What is happening in Sudan now?
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Fighting and insecurity continue to affect civilians, infrastructure and humanitarian access across several parts of Sudan.
Millions of people require food, shelter, healthcare, water, protection and other essential assistance.
Sudan is experiencing one of the world's largest displacement crises, with millions displaced inside and outside the country.
Regional and international actors continue diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the conflict and supporting a political settlement.
The war in Sudan, which has lasted more than three years, is increasingly fought with drones. Strikes on electricity substations cut power across four states this week, and Médecins Sans Frontières said at least 36 people were killed in a drone strike on a market in Nyala. A U.N. fact-finding mission said RSF drone attacks and army detention practices in El Obeid may amount to war crimes, and Britain sanctioned 15 commanders from both warring sides. The World Food Programme said funding shortages cut the number of people it assisted to 3.1 million in September, as 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity. The International Organization for Migration said nearly 120,000 people have been displaced in Blue Nile State since January.
KHARTOUM – The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate says it documented 673 violations against journalists since the outbreak of war in April 2023, including...
Read more →KHARTOUM – Drone strikes hit electricity facilities in Al-Dabba in Northern State and Abu Hamad in River Nile State early Sunday, destroying...
Read more →NEW YORK – U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the escalating use of drones by parties to Sudan’s conflict, warning that...
Read more →KHARTOUM – Nearly 120,000 people have been displaced from areas of Sudan’s Blue Nile State since fighting escalated in January, a 21%...
Read more →ED DAMAZIN – Worsening insecurity in Sudan’s Blue Nile region is restricting humanitarian access to displacement sites, leaving families facing shortages of...
Read more →KHARTOUM – An estimated 17.3 million children in Sudan need humanitarian assistance as conflict, displacement, malnutrition and disease continue to deepen the...
Read more →KHARTOUM – Repeated attacks on electricity infrastructure across Sudan are threatening hospitals, dialysis centres, intensive care units and other essential health services,...
Read more →KHARTOUM – Drone attacks on electricity facilities across Sudan are damaging critical civilian infrastructure and threatening essential services for millions of people,...
Read more →ED DAMAZIN – Worsening insecurity in Sudan’s Blue Nile region is restricting humanitarian access to displacement sites, leaving families facing shortages of...
Read more →KHARTOUM – About 1.44 million internally displaced Sudanese intend to return to their areas of origin within the next year if movements...
Read more →KHARTOUM – Nearly 120,000 people have been displaced from areas of Sudan’s Blue Nile State since fighting escalated in January, a 21%...
Read more →PORT SUDAN – An estimated 8.6 million people remain internally displaced across Sudan, while the number of people who have returned to...
Read more →NEW YORK – U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the escalating use of drones by parties to Sudan’s conflict, warning that...
Read more →MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin called for an end to hostilities in Sudan and a political settlement to the conflict during...
Read more →MOSCOW – Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said peace in Sudan must emerge from a Sudanese-led process without external dictates,...
Read more →KHARTOUM – Sudan’s Defence Minister Hassan Daoud Kabroun has accused more than 20 countries of supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) through...
Read more →BRUSSELS – The United Arab Emirates has been assessed as the Rapid Support Forces’ primary foreign backer in Sudan’s war, providing the...
Read more →KHARTOUM – At least 802 attacks affecting health care have been recorded across Sudan since fighting erupted in April 2023, with more...
Read more →PORT SUDAN – The World Health Organization said 228 attacks on health care have been recorded in Sudan since April 2023, killing...
Read more →KHARTOUM – An estimated 4.2 million children in Sudan are suffering from acute malnutrition, according to a new humanitarian snapshot by the...
Read more →Sudan remains in a severe conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began in April 2023 and has spread across several regions, including Darfur, Kordofan, Khartoum, Gezira and Blue Nile. The war has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crises, with millions of people displaced and many communities facing food insecurity, damaged infrastructure and limited access to aid.
Sudan remains highly insecure because of ongoing armed conflict, airstrikes, shelling, displacement, damaged infrastructure and limited public services in many areas. Conditions vary by region and can change quickly, so readers should follow official travel advice and humanitarian updates before making any travel or safety decisions.
The current war is taking place in the Republic of Sudan, often referred to simply as Sudan. It is different from South Sudan, which became independent in 2011. Sudan’s current war is mainly between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.
Sudan’s crisis is a combination of armed conflict, political breakdown, humanitarian collapse, mass displacement and economic disruption. The immediate war began as a power struggle between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, but the wider crisis is linked to years of political instability, unresolved security arrangements and disputes over power, resources and governance.
Sudan Monitor is a live reference page tracking the ongoing conflict, humanitarian crisis, displacement, and diplomatic efforts in Sudan.
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