan's Omar al-Bashir: wanted, but not detained

He is wanted by the ICC on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity and was blocked by a court from leaving South Africa. But Sudan's president has departed, officials say, and is heading bac

15/06/2015

Sudan

Darfur - A brief history of Sudan's silent suffering

While Sudan’s north-south civil war was raging in 2003 – the country’s second major internal conflict since it gained independence in 1956 – worrying

18/02/2015

World

Exclusive: Sudan's Bashir on ISIL, Darfur and accusations of genocide and war crimes

In an exclusive interview with Euronews’ Mohammed Shaikhibrahim, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir accuses Israeli and American secret services of

17/02/2015

Sudan

Exclusive: Sudan president challenges reports of mass rape by soldiers

The rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that more than 200 women and girls were raped by members of the Sudanese army in a 36-hour assault on

13/02/2015