As Sudan burns and its people starve, a gold rush is under way
Billions of dollars in gold are flowing out of war-torn Sudan - and helping to keep the conflict boiling
Sudan conflict
The Hidden Victims: Civilian Casualties of the Two World Wars by Cormac Ó Gráda
At least one-third of this work is devoted to little-known causes of death — famine and famine-related diseases
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
Sudan’s RSF and allies have committed ‘staggering’ levels of sexual abuse, says UN
Victims have ranged between eight and 75 years of age, says report
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
What I Read This Week: Irish life laid bare in Letterkenny court and civil war in Sudan
Jade Wilson picks the stories that struck her this week including a moving piece about volunteers helping asylum seekers
Sudan’s devastating war becomes global battleground
With 150,000 dead and millions displaced, Russia, Iran and the UAE are jockeying for influence
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
UN mission says both Sudan sides committed abuses, calls for peacekeepers
Army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have both used torture and raped and attacked civilians, report says
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
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
‘Living in Khartoum is a hell’: Food and water shortages leave civilians desperate as Sudan conflict rages on
Aid has become a battleground in the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, with a third of the population facing acute food insecurity
Global violence forces record 68m people to flee homes - monitoring centre
Natural disasters leave further 7.7 million homeless, pushing total number of displaced people to 75.9 million
‘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
I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the plane
My reporting and experience in Rwanda was used as evidence in the legal challenge against the UK Home Office’s Rwanda deportation plan
World donors pledge more than €2bn in aid for war-stricken Sudan
UN officials and aid agencies at Paris conference also urge Sudan’s warring parties to stop rights violations and allow access for humanitarian aid
Sudan war marks one-year anniversary as donor conference held in Paris
Urgent appeal for humanitarian aid as displacement crisis worsens
Stark gap between potential and reality in South Sudan
Minister underlines the importance of Irish aid to beleaguered country
Sudan army claims control of national broadcast building in advance against paramilitary
Omdurman city, which form’s part of country’s wider capital, has seen heaving fighting around bridges and supply routes
Warring parties in Sudan urged to halt fighting by UN chief amid fears of regional instability
António Guterres fears conflict will spread and calls for a pause in hostilities during Ramadan
Sudan’s army claims first major advance in war, reclaiming partial control of city
Soldiers and local residents celebrate as military says it has connected two main bases in Omdurman as RSF deny move
Shrugging off Egypt’s many crises, Sisi prepares for six more years
Serious mismanagement of the economy has impoverished many but the authoritarian president has never allowed his grip on power to loosen
UN food agency pauses Sudan aid to 800,000 people as fighting spreads
Decision taken after clashes and air strikes engulfed Wad Madani city which Red Cross says is ‘turning into another death trap’ for civilians
Sudanese paramilitary forces expand offensive on aid hub
As many as 300,000 people have fled area in Sudan’s Al-Jazirah state since December 15th
Thousands flee as battle for Sudanese city of Wad Madani opens up new front in ongoing war
Fighting between paramilitary RSF and Sudanese army broke out in April after disputes over transition to democracy and integration of forces
‘People are dying like insects’: Paramilitary forces accused of atrocities in Darfur
Seven months into Sudan’s civil war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies are ransacking and capturing the Darfur region
Sudan war overwhelming medical services, says MSF
Administrative issues mean back-up medics and supplies cannot be brought to where they are most needed, medical charity says
Zelenskiy holds ‘unscheduled’ meeting with Sudan army chief at Shannon Airport
Ukrainian president discusses Russian activity with Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Sudan: Army chief says he favours negotiated settlement to war
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan asks neighbouring states to stop sending mercenaries in support of RSF
Darfur’s new generation, once full of promise, now suffers ‘fire of war’
Sudan’s western region, which had been edging toward stability after genocidal violence, is again being torn apart by war
Sudan: Landmark skyscraper burned down as fighting between military factions continues
War between army and paramilitary began in April when tensions linked to internationally-backed plan for political transition boiled over
Sudan: At least 40 civilians killed, dozens injured in air strike on capital
Fighting in residential areas intensifies between Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
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