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African Union rejects Sudan rebel group's parallel government

The African Union has rejected a move by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to form a rival government, calling it a threat to peace and national unity.

Radio France Internationale

RSF attacks compound humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s strategic city

RSF attacks in North Kordofan are exacerbating the humanitarian crisis on the provincial capital of el-Obeid.

Al Jazeera

Sudanese paramilitary RSF accused of killing almost 300 people in village raids

Rights group says targets of Rapid Support Forces in North Kordofan were ‘empty of military objectives’

The Guardian - UK

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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 humanitarian and displacement crises.

The Conversation

UN fact-finding mission says Sudan conflict escalating, aid weaponised

The crisis in Sudan has become ‘a grave human rights and protection emergency’, the United Nations mission says.

Al Jazeera

At least five killed in attack on aid convoy in Sudan’s western Darfur region, UN says

Sudan was plunged into a war more than two years ago, when tensions between the army and its rival paramilitary RSF exploded with street battles in the capital of Khartoum that quickly spread across the country.

Euronews

More than four million people have fled Sudan amid war, UN says

UN official says the ‘devastating milestone’ shows the damage of the displacement crisis after two years of fighting.

Al Jazeera

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‘Multiple casualties’ reported after attack on UN aid convoy in Darfur

Trucks carrying food to famine-threatened city targeted in RSF-controlled Al Koma in western Sudan

The Guardian - UK

Is Sudan’s war the reason for South Sudan’s economic crisis? What’s really going on with oil revenue

The civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023, has had an impact on its neighbours. One of the most keenly affected countries is South Sudan, which became an independent state in 2011 and went on to endure its own…

The Conversation

Sudan’s army declares Khartoum state ‘completely free’ of paramilitary RSF

Announcement comes weeks after the army made gains in and around the capital city to push back the Rapid Support Forces.

Al Jazeera

Iran and Ethiopia have a security deal – here’s why they signed it

Ethiopia and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 6 May 2025. Under it, their national police agencies will cooperate on security and intelligence. This will include combating cross-border crime, sharing intelligence and building capacity. They will also share experiences and training.

The Conversation

Drones strike Port Sudan in dramatic escalation of civil war

Sudan’s paramilitary hit key targets including the airport, the port and a hotel

The Independent UK

Total blackout after drone strikes, fire in Sudanese city of Port Sudan

Sudan’s army-aligned government cut diplomatic relations with the UAE over arming the RSF after the drone attacks.

Al Jazeera

International Court of Justice throws out Sudan genocide case against UAE

The top United Nations court on Monday threw out Sudan's case against the United Arab Emirates over alleged complicity in genocide during the brutal Sudanese civil war.

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Al Jazeera

Sudanese paramilitary RSF kills 19 after taking city of al-Nahud: Sources

Control over city gives RSF strategic advantage in its bid to take Darfur capital el-Fasher, 400km west.

Radio France Internationale

Two years of devastation: Sudan’s war claims thousands and displaces millions

Since April 2023, Sudan has been gripped by a devastating war between the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo—known as Hemedti. In just two years, the conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced…

Al Jazeera

More than 480 civilians killed in Sudan’s North Darfur over two weeks: UN

The UN human rights office also reported rampant sexual violence in the region, including against young boys and girls.

Euronews

Sudan's RSF kill more than 30 people in latest attack in Darfur, activists say

Fresh violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) follows a multi-day attack that killed more than 400 people, according to the UN.

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Radio France Internationale

Sudan’s paramilitary chief declares rival government as war enters third year

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced the formation of a rival government in territories under their control – a move timed to mark the second anniversary of a war the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Two years into the brutal civil war in Sudan, a London summit makes little progress

In today’s newsletter: Why a conference excluding Sudan’s warring parties broke up with disagreement about how to end the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

Al Jazeera

Sudan paramilitary declares rival government two years into civil war

Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces declares rival authority in areas under its control.

The Guardian - UK

UK conference on Sudan fails to set up contact group for ceasefire talks

Major setback for diplomatic efforts to end two years of civil war as Arab states refuse to sign joint communique

Evening Standard

Lammy urges warring parties in Sudan to ‘put peace first’ after £120m aid boost

The Foreign Secretary told the London Sudan Conference it is ‘morally wrong’ to give up on the north-east African country.

Radio France Internationale

NGOs call on Europe to act as Sudan war hits grim two-year mark

The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, uprooted more than 13 million and created what has been described as "the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded". As the catastrophe unfolds, NGOs say that Europe needs to step up its intervention…

The Independent UK

Sudan conflict ‘brutal’, says Lammy ahead of £120m aid package

Foreign Secretary Mr Lammy commented on the war in Sudan ahead of a London meeting on Tuesday to mark the conflict’s two-year anniversary.

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