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Sudan's prime minister takes his peace plan to the UN, but US urges humanitarian truce now

Sudan’s prime minister is proposing a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day war with a rival paramilitary force

The Independent UK

US sanctions network recruiting Colombian fighters for Sudanese paramilitary

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on four people and four firms for allegedly recruiting former Colombian military members to train soldiers for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces

The Independent UK

EU sanctions Sudanese paramilitary leader after atrocities by his forces in Darfur

The war began in 2023, when tensions erupted between the army and the RSF that were meant to oversee a democratic transition after a 2019 coup unseated former President Omar al-Bashir.

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UN warns aid ‘on the brink of collapse’ in Sudan after paramilitary forces seize major city

Relief groups say hunger and disease are worsening, while survivors describe horrific violence at the hands of the Rapid Support Forces

The Independent UK

Sudanese militia group accused of war crimes agrees to a ceasefire

International mediators broker three-month halt to civil war as further evidence emerges of mass civilian killings

The Guardian - UK

Sudan's paramilitary group said it agrees on truce proposed by U.S.-led mediator group

The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said it has agreed to a humanitarian truce that was proposed by U.S.-led mediator group, also known as the Quad

The Independent UK

Sudan civil war spiralling out of control, UN secretary general says

António Guterres calls for the violence to end but there appears little appetite for ceasefire proposed by US

The Guardian - UK

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Peace in Sudan? 3 reasons why mediation hasn’t worked so far

Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, sparked by a power struggle between the two parties. The war has displaced more than 14 million people. Over half the population of about 50 million is facing acute levels…

The Conversation

Attack on maternity hospital must be ‘turning point’ in Sudan conflict – Dodds

The UK has called an emergency UN Security Council session on Sudan for later on Thursday.

Evening Standard

‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher

Thousands have fled the Sudanese city in terror with stories of the Rapid Support Forces attacking and killing civilians

The Guardian - UK

Sudanese paramilitary group accused of killing hundreds in North Darfur hospital

One witness said the city of el-Fasher was "like a killing field" after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized it over the weekend.

Euronews

RSF's takeover of Sudan's El Fasher a 'terrible escalation' that raises new concerns

The Rapid Support Forces have overrun El Fasher, the last Sudanese military stronghold in the Darfur region

The Independent UK

Landslide flattens village in Sudan's Darfur already suffering from war

The group controlling Sudan's Darfur region has called for assistance in finding the bodies of more than 1,000 people buried in a landslide that wiped out a mountain village in an area that has seen an influx of internally displaced people fleeing violence in the ongoing war between the army…

Radio France Internationale

Sudan’s rebel force has declared a parallel government: what this means for the war

Sudan’s south-western city of Nyala in Darfur recently became the centre of a significant political development.

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The Conversation

Drones, disinformation and guns-for-hire are reshaping conflict in Africa: new book tracks the trends

Alessandro Arduino has researched Africa’s security affairs with a particular focus on the use of private military companies and other guns-for-hire across the continent. In his latest book, Money for Mayhem, Arduino examines how military privatisation intersects with international power dynamics. Drawing on fieldwork, interviews and firsthand data, he tracks…

The Conversation

Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: here’s how bad it could get

Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a national catastrophe. More than 14 million people have been displaced. Health and education systems have collapsed and food…

The Independent UK

Starving Sudanese people eating weeds to survive amid brutal war

With millions stricken by famine, some are sucking coal to stave off hunger pains

The Conversation

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.

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The Guardian - UK

WHO says attack on Sudanese hospital killed more than 40 civilians

Five health workers reportedly among the dead in West Kordofan as paramilitary RSF blames Sudanese military

Euronews

US says it will impose sanctions on Sudan after alleged use of chemical weapons

The Trump administration accuses the military-led Sudanese government of using the prohibited weapons during its civil war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Radio France Internationale

Sudan army says Khartoum state 'completely free' of paramilitaries

The Sudanese army said on Tuesday it had dislodged rival paramilitaries from their last positions in Omdurman, part of the Sudanese capital, securing all of Khartoum state nearly two months after recapturing the capital's centre.

The Guardian - UK

Dossier of alleged Sudan war crimes handed to Metropolitan police

Lawyers say evidence file outlines atrocities including torture and rape carried out by the Rapid Support Forces in the country’s brutal civil conflict

The Conversation

Sudan’s war isn’t nearly over – armed civilian groups are rising

Sudan’s war, now entering its third year, has taken another unexpected turn. In March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), also known as the Janjaweed, withdrew from Khartoum, abandoning the presidential palace and airport.

The Conversation

The battle for Khartoum: tracking Sudan’s war over two years

Sudan has been engulfed in brutal conflict since 15 April 2023, when tensions between the country’s two most powerful military factions erupted into civil war.

Radio France Internationale

Sudanese army retakes Khartoum airport from rebels

The Sudanese army recaptured Khartoum airport and surrounding areas, military sources said on Wednesday, marking another gain in its two-year-old war with a rival armed group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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