The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

Since April, more than 170,000 people have fled Sudan across the Chadian border, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. As the conflict in Sudan enters its 13th week with no resolution in sight, the agency's staff in Chad only foresee more people coming.

Watching and hearing the horrifying reports of violence and savagery in Sudan, those of us working to end violence against women and girls immediately become concerned about how it will inevitably spill over into sexual violence. As recently as July 5, a report from the UN highlighted the “conflict-related sexual…

After ousting Morsi, Egypt's revolution serves as a model for Sudan and limits Muslim Brotherhood's influence

The army launches air strikes as heavy artillery fire and ground battles are reported in Omdurman.

Operation allegedly involved moving people from Syria to Spain on a circuitous route via Sudan and north Africa

Humanitarian groups say disease and malnutrition threaten the rising number of those displaced by relentless fighting.

Since the conflict in Sudan broke out in April, hundreds of rapes have been reported by civilians and NGOs, with women from ethnic minorities being particularly targeted. In mid-June, two extremely shocking videos emerged of rapes being carried out in North Khartoum. Our Observers condemn the systemic use of sexual…

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

Mounting concern about Israeli settler attacks and Tunisia’s worsening crises – here’s the Middle East this week.