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    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Sudan
      Sudanese generals agree to protect civilians after Jeddah talks

      Deal brokered by US and Saudi Arabia after almost a month of fighting

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Sudan
      US sees hope for Sudan humanitarian ceasefire

      Emissaries of country’s warring generals meeting this week in talks brokered by Washington and Riyadh

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Sovereign debt
      Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy

      Beijing’s loans to Sudan at risk as Chinese lenders hit by series of defaults across continent

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      News in-depthSudan
      Sudanese fleeing terror in Khartoum make perilous journey to Egypt

      Traumatised families speak of worsening conditions in Khartoum as they seek refuge in neighbouring states

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso calls Russia an ally amid fight against Sahel insurgents

      Interim leader Ibrahim Traoré insists Wagner Group is not engaged in fighting Islamic terror threat

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      Sudan
      Sudan conflict risks exploding into ‘all-out war’, UN warns

      Secretary-general António Guterres urges rivals to honour latest ceasefire as humanitarian crisis worsens

    • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
      Sudan
      Sudan crisis has potential to be ‘worse than Ukraine’ for civilians, says UN official

      Deputy secretary-general says fighting between army and paramilitary force threatens to cause mass civilian casualties

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK defends handling of evacuation of British citizens from Sudan

      Military transport aircraft have flown out more than 1,500 people since Tuesday as airlift is set to come to an end

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      News in-depthSudan
      ‘Pitched battle to the death’: who has the edge in Sudan’s bloody conflict?

      Power struggle pits well-armed conventional military against mobile paramilitary fighters

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      Sudan
      UK will ‘endeavour’ to continue Sudan evacuations, says foreign secretary

      Cleverly warns that he cannot offer guarantees once partial 72-hour truce ends on Thursday

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      David Pilling
      Sudan’s generals and the challenge of democracy

      The heady optimism that came with overthrowing the Bashir dictatorship could not survive reality

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Sudan
      UK forces prepare to take over Sudan evacuation

      Wadi Saeedna airfield able to fly out up to 500 people a day amid unstable ceasefire, says British army

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
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      Sudanese refugees pour into Chad

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    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Kim Ghattas
      How far should the Arab world go in normalising Assad?

      Sudan holds a lesson for those heads of state now beating a path to Damascus

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      Sudan
      First flight to evacuate trapped British nationals leaves Sudan

      Government urges 4,000 stranded Britons to make their way to airfield near Khartoum ‘as soon as possible’

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      News in-depthAfrica
      Sudan crisis threatens to bring fresh turmoil to neighbouring Chad

      Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees have already crossed into a country gripped by its own political crisis

    • Monday, 24 April, 2023
      Sudan
      Sudan’s warring parties agree 72-hour ceasefire, US says

      Temporary pause comes after 10 days of hostilities in which more than 400 people have been killed

    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
      Sudan
      Countries rush to evacuate nationals from Sudan as violence escalates

      UK and US extract diplomats as France and Saudi Arabia help citizens from multiple nations

    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
      News in-depthSudan
      ‘No elected democrat has lasted’: warring generals plunge Sudan into fresh bloodshed

      Fighting that erupted last weekend is latest episode of violence in country that has seen 17 coups since independence

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
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      Hemeti, the Sudanese general fighting for absolute control

      His battle against the commander of the armed forces is currently engulfing the country

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
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      ‘No good options’ as countries race to evacuate diplomatic staff from Sudan

      International workers trapped amid fierce fighting with Khartoum airport unusable and land exits deemed too risky

    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      InterviewSudan
      Sudan’s warring generals: rival strongmen signal fight to the end

      Former allies depict each other as ‘criminals’ in separate interviews

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      News in-depthSudan
      Risk of regional powers picking sides raises stakes in battle for Sudan

      Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and others have sought to influence a country now being fought over by rival strongmen

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Sudan
      Fierce fighting around Khartoum airport despite Sudan ceasefire call

      Some 180 people have been killed since the conflict between two rival forces erupted on Saturday

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      News in-depthSudan
      ‘A recipe for conflict’: the rival generals behind Sudan’s power struggle

      Clash between leaders entrusted with managing democratic transition risks security across east Africa

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