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Each side feels it 'could get a decisive military victory' in Sudan, Trump's Africa envoy says

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:54:12 +0000

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Trump's Africa envoy Massad Boulos said that each side in Sudan feels it "could get a decisive military victory". Asked about Western Sahara, he acknowledged there is no "imminent solution that we can feel or touch". He also rejected Rwanda's accusations of bias over US sanctions, saying they "can easily be reversed".

Erdogan slams Israel’s ‘genocidal mindset’ in blistering UN address

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:55:39 +0000

Turkish leader says UN has been forced into 'dysfunction' and was 'bleeding out' in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan.

The wedding photographer of Darfur: Focusing on love in Sudan's war

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:34:52 +0000

Having fled Sudan’s besieged city of el-Fasher, a photographer turn his lens on more positive aspects of life.

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At least 26 killed in clashes along Sudan-South Sudan border region

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:00:49 +0000

UN Interim Security Force for Abyei strengthens security on the ground after days of deadly fighting.

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Aid cuts force clinic closures across Sudan

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:24:26 +0000

In tonight’s edition: aid groups are warning that funding cuts are forcing dozens of health clinics in Sudan to close. Also, an AI and Africa conference has kicked off in South Korea’s capital. Finally, we take a look at the Rwanda Space Agency as Paris hosts its very first international space summit.

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At least 82 killed in gold mine collapse in remote area of Sudan, paramilitary RSF say

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:24:26 +0000

A gold mine collapse on Wednesday killed at least 82 people in a remote area in Sudan, a source in the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces reported. The destruction occurred at the al-Zara gold mine, located in West Kordofan province – an area under the control of the RSF, who have been at war with the country’s military for over three years.

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Gold mine collapse kills at least 70 people in Sudan’s West Kordofan

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:17:28 +0000

Dozens of artisanal miners have been killed after a series of adjoining mining shafts collapsed.

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Sudan aid networks at risk of collapse, UN agencies warn

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:42:18 +0000

Without immediate donations, shelter and aid relief supplies could be depleted by the end of the month, says IOM.

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UN extends partial Sudan arms embargo for a month

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:29:29 +0000

Sudan’s UN ambassador said a total arms embargo goes against the UN Charter that guarantees a right to self-defence.

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UAE campaign used AI Claude to target Muslim Brotherhood and Sudan

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:34:53 +0000

UAE campaign used AI Claude to target Muslim Brotherhood and Sudan

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 Anthropic says UAE-directed actor used its AI assistant to build a network of about 300 inauthentic influencer accounts
Claude is an AI developed by American software company Anthropic (Joel Saget/AFP)
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Anthropic detected and disrupted a UAE-directed influence operation targeting the Muslim Brotherhood and the war in Sudan, the artificial intelligence (AI) company said in its September intelligence threat report.

The US corporation said that a “single actor” used its AI assistant, Claude, to conduct a “coordinated transatlantic and regional operation to dismantle the Muslim Brotherhood globally”.

Sudan chemical weapons allegations highlight Israel’s involvement in war

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:29:58 +0000

Sudan chemical weapons allegations highlight Israel’s involvement in war

Over the weekend, the New York Times and Washington Post both reported on a “dossier of evidence” that detailed the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

The dossier, “shared by a Middle Eastern intelligence agency”, included images, documents and intercepted messages between Sudanese military officers that described how the army “developed and produced chemical weapons over six months in 2024”.

Sudan chemical weapons allegations highlight Israel’s involvement in war

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:29:58 +0000

Sudan chemical weapons allegations highlight Israel’s involvement in war

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 Secret dossier detailing use of chlorine compiled by Israeli intelligence, sources tell MEE
Armed defectors from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive in a vehicle as they are believed to be surrendering to the Sudanese military, in the west of Omdurman on 19 August 2026 (AFP)
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Over the weekend, the New York Times and Washington Post both reported on a “dossier of evidence” that detailed the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

Hundreds of thousands lack adequate shelter at Sudan’s Tawila camp

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:56:45 +0000

Insufficient aid and shelter increase hardship for displaced in Tawila, as malnutrition and disease spread rapidly.

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Military buildup seen in Ethiopia near Sudanese border

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:47:31 +0000

A major military buildup has been observed on the Ethiopian side of the Sudanese border. It comes amid intensified fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Sudan and Ethiopia have both accused each other of supporting rebels within their borders.

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Sudan's healthcare system on brink of collapse after cuts, medical charity warns

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:47:29 +0000

Médecins Sans Frontières is urging world leaders to increase funding to help the millions who need aid.

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Sudanese refugee returning home ’to make buildings for our country’

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:33:30 +0000

The UN says Uganda hosts more than 96,000 Sudanese refugees, but a programme intends to fly at least 1,300 people home.

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Sudan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, MSF warns

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:08:13 +0000

More than a third of Sudan's health facilities are nonoperational as aid cuts deepen crisis, medical charity says.

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The wedding photographer of Darfur: Finding love in Sudan's war

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:08:13 +0000

Having fled Sudan’s besieged city of el-Fasher, a photographer turn his lens on more positive aspects of life.

