The Latest Breaking News from Darfur

The United Nations raises alarm over escalating violence in Darfur, leading to a dire humanitarian crisis. Urgent action needed to prevent further loss of ...

Relentless violence is devastating Sudan, and large-scale fighting has escalated in and around El Fasher

Sudan’s war has been raging since April 2023. The country was on a bumpy road to democracy after mass uprisings in 2019 ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. This all came to a halt when troops from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force, attacked a military airstrip in the…

The country’s traumatised people are desperate for a new approach to end atrocities and famine in beleaguered country

Talks in Switzerland to secure a ceasefire deal between Sudan’s two warring parties failed this week after the Sudanese military did not send a delegation. But international negotiators succeeded in getting access for humanitarian aid to the country’s conflict and famine-stricken Darfur region, enabling food trucks to make their way…

A group of countries and the United Nations say food aid is on the way to an area of Sudan that is facing famine

Talks on the devastating war in Sudan ended Friday without a ceasefire but with progress on securing aid access on two key routes into a country facing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

For the first time in months a trickle of aid makes it through from Chad into the Sudanese region of Darfur. The border crossing has been temporarily reopened for humanitarian deliveries desperately needed after 16 months of war.

World Food Programme says a small convoy carrying food enters Sudan via temporarily reopened border crossing with Chad.