AU’s support for new Sudan PM sparks uproar among political and armed groups
The African Union’s (AU) cautious endorsement of Dr Kamil El Tayeb Idris as Sudan’s newly appointed civilian Prime Minister has...
Sudanese embassy accused of ‘unlawful arrest’ of activist Tupac in Libya
The Sudanese Observatory for Human Rights has accused staff at Sudan’s embassy in Libya of unlawfully arresting a young Sudanese...
Sudan timeline January-March 2025: Power shifts as army wins major battle grounds in destructive war
Following a year of “record violence” in Sudan in 2024, the start of the new year sees new bouts of...
Op-ed: Will the US-Saudi summit reactivate the Jeddah Platform?
Sudanese political leader Yasir Arman issues an urgent appeal to the international community, as Sudan faces one of the world’s...
2025 World Press Freedom Index: Sudan rates 156th out of 180
While press freedom has been under constant threat and subjected to information control and censorship throughout most of Sudan’s modern...
Sudan vows to fight on after ICJ dismisses genocide case against Emirates
Sudan has vowed “to knock on every judicial door,” after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on...
UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2025, ‘Sudan media landscape in disarray’
As the world marks UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2025 under the theme "Reporting in the Brave New World: The...
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Op-ed: The case for humanitarian airdrops in Darfur
As the war in Sudan enters its third year, resulting in what has become the most acute humanitarian catastrophe in...
World Malaria Day: WHO stats show massive surge amid war in Sudan
As the world observes World Malaria Day today, Sudan braces itself for an escalating malaria threat worsened by the ongoing...
North Darfur: New satellite images confirm mass displacement from Zamzam to Tawila and Dar As Salaam
As independent reports confirm that an estimated three million displaced civilians have fled westwards, following escalating ground offensive and shelling...
UN condemns North Darfur bloodbath: call for all belligerents ‘to comply with their obligations under international law’
In the wake of escalating hostilities in and around El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, resulting in a new wave...
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