Sudan - Wikipedia
Sudan, [c] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [d] is a country in Northeast Africa.It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south. Sudan has a population of 50 million people as of 2024 [20] and occupies 1,886,068 …
Sudan | Map, War, Population, Religion, & Facts | Britannica
3 days ago · Sudan, country located in northeastern Africa at the southern edge of the Sahara. Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, is located roughly in the center of the country, at the junction of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers. Sudan is one of the largest countries in Africa.
Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise
2 days ago · As they “battle for control at all costs…direct and ethnically motivated attacks on civilians are becoming increasingly common,” he noted. “The situation for civilians in Sudan is already desperate, and there is evidence of the commission of war crimes and other atrocity crimes.I fear the situation is now taking a further, even more dangerous turn,” he said.
Genocide is declared once more in Sudan. How did the country …
Jan 10, 2025 · Today, Sudan is riven by conflict, with the RSF believed to be in control of much of the country’s western and central regions, including Darfur and parts of the capital Khartoum.
Sudan’s Military Has Used Chemical Weapons Twice, U.S. Officials …
3 days ago · Sudan’s military has used chemical weapons on at least two occasions against the paramilitary group it is battling for control of the country, four senior United States officials said on Thursday.
Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening - BBC News
Jun 13, 2024 · The UN and other major humanitarian groups have issued several dire warnings about the situation in Sudan, accusing the international community of "forgetting" the African country.
Sudan - The World Factbook
4 days ago · Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. By the 11th century …
Genocide Determination in Sudan and Imposing Accountability …
Jan 7, 2025 · On April 15, 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a conflict of unmitigated brutality that has resulted in the world’s largest humanitarian catastrophe, leaving 638,000 Sudanese experiencing the worst famine in Sudan’s recent history, over 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and tens of …
Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening - BBC
Jun 13, 2024 · In April last year, Sudan was thrown into disarray when its army and a powerful paramilitary group began a vicious struggle for power. The war, which continues to this day, has claimed more than...
Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass ...
Oct 29, 2024 · UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”, as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed...