A devastating civil war is pushing the country toward a full-blown famine, according to the international body that measures hunger.
Tag: Darfur (Sudan)
Why Darfur Again Faces the Risk of Ethnic Slaughter
Satellite and video evidence shows that thousands of homes have been razed and tens of thousands of people forced to flee a city in Sudan.
Children Among 104 Killed in Sudan Village Attack
Videos showed paramilitaries opening fire on the village in what had been Sudan’s breadbasket region, causing the latest mass civilian casualties in a brutal yearlong war.
Surrounded by Fighters and Haunted by Famine, Sudan City Fears Worst
A powerful paramilitary group has encircled El Fasher, the last remaining obstacle to domination of the sprawling Darfur region, raising alarm about mass killings if the city is taken.
Sudan’s Mohamed Hamdan, Often Rumored Dead, Takes Victory Tour
Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan was greeted by African leaders as if he had already won Sudan’s civil war. His forces have secretly been armed by the United Arab Emirates, an as-yet unpublished U.N. report found.
Sudan’s Army Faces Scrutiny After Major City Falls to Rival Forces
The capture by paramilitary forces of Wad Madani, a strategic city in the country’s agricultural region, marks a watershed in the civil war that has upended life in the northeast African nation.
A Sudanese City Took in Many Fleeing War. Now, Fighting Has Spread There.
Clashes on the outskirts of Wad Madani threaten a city that is the center of aid operations and home to tens of thousands of people displaced in an eight-month war.
With Darfur in Its Sights, Paramilitary Group Is Accused of Atrocities
Seven months into Sudan’s civil war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies are ransacking and capturing the Darfur region. An aid worker said, “People are dying like insects.”
Students on the Run, Schools Taken by Troops and a Generation’s Catastrophe
With an estimated 19 million children out of school for months because of war, Sudan is on the verge of becoming “the worst education crisis in the world,” U.N. officials say.
Darfur’s New Generation, Once Full of Promise, Now Suffers ‘Fire of War’
In a region with a history of genocide, weeks of intense fighting between rival military factions in South Darfur have left hundreds dead and sent thousands fleeing.