The Latest Breaking News from Abdel Fattah alBurhan

Hundreds of thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying in humanitarian crisis of ‘epic proportions’, UN says.

Like most contemporary wars, Sudan’s war cannot be reduced to a contest between two sides. It is many other things, among them a gun class of constantly shifting coalitions of specialists in violence and political trading that prey on civilians. Sudan’s peripheries have long been a lawless arena of brutal…

As the war in Sudan entered its fourth month mid-July, an army delegation returned to the Saudi city of Jeddah to resume truce talks last weekend. The entire Sahel region is now impacted by the conflict.

Those who have made it out of West Darfur alive have described it as ‘running from hell’, writes Tara Cobham, as Britain is urged not to sit on its hands over the ethnic killings being compared to the genocide of 20 years ago

Egypt is keen to protect itself as Sudan’s military strongmen wage war.

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, leader of the Rapid Support Forces, wants to frame Islamist opponents as a threat

The fighting has displaced more than 1.6 million people inside Sudan, with another 530,000 fleeing to other countries.

Activists and observers have warned that unchecked violence could prove worse than Darfur’s previous cycle of killings.

Declaration comes after army chief called for diplomat’s removal. UN chief at the time expressed ‘shock’ at request.