The post-colonial histories of the Sudan and Nigeria have been and continue to be scarred by violent political conflicts. These conflicts have some common causes in the two countries, namely, ...

(RNS) — Thousands of people are missing in South Sudan. Church leaders are shining a light on this scourge on the second anniversary of a Catholic priest’s disappearance. NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Two ...

PORT SUDAN (Jan. 8, 2026)—One thousand days since the conflict in Sudan began in April 2023, Mohamed Abdiladif, Country Director for Save the Children in Sudan, said: "For 1,000 days, a brutal ...

Sudan is now entering its fourth year of a devastating conflict, marked by famine, massacres, and a critical shortage of essential supplies. This protracted crisis, which has displaced 13 million ...

The conflict in Sudan has evolved beyond the borders of the country, transforming into a major regional security crisis with profound implications for the Horn of Africa, the Sahel and broader African ...

Cuts in aid programs limit resources to help people affected by conflict as well as those fleeing war in Sudan. Aluel Mayar Chuol decided to flee Khartoum, the capital of Sudan and a battle zone in a ...

Dear President von der Leyen, As we mark three years of the devastating conflict in Sudan, our organizations once again call on the European Union (EU) and its member states to take urgent action to ...

In 2021, Sudan’s military, in coördination with a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (R.S.F.), launched a coup. But the alliance between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdel ...

Sudan’s civil war, now in its third year, has pitted the army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a devastating struggle for power. The conflict has unleashed the world’s largest ...

South Sudan became independent in 2011 after decades of conflict with governments based in northern Sudan. Religious, ethnic, political, and economic divisions combined with disputes over power and ...