Sudan’s army has taken control of the presidential palace in Khartoum, in a major turning point during the war. The palace and the capital had been occupied by the Rapid Support Force paramilitary since the start of the war, but over the last year the army have been making gradual gains.
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The U.S. says Sudan’s rebel forces have committed genocide
The Biden administration said the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country’s military that has killed tens of thousands of people.
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Sudan’s biggest refugee camp was already struck with famine. Now it’s being shelled
The siege, blamed on the Rapid Support Forces, has sparked a new humanitarian catastrophe and marks an alarming turning point in the Darfur region, already overrun by violence.
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He’s 14. He loves soccer. He’s the sole caregiver for his little twin brothers
Mahamat Djouma is one of the millions displaced by the civil war in Sudan. He is part of an especially vulnerable group — unaccompanied minors. Here is his story.
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They’re the most vulnerable of refugees. And they’re remarkably resilient
Sudan’s civil war has displaced 10 million citizens. Here are profiles of two young people from the most vulnerable groups: an unaccompanied minor caring for twin brothers, a woman who was raped.
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Here’s what life is like in a city in the grip of Sudan’s brutal war
The Sudanese city of Omdurman lives in the shadow of war, facing daily shelling and battered medical services. But some people are trying to eke out a return to life, however precarious.
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A world of women: Portraits from a refugee camp where the men are missing
In one refugee settlement in Chad, estimates are that 97% of the Sudanese residents are women and children. Here’s how four women there are mourning the loss of a partner and struggling to get by.
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From Hurricane Milton to world hunger: How to make your donations count
The world is facing a devastating array of disasters. If you want to donate to a charity to make a difference, how can you make sure your dollars will do the most good?
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In Pictures: How one hospital is faring as Sudan’s health care system is devastated by war
As the Nobel Peace Prize committee recoqnise the work of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms, shortlisting them for a Nobel Peace Prize, NPR’S correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu reports from one of war time Sudan’s few remaining hospitals, on the edge of the capital Khartoum.
