Sudan: Sudan Peace - the Shadow of the Al-Bashir Regime Looms Over Talks

Three years into the civil war in Sudan that began on 15 April 2023, a coalition of civilian, political and armed factions has launched a new peace initiative. Read more »

Sudan: In Sudan, a Migrant Community Reveals a Resistance to Malaria - the Genetic Study Helping Shape Medicine

Sudan lies at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East. It has played a key role in human demographic movements, reflected in the diversity of its cultures and languages.… Read more »

Sudan: The Sudanese Revolution Seven Years On - Undone But Not Defeated

In 2019, a popular uprising in Sudan ended 30 years of Omar al-Bashir's Islamist military dictatorship. Protesting masses brought down the regime and imposed a return to civilian… Read more »

Sudan: How Warring Factions Gained Influence in the Country's Food System - and What It Means for the Current Conflict

Militaries play a major role in the politics of many countries. They determine whether elections can occur and who can compete. From Egypt to Pakistan and Myanmar to Uganda, the… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Latest Peace Plan - What's in It and Does It Stand a Chance?

US president Donald Trump's advisor on Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, announced in February 2026 that Washington and three Middle East states - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and… Read more »

Sudan: Countries Need Higher Education to Rebuild After Conflict - Study Finds Foreign Aid Isn't Going Where It's Needed

Higher education institutions are frequent casualties in violent conflicts. In Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan, to mention only a few recent examples, university campuses have been… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Civil War - a Visual Guide to the Brutal Conflict

Sudan's brutal civil war has dragged on for more than 2½ years, displacing millions and killing in excess of 150,000 people - making it among the most deadly conflicts in… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Protesters Built Networks to Fight a Tyrant - Today They Save Lives in a War

Sudan has a long history of civilian-led resistance, with young people playing a key role. For example, informal neighbourhood networks established in 2013 to survive repression… Read more »

Sudan: 'I Have to Talk About It So That the World Can Know What Happened to Women and Girls in Sudan' - Rape and Terror Sparks Mass Migration

I was in Khartoum when the conflict started. Armed soldiers of Arabs came to our house and they wanted to loot groundnuts, but my mother resisted opening the door. Immediately, one… Read more »

Sudan: How a Sudanese University Kept Learning Alive During War

The civil war in Sudan began in April 2023, causing death, hunger, displacement and destruction on a huge scale. Gihad Ibrahim, head of e-learning and senior manager at Mashreq… Read more »

Sudan: Why Has Sudan Descended Into Mass Slaughter? the Answer Goes Far Beyond Simple Ethnic Conflict

The recent capture of the western Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been followed by allegations of appalling war crimes: massacres,… Read more »

Sudan: Peace in Sudan? 3 Reasons Why Mediation Hasn't Worked So Far

Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, sparked by a power struggle between the two parties. The war… Read more »

Egypt: Trump's Dip Into the Nile Waters Dispute Didn't Settle the Conflict - in Fact, It May Have Caused More Ripples

President Donald Trump chided the United Nations on Sept. 23, 2025, for failing to resolve dangerous international conflicts around the world. "All they seem to do," he groused… Read more »

Egypt: Refugee Protection in Egypt - What's Behind the Return Train to Sudan

A special train left the Egyptian capital of Cairo for Aswan, a town close to the border with southern neighbour Sudan, in July 2025. The train, publicised by the Egyptian… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Rebel Force Has Declared a Parallel Government - What This Means for the War

Sudan's south-western city of Nyala in Darfur recently became the centre of a significant political development. Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's War Is an Economic Disaster - Here's How Bad It Could Get

Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - Foreign Interests Are Deepening a Devastating War - Only Regional Diplomacy Can Stop Them

The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has raged since April 2023. It's turned Sudan into the site of one of the world's most catastrophic… Read more »

Africa: Invasive Mosquito Species Could Bring More Malaria to Africa's Urban Areas

A species of mosquito that can carry malaria - known as Anopheles stephensi - has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The… Read more »

Sudan: How the People Pulled Off an Improbable Revolution

When the turbulent and often tragic history of the past decade in North Africa is written, the 2019 pro-democracy revolution in Sudan will likely be considered one of the few… Read more »