UNCOVERED: 11 | History Defined

Peace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention

More than five months have passed since intense fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group also known as the RSF. In that time, more than 7,000 people have been killed and nearly 4 million others displaced. The conflict is still ongoing, with…

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

Sudan army chief: ‘Revolution can be restored’

Sudan Armed Forces leader says talks with Rapid Support Forces chief are impossible; wants ‘terrorist’ designation.

Al Jazeera · Sep 23, 2023

Khartoum's burning tower: architects on the destruction of a city – and what it'll take to rebuild

There has been a continued escalation in fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The destruction of the capital Khartoum continues – physically, economically, socially and culturally – as buildings are bombarded and homes looted. One of the city’s landmark skyscrapers, the Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company…

The Conversation · Sep 22, 2023

Sudanese refugees in Chad scramble to survive

As the refugee crisis in Chad continues to grow, international attention on the situation remains limited in the face of numerous other global humanitarian challenges.

WEKU · Sep 7, 2023

In Sudan's east, murky arms trade thrives as war rages

More than four months into Sudan's devastating war, arms dealers are struggling to keep up with demand for a trade that is booming, at a deadly cost.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 31, 2023

Sudan’s Burhan heads to Egypt following refusal to ‘make deals’ with RSF

Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed to Egypt on Tuesday to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to a military statement. The visit comes a day after Burhan refused to make a deal with the head of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

France 24 · Aug 29, 2023

Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence

Sudan's powerful paramilitary has been singled out by a leading rights group and 30 United Nations experts with accusations of rape and sexual violence against women

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Fighting in Sudan’s Omdurman intensifies as displaced tops 4 million

The army is trying to recapture territory lost to the RSF by taking back control of a bridge across the Nile.

Al Jazeera · Aug 8, 2023

Sudanese shocked by video of man’s murder sent to his WhatsApp contacts

The friends and family of a missing man in Khartoum discovered he had been murdered when the murderers sent a gruesome video of his body to all of his WhatsApp contacts. The man’s family believe that the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces was behind the killing – as the…

France 24 · Aug 7, 2023

Amnesty reports 'atrocious' war crimes committed in Sudan conflict

Amnesty International has reported that extensive war crimes are being committed in Sudan as the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces continues to ravage the country.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 4, 2023