The Latest Breaking News from SAF

More than five months have passed since intense fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group also known as the RSF. In that time, more than 7,000 people have been killed and nearly 4 million others displaced. The conflict is still ongoing, with…

At least 5.4 million people have been displaced by the fierce fighting that broke out in the country in April

Civilian forces were central to the movement that overthrew former President Omar al-Bashir, but are now marginalised.

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Like most contemporary wars, Sudan’s war cannot be reduced to a contest between two sides. It is many other things, among them a gun class of constantly shifting coalitions of specialists in violence and political trading that prey on civilians. Sudan’s peripheries have long been a lawless arena of brutal…

Africa minister says civilian death toll horrific and UK is to send evidence to UN

Families said to have run away with nothing as three forces fight in South Kordofan state

Violations documented in Sudan – such as rape and attacks targeting civilians – amount to war crimes, Amnesty says.

Egypt is keen to protect itself as Sudan’s military strongmen wage war.

The sanctions target three businesses linked with the army and three others tied to the RSF.

The Government is chipping in an initial $575,000 to investigate if the decommissioned Marsden Point refinery can be used to make green hydrogen for synthetic jet fuel – but the energy-intensive process would have to give back to NZ's electricity grid. Jonathan Milne reports.