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At least five killed in Sudan’s South Kordofan in attack by rebel group

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:03:50 +0000

Sudan Doctors Network says SPLM-N forces shelled residential areas in the town of Dilling.

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US diplomat Boulos won't name 'at least 12 countries' involved in Sudan war

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:00:13 +0000

US diplomat Boulos won’t name ‘at least 12 countries’ involved in Sudan war

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 Trump adviser does not name UAE, Egypt or Turkey, saying 'we are not here to go into these details'
Massad Boulos, senior advisor to the US president on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, speaks with the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, 21 July 2026 (AFP)
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US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser on African and Arab affairs has said “at least 12 countries” are involved in the Sudan war but has declined to name them.

Massad Boulos, whose son Michael is married to Trump’s daughter Tiffany, told the BBC’s Focus on Africa that “all of the neighbouring countries in the region are participating in one way or another, or facilitating certain acts” in the war.

Foreign fighters and external support fuel Sudan’s war: UN-backed probe

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:36:16 +0000

Investigation says support for warring parties strengthens military capabilities, intensifies humanitarian crisis.

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People fleeing Sudan civil war face ‘dire and deteriorating’ conditions in refuge city

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:16:07 +0000

More traumatised civilians are arriving every day at ‘shockingly overcrowded’ El Obeid and camps on its outskirtsHumanitarian conditions in the Sudanese city of El Obeid and two camps on its outskirts are dire and deteriorating, according to people on the ground, as civilians displaced by fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia continue to pour in from the surrounding countryside.The UN says more than 15,000 families have arrived since mid-July, joining more than 200,000 people who arrived in the first half of the year, according to government figures cited by Save the Children. Continue reading…

Sudan's RSF and Israel held discreet meetings over last two years: Report

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:24:51 +0000

Sudan’s RSF and Israel held discreet meetings over last two years: Report

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 According to an&nbsp;investigation, RSF delegations travelled to Tel Aviv in 2025 and 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot at his party Likud's main polling station during primary elections ahead of Israel’s general election in October in Jerusalem on 17 August 2026 (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/AFP)
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Israel&nbsp;has held meetings with senior officials of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and received its delegations in Tel Aviv during the Sudan war, according to an investigation from Africa Intelligence.&nbsp;

According to the investigation published on Friday, two RSF delegations travelled to Tel Aviv - one in May 2025, and another in February 2026.

Two-year curfew lifted in Sudan's capital

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:08:29 +0000

The military authorities retook control of the city 18 months ago, but the conflict continues elsewhere.

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Sudanese in Kordofan's Bara the latest civilians to be forced into battle

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:40:09 +0000

Sudanese in Kordofan’s Bara the latest civilians to be forced into battle

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 The Popular Resistance has played a crucial role in battlefield successes against the RSF, but some claim it is a vehicle to return figures from the Bashir era
Members of the pro-Sudanese army Popular Resistance group gather for a rally in the Karary district of Omdurman on 30 June 2026 (Ebrahim Hamid/AFP)
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From the Sudanese war’s earliest months, civilians have been forced to take up arms to defend themselves.

In Darfur’s al-Geneina in the summer of 2023, members of the Masalit community fought back as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias rampaged through the city.

Sudan’s date palm trees under threat from drought and wildfires

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:00:07 +0000

In Sudan, date palm trees are an economic lifeline for residents of Northern State.

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Trump's Africa envoy condemns Chad strikes, 'external support' in Sudan war

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:15:54 +0000

Trump’s Africa envoy condemns Chad strikes, ’external support’ in Sudan war

 US&nbsp;President Donald Trump's Africa envoy on Thursday condemned the air strikes by&nbsp;Sudan's military inside the territory of Chad, after Chadian authorities reported bombings in&nbsp;the eastern Ennedi region last week.

“The United States condemns the SAF’s recent air strikes inside Chad,” Massad Boulos wrote on X of the Sudanese Armed Forces.

“The violence must stop in Sudan and beyond. There is no military solution to this conflict—and absolutely no justification for expanding the violence beyond Sudan’s borders.”

Trump's Africa envoy condemns Chad strikes, 'external support' in Sudan war

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:15:54 +0000

Trump’s Africa envoy condemns Chad strikes, ’external support’ in Sudan war

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 Sudan's army targeted sites in Chad used to route weapons from the UAE to the Rapid Support Forces
Massad Boulos, senior adviser to the US president on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, speaks with members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, on 21 July 2026 (Saul Loeb/AFP)
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US President Donald Trump's Africa envoy on Thursday condemned the air strikes by Sudan's military inside the territory of Chad, after Chadian authorities reported bombings in&nbsp;the eastern Ennedi region last week.

“The United States condemns the SAF’s recent air strikes inside Chad,” Massad Boulos wrote on X of the Sudanese Armed Forces.

Trump envoy calls for Sudan-wide arms embargo as drone attacks escalate

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:17:51 +0000

A wider arms embargo would require a UN Security Council vote - and Russia and China oppose the move.

