Sudan
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Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict
Mar 4, 2025Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict rippling across Sudan. Data compiled by gender-based violence service providers in Sudan paint a searing picture of the... -
Cholera surges in Sudan’s White Nile State, more than 292,000 children at risk in Kosti
Mar 2, 2025More than 500 children are among the 2,700 cholera cases, that have been reported in Sudan’s White Nile State between 1 January and 24 February 2025, according to health authorities. The outbreak has already killed at... -
UN condemns deadly attacks on civilians in Sudan
Feb 3, 2025At least 60 people were murdered in a market shelling in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum, which was one of several attacks on civilians in Sudan that the UN denounced on Sunday. Clementine Nkweta-Salami, a... -
Sudan army denies involvement in Al-Jazira state civilian assaults
Jan 15, 2025After rights groups accused the Sudanese army and affiliated militias of killing 13 people, including two children, the army denied on Tuesday that it was involved in attacks against civilians in the central state of Al-Jazira.... -
Food and nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan as famine identified in additional areas
Dec 27, 2024Four months after famine was first confirmed in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state, more areas in North Darfur and the Western Nuba mountains have been identified as experiencing famine conditions, as access to food... -
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah meets children and young people trapped in world’s biggest child displacement crisis
Dec 8, 2024UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah travelled to Sudan this week to meet with children and families affected by the conflict that has devastated the country for the past 19 months. During his visit, Beah – a... -
UN aid chief calls for urgent action on war-torn Sudan
Dec 1, 2024In view of the suffering of millions of people who have been displaced by conflict, the UN humanitarian head has appealed for swift international action to solve Sudan’s worsening situation. During a nine-day trip to Sudan... -
French weapons in Sudan ‘in violation of UN embargo’: Amnesty
Nov 14, 2024Amnesty International stated Thursday that military hardware manufactured in France is being used in Sudan on armoured vehicles provided by the United Arab Emirates, in “violation of the UN arms embargo” on the Darfur region. The... -
WFP calls for full access to Sudan amid looming famine
Oct 29, 2024Given that starvation is a real threat in Sudan, the World Food Programme has urged the parties involved in the conflict to provide the organisation complete access. Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in conflict... -
Sudan rescuers say air strike killed 23 in Khartoum market Saturday
Oct 14, 2024According to a network of volunteer rescuers in Sudan, the military attacked a marketplace in the country’s capital on Sunday, killing twenty-three individuals. Following “military air strikes on Saturday afternoon on the main market” in southern...
