Ethiopia: In Ethiopia, Sudanese Trapped By Exorbitant Fines

After an exemption that lasted eight months, the Ethiopian authorities are once again demanding monthly visa fees from Sudanese refugees. Most cannot pay the colossal sums demanded… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Army, Islamists, and the Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade

As the army seized control of the Republican Palace in the capital, Khartoum, last Friday, one armed faction appeared prominently in all the social media videos documenting the… Read more »

Sudan: Army Retakes the Presidential Palace - What's Next?

The Sudanese army retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum after 72 hours of intense fighting, with tanks now patrolling the area, but the RSF continued to attack with drones,… Read more »

Sudan: RSF's Military Alliances Reshape the Map of Sudan's War

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have formed the largest military coalition in Sudan's history, incorporating six armed factions, including the Sudan People's Liberation… Read more »

Sudan: More Military Upgrades, Alliances - More War Ahead

Sudan's army is in the process of purchasing both fighter jets and air defence systems from China and Russia, according to multiple sources. The same sources confirmed that the… Read more »

Sudan: Increasing Insecurity - Critical Aid Volunteers Leave South Khartoum

Ahmed* must move carefully around the southern area of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, looking both ways before surreptitiously entering the door to their kitchen. Ever since the… Read more »

Sudan: Leaked Budget Boosts Military Spending, Cuts Critical Services Further

A leaked 2025 budget under the army-controlled de-facto government in Port Sudan will increase military spending this year while curb costs even further for health and education… Read more »

Sudan: Eastern Sudan Reactions to Calls for a Government Formation in RSF Controlled Areas

For the second time, voices in Sudan have risen to discuss forming a government in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). While justifications for establishing such a… Read more »

Sudan: Five Areas in Sudan Face Famine, Five Other Areas in North Darfur May Soon Follow

Kawthar Adam sits with her children inside a building constructed with local materials in Abu Shouk camp for the displaced, north of El Fasher city, North Darfur state. Since 24… Read more »

Sudan: Foreign Mercenaries and the RSF - Colombians Misled Into Battle

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of recruiting foreign mercenaries since the Sudanese war began 20 months ago. Many local and foreign observers have… Read more »

Sudan: South Kordofan - Widespread Rape of Women in the Nuba Mountains

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan's South Kordofan State, according… Read more »

Sudan: RSF, SAF Conduct Recruitment Drives Across Darfur As Fighting Intensifies in El Fasher

As fighting intensifies in El-Fasher, North Darfur State, both warring parties have conducted mass recruitment campaigns across the Darfur region. Read more »

Sudan: Internal Struggles Within the National Congress Party

The dissolved National Congress Party (NCP) of Sudan, which ruled the country for nearly three decades until its overthrow in April 2019, is now mired in a sharp internal conflict.… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan, Football and the Worst Humanitarian Crisis On Earth

Before every training session, the Sudan men's football team line up together and link arms. The captain calls them to attention for a moment of silence, which is broken by another… Read more »

Sudan: Two Towns in North Darfur - Permanent Targets for Sudan's Airstrikes

Since March this year, the Sudanese army's air force has conducted multiple airstrikes on the towns of Al-Koma and Kabkabiya in North Darfur State. Constantly targeted from the… Read more »

Sudan: Discrimination As Students Struggle to Access Secondary School Exams

Sarah Khalaf Allah, a third-year high school student in a war-torn area east of Khartoum, eagerly anticipates the upcoming high school exams, but uncertainties persist about her… Read more »

Sudan: More Fighting, More Pressure On Zamzam Camp

On 26 September, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed his worries over the increased fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its supporting ethnic militias… Read more »

Sudan: Port Sudan - Humanitarian Aid Commission Accused of Aid Graft

Displaced Halima Adam frequently hears about relief shipments for those suffering from the war arriving on ships that dock close to her camp in the Red Sea port city of Port Sudan… Read more »

Sudan: Artillery Shelling Threatens to Shut Down the Last Functioning Hospital in El Fasher

The continuous artillery shelling and blockage of medical supplies in El Fasher may lead to the closure of the only functioning hospital, Saudi Hospital, according to the medical… Read more »

Sudan: Torture and Murder - the Horrors Endured By Military Prisoners in Sudan's War

Due to the extensive military operations in Sudan, hundreds of military personnel from both sides have been captured. Since the war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces… Read more »

Sudan: Mary's Story - Displaced and Displaced Again

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Africa: Anger As Xenophobic Waves Against South Sudanese Sweep Sudan

Anger, anxiety, and betrayal are how one can describe the mood among South Sudanese following the growing xenophobic attacks and arrests in Sudan as the army-controlled areas… Read more »

Chad: Displaced Again - Sudanese Refugees Forced Out of Adré Refugee Camp, Chad

Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April last year, a steady stream of Sudanese from Darfur have fled across the border into Chad. Over 579,000 Sudanese refugees have escaped to… Read more »

Sudan: Experts Ask for a New Civilian Protection Force in Sudan

Considerations for implementing a new civil protection force are on the rise as the international community loses hope over a peaceful resolution to Sudan's conflict, now over 14… Read more »

Sudan: A Senior RSF Commander Killed in North Darfur

The commander of Rapid Support Operations in the Darfur region of western Sudan, General Ali Yaqoub Jibril, was killed in battles that took place between his forces and the army… Read more »