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Sudan
Assaults on Port Sudan represent new phase in civil war
Red Sea city is crucial to the flow of humanitarian aid
The Irish Times view on the crisis in Sudan and Chad: a distracted world looks away
One of the worst humanitarian crises in the world has now been plunged deeper into an unimaginable hell
Sudanese refugees in Chad: ‘I still hear the sound of shooting in my ears’
Having escaped a war where murder and rape seem systematic, some 1.3 million people from Sudan struggle to meet their daily needs in Chad - while bearing physical and emotional scars
‘My son was killed in front of my eyes. Three bullets in his chest’: Patrick Freyne in Chad’s desert camps
An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Maddaloni
EU and Britain boost aid for Sudan at London conference
SUDAN-POLITICS/BRITAIN (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-EU and Britain boost aid for Sudan at London conference
We must not turn away from the crisis in Sudan
Millions have been forced to flee their homes and food and medical supplies are dangerously low
Up to 400,000 displaced from Sudan camp after RSF takeover, says UN body
RSF has also accelerated drone attacks into army-controlled territory, including an attack on the Atbara power station in the north of the country
As famine warning lights flash red in Sudan, US aid cuts hamper the international response
This week marks two years of suffering and two years of inaction
‘A lot of children die’: Patrick Freyne reports from inside Chad camps for Sudanese refugees
US cuts to foreign aid could be ‘a death sentence for millions of people experiencing extreme hunger and starvation’, says World Food Programme
ICJ to hear application by Sudan against United Arab Emirates
UAE accused of violating the international genocide convention by arming paramilitaries with the aim of wiping out an ethnic group in West Darfur
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF chief says war with army is not over
RSF pushed back from most of Khartoum last week by army in latest development in Sudan’s two-year-old war
Sudan’s army shells Omdurman in push to oust RSF from capital region
Army chief declares capital Khartoum ‘free’ but rival RSF still holds parts of neighbouring Omdurman
Sudan files case against UAE at World Court alleging Genocide Convention violations
United Arab Emirates accused of violating obligations by arming paramilitary group
UN releases emergency aid reserves after ‘brutal’ cuts from donors
UN-AID/USA-TRUMP (PIX):UN releases emergency aid reserves after 'brutal' cuts from donors
Sudan army nears biggest victory of civil war with assault on capital
Khartoum offensive comes as battlefield gains help turn tide of conflict in military’s favour
How the world is reeling from Trump’s aid freeze
Vulnerable populations already feeling impact as US president cuts off billions of dollars in US aid
Micheál Martin calls for ceasefires in Sudan and Gaza as regions are threatened by famine
Tánaiste says hunger caused by conflicts is being exacerbated by denial of humanitarian aid by warring parties
Sudan war pushing country towards partition, US envoy says
Tom Perriello says splitting nation apart would be a disaster for Sudanese people and regional stability
X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war
Bashair teaching hospital in Khartoum has treated 314 children under the age of 15 for wounds from gunshots or blasts this year
Global hunger levels ‘to stay high for another 136 years’, assessment finds
42 countries have ‘serious’ or ‘alarming’ hunger levels as conflict takes toll
The Irish Times view on the war in Sudan: the forgotten war taking a terrible toll
It is vital that renewed international pressure is applied by the UN both for humanitarian access points and for an effective internationally-enforced arms embargo
Worldwide ‘indifference’ towards war in Sudan ‘truly shocking’, says Mary Robinson
Humanitarian organisations say hunger is being used as a weapon, with the hunger crisis in country now world’s largest
Hunger being used as weapon in Sudan war, humanitarian organisations say
Sudan’s hunger crisis is world’s largest with more than 25 million people suffering acute food insecurity
Netanyahu has distracted the world’s attention from countless other warmongering thugs
What kind of global mindset allows preposterous, insecure leaders in Sudan, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and elsewhere to cock their legs on their own populations and the wider world?
At least 30 dead, many missing, after dam bursts in eastern Sudan
Flooding impacts homes of about 50,000 people, UN says
Sudan: Flooding kills at least 68 people as country faces multiple crises
Ongoing civil war has created the world’s largest displacement crisis and killed some 16,000 people
As starvation spreads in Sudan, military blocks aid trucks at border
A country torn apart by civil war could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades, experts say
‘We are all going to die.’ Refugees in Sudan appeal for safe passage as ‘foreigners’ ordered to leave Khartoum
Asylum seekers fleeing conflict in other countries say they are not granted safe passage and fear for their lives
‘Profound human tragedy’: Sudan could soon have 10 million internally displaced people, UN says
A further 2 million, at least, have Sudan fled to neighbouring countries
‘Difficult choices’: The particular vulnerability of children with disabilities in South Sudan
Amid ‘the world’s invisible crisis’, children with disabilities, and the people who love them, face particularly severe challenges
‘On the precipice of a large scale massacre’: Sudan’s war escalates with dizzying speed
Surrounded by fighters and haunted by famine, residents of Darfur region fear worst
An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi: A richly rewarding sweep that challenges preconceptions
Quibbles about the Yoruba notwithstanding, readers of this magnificent book will find a huge cast of African greats worthy of another look or who deserve to be better known
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