The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

Sudanese doctor ‘abducted’ after smear campaigns, say family

Dr Alaa Nogod, a prominent figure in Sudan’s protest movement, was taken amid continued fighting in the country.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2023

Sudan truce extension brings renewed fighting, little aid

A 11pm to 5 am curfew's been brought in in Sudan's second city of Port Sudan. The extension of an often violated humanitarian truce delivers lulls in the fighing but only a trickle of aid.

France 24 · May 30, 2023

Fighting continues in Sudan a day after ceasefire extended

Clashes have resumed on the outskirts of Sudan’s greater capital, despite a five-day truce extension.

Al Jazeera · May 30, 2023

Sudan’s military, RSF agree ceasefire extension

War inflicts widespread destruction on residential areas in Khartoum and adjacent cities of Omdurman and North Khartoum.

Al Jazeera · May 29, 2023

Ceasefire ends in Sudan with fresh fighting and no route for aid

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.

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2023

Sudan army, rival force under pressure to extend truce after mediators show impatience with breaches

Sudan’s warring sides are under pressure to extend a shaky cease-fire in their battle for control of the country, after two key international mediators signaled impatience with persistent truce violations

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

U.N. warns more than one million may flee Sudan bloodshed

Estimates that about a million people might flee Sudan by October may be conservative and conflict there risks increasing people trafficking and spreading weapons across a fragile region, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday.

Reuters · May 29, 2023

UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, call for urgent aid

Two U.N. agencies are warning of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

Special Report: Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum

In the days after war erupted in Khartoum, Dr Abeer Abdullah rushed between rooms at Sudan’s largest orphanage, trying to care for hundreds of babies and toddlers as the fighting kept all but a handful of staff away. Children’s cries rang through the sprawling building as heavy gunfire rocked the…

Reuters · May 29, 2023

Sudan factions agree to extend ceasefire deal amid clashes

(This May 29 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error in paragraph 19)

Reuters · May 29, 2023