The Rapid Support Forces say they shot down a Sudanese Air Force Il-76 transport reportedly using a Chinese-made FK-2000 air defense system.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), backed by the European Union and other partners, is scaling up efforts to assist tens of thousands of South Sudanese returning home after fleeing the conflict in neighboring Sudan.

The fall of El Fasher, the last army stronghold in Darfur, has become a turning point in Sudan's war. Last week, after an 18-month siege, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city,

David Miliband argues that Sudan embodies the ‘new world disorder’—and shares what can be done to save lives right now.

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been forced out of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after a yearlong siege, allowing the rebels to gain control of the western Darfur region,

El Fasher has “descended into an even darker hell,” senior UN officials warned on Thursday, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia seized control of the North Darfur capital after a 500-day siege,

Famine has spread to two new regions in Sudan, including a major city in the Darfur region where a militia has reportedly carried out mass killings and sent tens of thousands fleeing in the last week.

Sudan was among the earliest African countries to gain independence from colonial rule. It participated in the landmark Bandung Conference in 1955 (of 29 Asian and African nations, including India), and was Africa’s largest country till South Sudan broke away in 2011.

Could the scramble for alternative resources escalate the conflict in South Sudan and other parts of Africa? The events in Sudan since April 15, 2023, strongly suggest that certain international actors, in concert with the UAE, have formulated a strategy to exploit resource-rich but vulnerable African nations.