The clashes have killed more than 400 people and injured thousands more. Those displaced are streaming into nations such as Chad, Egypt and South Sudan, adding to a refugee crisis in the region.
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Satellite Images of Sudan Show a Large Food Market Burned in Darfur
A Times analysis of satellite imagery shows how a displaced persons camp lost a key source of food and supplies amid a fight for control of the country.
Sudan’s Generals Dined With Peace Negotiators, Then Started a War
What led the two generals, recently allies, to turn their forces on each other — devastating a country of 45 million people?
How Fighting in Sudan’s Capital Differs from Past Military Conflicts
Fighting in the country has been far more frequent in the east, west and south instead of its capital, Khartoum.
One Year of Civil War in Sudan: What We Know About the Conflict
Fighting between the military and a powerful paramilitary group has led to massacres, caused millions to flee their homes and now threatens to cause a famine.
What to Know About General Hamdan, Leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces
A former camel trader who led a militia accused of genocidal violence in Darfur, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, widely known as Hemeti, leads the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary unit.
Sudan Military and Pro-Democracy Coalition Sign Peace Deal
The agreement, which was boycotted by some political forces, comes more than a year after a coup that scuttled the country’s transition to democratic rule.
Volker Türk, the U.N.’s New Human Rights Chief, Has a Lot to Do.
From Iran to Ukraine to Xinjiang in China, Volker Türk will have no shortage of challenges as he steps into one of the United Nations’ most delicate roles.
Arab Militia Kills Scores in Sweeping Attack in Sudan’s Darfur
The assault by hundreds of Janjaweed fighters, the latest in a series of clashes, was another sign of Sudan’s deepening security and political crisis.
Darfur War Crimes Trial Begins in Hague
A brutal campaign in western Sudan left the world aghast. Two decades later, the first and only Darfur war crimes trial opened for a man accused of leading the terrifying janjaweed militia.