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The RSF’s defeat will not end Sudan’s war but merely fragment it

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:41:35 +0000

Sudanese army's battlefield gains rely on an armed coalition it may struggle to control once the common enemy is gone.

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Dozens killed in rebel attacks on Sudan’s Kordofan, medical group says

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:50:32 +0000

Sudan Doctors Network says SPLM-N rebels killed 27 people in South Kordofan, including four children.

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Is Sudan’s battlefield shaping the terms of its next political phase?

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:50:32 +0000

Army gains, RSF defections and al-Burhan’s political push point to a possible shift in Sudan’s war.

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Water crisis makes life in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps even worse

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:50:32 +0000

Families displaced by war in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps face crippling water shortages.

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More than 200,000 newly displaced in Sudan’s Kordofan region

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:19:34 +0000

Intensified fighting in Sudan has displaced at least 200,000 people in the Kordofan region since late last year.

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Open-air cinema brings movie nights back to Khartoum

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:19:34 +0000

Families are returning to the movies at an open-air cinema in Khartoum, offering residents a brief escape from war.

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Thousands flee Sudan’s Kordofan fighting for relative safety of El Obeid

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:19:34 +0000

Thousands flee Sudan’s Kordofan fighting for relative safety of El Obeid.

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Sudan's invisible children - born in war with no legal identity

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:18:05 +0000

Babies born as a result of rape are often unable to get a birth certificate, meaning a life-time of problems.

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Can the AU make its current Sudan mission count?

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:28:04 +0000

The African Union is seeking progress in Sudan, but must overcome deep battlefield and diplomatic divisions.

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'No safe options' for thousands sheltering in key Sudan city as RSF fighters advance

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:16:28 +0000

International leaders have issued warnings the RSF may be preparing to attack the city, raising fears of further atrocities being committed.

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How a Sudanese refugee became a head teacher in a Chadian camp

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:16:28 +0000

Displaced by Sudan’s war, Sahra now leads a refugee school where education offers children safety and hope.

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UN warns drone attacks have become leading cause of civilian death in Sudan

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:03:20 +0000

The UN says drone attacks have become the leading cause of death in Sudan, accounting for 80% of civilian casualties during the first four months of 2026. Sudan plunged into all-out war in April 2023, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese military, leaving at least 59,000 people killed, according to Armed Conflict Location & Event Data, a conflict monitoring group. Aid groups say the figure is an undercount and the true number could be many times higher.

UN warns drone strikes worsening in Sudan

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:43:04 +0000

More than 80 percent of civilian deaths in Sudan at the start of this year were due to drone attacks, according to the UN. Also, Spain is trying to work out what to do with over 1,000 unaccompanied minors who remain in Ceuta as they cannot legally be deported.

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Sudan’s war threatens an ‘entire generation’s’ future, UN warns

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:30:13 +0000

War in Sudan has left over 8 million children out of school, and nearly three-quarters of schools have been affected.

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'World's largest humanitarian crisis Thirty five million Sudanese need humanitarian assistance'

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:57:00 +0000

Camille Knight is pleased to welcome Derk Segaar, IFRC Special Envoy for Sudan. Sudan’s humanitarian crisis has become one of the defining yet least visible crises of the twenty first century. Segaar argues that the conflict can no longer be understood merely through the lens of shifting frontlines or military developments. Rather, he presents a picture of systemic societal collapse, in which war has hollowed out public services, displaced entire communities, accelerated disease, and created conditions where humanitarian need extends far beyond the active battlefields. Sudan is not simply a conflict zone but a nation experiencing the cumulative breakdown of its social, economic and institutional fabric.

Ethiopians flee to neighbouring Sudan after renewed conflict in Tigray

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:10:58 +0000

The biggest escalation since the signing of the 2022 Pretoria agreement shook Ethiopia’s Tigray over the weekend, with both the TPLF and members of the Ethiopian government blaming each other. A mass exodus of the region is taking place over fears of a full-blown regional conflict erupting, despite a pause in the fighting since August 1st. FRANCE 24’s Tom Canetti reports from Addis Ababa.

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Hundreds flee Ethiopia's Tigray after fighting flares near border with Sudan

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:10:58 +0000

In tonight’s edition: Hundreds of people run from the most serious fighting to break out in Tigray since 2022, with many heading to Sudan despite the conflict there. Also, Nigeria is still probing links that Mexican drug cartels may have to Africa’s top economy. Plus Cape Verde’s veteran goalkeeper ⁠Vozinha arrives in Chile to join first division club Colo-Colo.

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Sudan army drone strike kills 35 at Darfur court, rights group says

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:12:14 +0000

The Sudanese army struck a traditional court in a Rapid Support Forces-held village in North Darfur with drones on Sunday, killing 35 people, a rights group said. Emergency Lawyers said the attack hit Garra al Zawaya as civilians gathered for local court hearings, wounding several others during the afternoon strike.

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The human cost of the war in Sudan, three years on

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:38:36 +0000

The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is "simply staggering", reports the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.