… Two survivors of the mine collapse in West Kordofan state described to AFP an all-night rescue effort starting on Tuesday, which by dawn had retrieved 60 bodies. …
… A paramilitary offensive on the city could put the army in a bind, forcing it to defend territory on both the Blue Nile front and in the Kordofan region, where a year of deadly drone strikes has left the two sides in a stalemate.Sudan has repeatedly accused the RSF of launching a …
… missiles were seen over Khartoum on Thursday for the second day in a row, as army and paramilitary sources reported RSF attacks across the country.Southwest of Khartoum, the paramilitary launched a counteroffensive on the highway connecting the capital with the southern Kordofan …
… spondents over Khartoum on Thursday for the second day in a row, as army and paramilitary sources reported RSF attacks across the country.Southwest of Khartoum, the paramilitary launched a counteroffensive on the highway connecting the capital with the southern region of Kordofan …
… The capital Khartoum, which was recaptured by the army last year, has been targeted by drone strikes before but enjoyed relative calm for months.A source in the army said the RSF attacked the capital, the Kordofan city of El-Obeid, and the northern cities of Atbara and El-Damer " …
… The figures include more than 200 children killed and at least 100 maimed, mostly in the Kordofan and Darfur regions, according to data provided to AFP. …
… The figures include more than 200 children killed and at least 100 maimed, mostly in the Kordofan and Darfur regions, according to data provided to AFP. …
… A strategic hub in the southern Kordofan region, the city has been encircled for months by the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group that has been fighting Sudan's army since April 2023. …
Shafts at the Awny mining area near Sudan's border with Egypt collapsed on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 21 others, according to two survivors who told AFP after overnight rescue efforts on Sunday.
Shafts at the Awny mining area near Sudan's border with Egypt collapsed on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 21 others, according to two survivors who told AFP after overnight rescue efforts on Sunday.
A gold mine collapse in West Kordofan state killed at least 82 people and injured 50 more, with many others still trapped under sand and rubble, according to a local administrator. The incident occurred on Tuesday, with 60 bodies retrieved by dawn and another 22 found Wednesday.
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces conducted overnight drone strikes on Al-Damazin, capital of Sudan's Blue Nile state bordering Ethiopia, with witnesses reporting explosions and a drone falling near the airport. The ongoing war between Sudan's army and RSF has killed more than 200,000 people since April 2023 and created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises.
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched drone strikes on Khartoum and ground attacks across central Sudan and the southeastern Ethiopian border, continuing the war that has ravaged the country since April 2023 between the RSF and the Sudanese military led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched drone attacks on Khartoum and ground offensives in central and southeastern Sudan on Thursday, with both army and RSF sources reporting ongoing battles for control of key towns. The attacks are part of the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese military and paramilitaries since April 2023.
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched drone strikes on the capital Khartoum and army-controlled cities including El-Obeid, Atbara, and El-Damer on Wednesday, in what appeared to be their largest coordinated attack in months since the war began in April 2023.
The U.S. imposed additional sanctions on Sudan effective July 20, 2026, accusing the Sudanese army of using chemical weapons during the war that began in April 2023. The measures include restrictions on Sudan's access to loans, financial assistance from international institutions, and tighter export and transaction controls.
The UN's children's agency reported that the war between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces has killed or injured at least 330 children in the first six months of 2026, with more than 200 killed and at least 100 maimed, mostly in Kordofan and Darfur. UNICEF noted that children are being killed and injured in homes, on roads, in markets, and while accessing education and healthcare.
The UN's children's agency UNICEF reported that the war in Sudan between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed or injured at least 330 children in the first six months of 2026, including more than 200 killed and at least 100 maimed, mostly in the Kordofan and Darfur regions.
A UN official warned that El-Obeid, a Sudanese city encircled for months by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, faces humanitarian disaster within weeks unless aid access is urgently restored. Aid agencies have suspended missions due to worsening insecurity as fears grow of an imminent RSF offensive.
The Sudanese city of El-Obeid, besieged for months by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, is "weeks" away from a humanitarian disaster unless aid is urgently allowed in, according to a UN official. Aid agencies have suspended missions as insecurity worsens, with warnings of conditions matching those seen in the Darfur city of El-Fasher.
A drone strike killed six people in the paramilitary-controlled city of Al-Daein in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday and wounded five others, according to a medical source and residents. Drone strikes by Sudan's army and the RSF have intensified in recent months, killing at least 880 civilians between January and April, according to the UN.
Sudan's three-year war has expanded into Blue Nile state, where an overcrowded camp now houses thousands fleeing a surge in fighting between the army and paramilitary forces. Displaced residents report severe shortages of food and medicine, with at least 450 people killed in the state between January and March 2024.
In Khartoum, volunteers run a makeshift morgue where they photograph bodies, search for identifying information, post images to social media for 72 hours in hopes families will claim them, and prepare the unclaimed for Muslim burial according to custom.