The Latest Breaking News from Janjaweed

British MPs have been warned of ‘systematic ethnic cleansing’ at the hands of paramilitary forces

UN supremo Antonio Guterres on Monday painted a grim picture of Sudan's future as the breeding ground for further conflict and strife in Africa during a conference to raise money for humanitarian relief efforts in the country.

Silence over fate of loved ones trapped in Darfur amid communications blackout is heavy burden for those who fled.

When war engulfed Sudan's capital last month, it quickly spread to the western Darfur region, reigniting an old conflict and sending a wave of refugees over the border into Chad.

I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan investigating reports of violence. What I saw was a genocide unfolding on my watch.

As clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue to rock Sudan, Janjaweed fighters – affiliated with the RSF – have been spreading terror in West Darfur, particularly in the city of Geneina. Several waves of attacks have been reported, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties,…

How do the rival Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF stack up against each other, and what might happen next?

Rapid Support Forces faction likely to fall back to lawless stronghold if fight with regular army fails in capital

Fighting reported in far south and communal clashes in Darfur, amid power struggle between generals