New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures

Videos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of looting of the …

Judiya, An Ancient Peace-Making Tradition, Gains New Relevance in Sudan

In May 2024, a seemingly minor market dispute between members of the Salamat and Beni Halba tribes in Kubum of Southern Darfur escalated into an armed conflict that resulted in burned homes and widespread displacement. According to a local witness who …

Thousands flee South Sudan to Uganda amid power struggle, fearing return to civil war

Hemedti acknowledges RSF retreat after Sudan army gains

The commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lt Gen Mohammed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, has for the first time admitted that his troops withdrew from Khartoum. In a voice message posted on his Telegram account on Sunday, Hemedti …

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "South Sudan risks becoming a battlefield for foreign interests, and this will have devastating ...

Monday, 31 March 2025 Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan risks becoming a battlefield for foreign forces. This is the warning of the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Sudan and South Sudan (SSCBC) in light of the situation in the young country …

AU to dispatch Panel of the Wise to mediate in South Sudan crisis

The African Union Commission (AUC) said it is sending a high-level mediation team to South Sudan amid escalating tensions between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar, raising fears of a collapse of the country’s fragile peace deal. AU …

Sudan’s displaced children: Young refugees flee to Chad, many without families

Investment in distrust: Is the UK ministerial meeting on Sudan doomed?

Since the election of the UK’s new Labour government under Keir Starmer, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has shown notable interest in Sudan. This was demonstrated by his visit to Sudanese refugee camps in Chad, his endeavor in raising Sudan at the …

Congress Has a Choice on Sudan

Since April 2023, when war erupted between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), more than 150,000 people have been killed in Sudan. The U.S. State Department has determined that the RSF’s brutal ethnic cleansing, mass sexual …

AUC dispatches special delegation for South Sudan mediations

AUC chairperson Mahmoud Youssouf.[Photo, X] The African Union Commission has deployed a panel for mediation following  the escalating tension in South Sudan. In a statement released by AUC chairperson Mahmoud Youssouf, the commission made the move after …