The Latest Breaking News from Darfur

Fighting has intensified in Khartoum as well as Darfur, despite US sanctions imposed in wake of truce collapse.

The governor’s call risks ingiting ethnic conflict among the tribes of Darfur, critics have said.

Silence over fate of loved ones trapped in Darfur amid communications blackout is heavy burden for those who fled.

Conflict poses threat to Chad and wider Sahel amid fears over arms proliferation and returning fighters, analysts say.

With a humanitarian ceasefire set to expire on Monday evening, fighting had already resumed in Sudan. International agencies are still struggling to deliver aid despite the week-long truce.

Saudi Arabia and the US have called for the extension of a ceasefire deal that has brought some let-up in a six-week war in Sudan.

When war engulfed Sudan's capital last month, it quickly spread to the western Darfur region, reigniting an old conflict and sending a wave of refugees over the border into Chad.

I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan investigating reports of violence. What I saw was a genocide unfolding on my watch.

The U.N. envoy for Sudan is urging the country's warring generals to honor a seven-day cease-fire

While attention has focused on the conflict in Khartoum, an uptick in violence in el-Geneina is terrifying residents.

As clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue to rock Sudan, Janjaweed fighters – affiliated with the RSF – have been spreading terror in West Darfur, particularly in the city of Geneina. Several waves of attacks have been reported, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties,…