World Sep 02 Sudan landslide kills more than 1,000 people after wiping out entire village in Darfur By Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Aug 31 Watch 4:14 WFP director Cindy McCain on the humanitarian crisis, starvation in Sudan The International Rescue Committee estimates that worldwide, countries with about 11% of the world’s population account for a staggering 82% of people needing humanitarian aid. William Brangham spoke with Cindy McCain, director of the United Nations’ World Food Program, about… By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn, Janine AlHadidi
World Aug 27 Besieged city is ‘epicenter of child suffering’ in Sudan, UNICEF warns Darfur’s El-Fasher faces a “devastating tragedy” as the city’s remaining population of about 260,000 people, half of them children, are besieged by the Rapid Support Forces, the U.N.’s children’s arm has warned. By Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Aug 23 Trucks carrying UN food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region destroyed by drone attack A drone attack on a 16-truck U.N. convoy carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region destroyed three vehicles that had caught fire, the World Food Program said. All drivers and personnel were safe. By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
World Aug 20 Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan’s civil war At least 200 people were killed in the village of Shaq al-Noum, including many women and children. Witnesses told The Associated Press that hundreds of fighters rampaged through the community, burning houses and shooting at fleeing residents. By Samy Magdy, Associated Press
Aug 12 Watch 5:33 Sudan’s famine worsens as civil war intensifies: ‘We have nothing to eat but animal feed’ By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi, Janine AlHadidi Over the last two and a half years, a brutal civil war between the Sudan Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands. Over 14 million Sudanese, more than a quarter of the population, have been… Continue watching
Aug 05 Sudan accuses UAE of funding mercenaries to fight alongside RSF in civil war By Associated Press Sudan has accused the United Arab Emirates of sending Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces against the military in the country’s civil war. Continue reading
Jul 29 13 children dead from malnutrition-related causes in Darfur camp, aid group says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A doctors' group in Sudan says 13 children have died from malnutrition-related causes in a camp for displaced people as civil war rages. Continue reading
Jul 21 Egypt provides free train rides for Sudanese refugees returning home By Amr Nabil, Najib Jobain, Associated Press Hundreds of people who have been displaced by fighting in Sudan have gathered at the central train station in Cairo to begin a free journey home. Continue reading
May 27 New cholera outbreak kills over 170 people, sickens 2,500 more in Sudan By Fatma Khaled, Samy Magdy, Associated Press A new cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people and sickened more than 2,500 over the past week. Continue reading