Global hunger levels ‘to stay high for another 136 years’, assessment finds
42 countries have ‘serious’ or ‘alarming’ hunger levels as conflict takes toll
Sudan
The Irish Times view on the war in Sudan: the forgotten war taking a terrible toll
It is vital that renewed international pressure is applied by the UN both for humanitarian access points and for an effective internationally-enforced arms embargo
Worldwide ‘indifference’ towards war in Sudan ‘truly shocking’, says Mary Robinson
Humanitarian organisations say hunger is being used as a weapon, with the hunger crisis in country now world’s largest
Hunger being used as weapon in Sudan war, humanitarian organisations say
Sudan’s hunger crisis is world’s largest with more than 25 million people suffering acute food insecurity
Netanyahu has distracted the world’s attention from countless other warmongering thugs
What kind of global mindset allows preposterous, insecure leaders in Sudan, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and elsewhere to cock their legs on their own populations and the wider world?
At least 30 dead, many missing, after dam bursts in eastern Sudan
Flooding impacts homes of about 50,000 people, UN says
Sudan: Flooding kills at least 68 people as country faces multiple crises
Ongoing civil war has created the world’s largest displacement crisis and killed some 16,000 people
As starvation spreads in Sudan, military blocks aid trucks at border
A country torn apart by civil war could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades, experts say
‘We are all going to die.’ Refugees in Sudan appeal for safe passage as ‘foreigners’ ordered to leave Khartoum
Asylum seekers fleeing conflict in other countries say they are not granted safe passage and fear for their lives
‘Profound human tragedy’: Sudan could soon have 10 million internally displaced people, UN says
A further 2 million, at least, have Sudan fled to neighbouring countries
‘Difficult choices’: The particular vulnerability of children with disabilities in South Sudan
Amid ‘the world’s invisible crisis’, children with disabilities, and the people who love them, face particularly severe challenges
‘On the precipice of a large scale massacre’: Sudan’s war escalates with dizzying speed
Surrounded by fighters and haunted by famine, residents of Darfur region fear worst
An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi: A richly rewarding sweep that challenges preconceptions
Quibbles about the Yoruba notwithstanding, readers of this magnificent book will find a huge cast of African greats worthy of another look or who deserve to be better known
World donors pledge more than €2bn in aid for war-stricken Sudan
UN officials and aid agencies at Paris conference also urge Sudan’s warring parties to stop rights violations and allow access for humanitarian aid
Life as a refugee in South Sudan: ‘I’m looking for peace. I’m looking for a place my children can study’
With precious little help, people in South Sudan are fleeing a harrowing range of dangers - from war to hunger - in search of safe lives for themselves and their loved ones
South Sudan’s refugee crisis: ‘We’re missing our country, our place, our Ramadan’
Sudan has become home to the world’s largest displacement crisis since the war started last year
Sudan army claims control of national broadcast building in advance against paramilitary
Omdurman city, which form’s part of country’s wider capital, has seen heaving fighting around bridges and supply routes
Warring parties in Sudan urged to halt fighting by UN chief amid fears of regional instability
António Guterres fears conflict will spread and calls for a pause in hostilities during Ramadan
Sudan’s army claims first major advance in war, reclaiming partial control of city
Soldiers and local residents celebrate as military says it has connected two main bases in Omdurman as RSF deny move
UN food agency pauses Sudan aid to 800,000 people as fighting spreads
Decision taken after clashes and air strikes engulfed Wad Madani city which Red Cross says is ‘turning into another death trap’ for civilians
Sudan: Army chief says he favours negotiated settlement to war
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan asks neighbouring states to stop sending mercenaries in support of RSF
Darfur’s new generation, once full of promise, now suffers ‘fire of war’
Sudan’s western region, which had been edging toward stability after genocidal violence, is again being torn apart by war
Sudan: Landmark skyscraper burned down as fighting between military factions continues
War between army and paramilitary began in April when tensions linked to internationally-backed plan for political transition boiled over
Refugees in Tunisia: ‘We want to live with dignity like every human being’
A Sudanese refugee finds that so-called legal routes to safety can bring their own forms of psychological torture
Sudan: At least 40 civilians killed, dozens injured in air strike on capital
Fighting in residential areas intensifies between Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
The Donegal woman who talked to the Taliban: ‘There was one leader with only one eye. He made me move so I would be out of the line of sight’
From Afghanistan to South Sudan and Nairobi, the practical and dauntless Mary Ellen McGrogarty of the World Food Programme focuses on respecting the dignity and individuality of people in desperate need
African leaders under threat: where is the next coup?
Emboldened generals realise they are likely to face little effective resistance to putsch attempts
Message from an Ethiopian in Khartoum: Armed children, constant violence, starving refugees
Ethiopian seeking refuge says people have died by ‘bullets, lack of medicine and starvation’
Former oil firm executives go on trial in Sweden over Sudan war crimes
Prosecutors claim accused asked Khartoum to secure potential oilfield knowing that this would mean using force
More than four million Sudanese displaced by ‘senseless’ war, UN warns
Millions ‘one step away’ from famine in four-month conflict between warring generals, says refugee agency
Heavy fighting grips Sudanese capital as conflict adds to growing humanitarian crisis
Army launched air strikes and artillery since Monday against rival Rapid Support Forces to take key bridge
Calls to protect Sudan’s rich and ancient heritage amid ongoing war
Heritage protection initiative aims to develop network of contacts and volunteers dedicated to safeguarding of Sudan’s cultural heritage amid amid devastating war
At least 30 die in army shelling of Sudan market as violence escalates
Most of the victims in city of Omdurman were children and women, witnesses say
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