Fighting still rages in Sudan despite talk of truce progress

Following a U.S. announcement that the two sides were ready to negotiate a truce and would respect civilian needs, little has changed in fighting across the country.

By Katharine Houreld and Hafiz HarounMay 12, 2023

Sudan’s warring sides agree to first step in cease-fire push, U.S. says

Talks could resume as soon as Friday, officials said.

By Karen DeYoungMay 11, 2023

South Africa loaded weapons onto Russian vessel, U.S. envoy says

The ambassador said weapons and ammunition were loaded onto the ship, the Lady R, which docked at the Simon's Town naval base outside Cape Town, in December.

By Lesley Wroughton and Missy RyanMay 11, 2023

Gunman kills five in attack in Tunisia during Jewish pilgrimage

The victims of the attack included two Jewish pilgrims, a 30-year-old Tunisian and a 42-year-old French national.

By Claire Parker and Sammy WestfallMay 10, 2023

In photos: Congo floods kill at least 400

One of the country’s deadliest recent disasters took place in the South Kivu province after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods and landslides.

By Jintak HanMay 9, 2023

How the democratic hopes of the Sudan Spring went so horribly wrong

Since the latest fighting exploded, Sudan’s citizens have been trying to identify the fateful juncture at which their nation turned off the democratic path.

By Katharine Houreld and Hafiz HarounMay 7, 2023

King Charles III could be Britain’s first post-colonial monarch

If Queen Elizabeth II represented a post-imperial monarch, her son could be Britain’s first post-colonial royal.

By Ishaan TharoorMay 5, 2023

In photos: More than 130 dead as flooding, landslides hit Rwanda and Uganda

At least 129 people in Rwanda and six in neighboring Uganda are dead, authorities say, after weeks of torrential rain.

By Jintak HanMay 4, 2023

Charles III will be crowned the U.K.’s king. Who else does he reign over?

Fewer nations recognize King Charles as head of state than when Queen Elizabeth II had her coronation ceremony, but the Commonwealth of Nations is growing.

By Rachel PannettMay 4, 2023

Sudan’s warring generals closely matched ahead of latest cease-fire

The military and the RSF have divided up Sudan's towns, factories and resources between them as neither side appears to have the immediate upper hand.

By Katharine Houreld and Hafiz HarounMay 3, 2023

Autopsies find some victims of Kenya starvation cult were suffocated

At least 110 bodies have been exhumed so far, as authorities investigate what appears to be a religious cult that preached starvation to its members.

By Rael Ombuor and Victoria BissetMay 3, 2023

These people want to flee Sudan. Their passports are locked in empty embassies.

Some Sudanese are trapped in the country with their passports in the custody of embassies that evacuated staff without returning travel documents.

By Miriam BergerMay 3, 2023

The death toll in Ukraine is huge. It may still be far behind Tigray.

For all the weight of its brutality and violence, the war in Ukraine was not even the single deadliest conflict in the world last year.

By Ishaan TharoorMay 3, 2023

800,000 could flee Sudan, U.N. warns; sides agree to cease-fire, South Sudan says

The fighting has forced more than 73,000 people to flee to Sudan's neighbors.

By Katharine Houreld, Rachel Chason and Niha MasihMay 2, 2023

Sudan nears ‘breaking point’ as foreigners flee

In recent days, Western media's focus has centered on the evacuations of foreign nationals from Sudan. Ordinary Sudanese citizens seeking an escape are not so lucky.

By Ishaan TharoorMay 2, 2023

U.S. evacuation convoy reaches Sudanese port city, State Department says

The United States paid for more than a dozen local buses to carry U.S. citizens from the capital, Khartoum, to Port Sudan on the Red Sea, officials said.

By Karen DeYoung, Adela Suliman, Katharine Houreld and Rachel ChasonApril 29, 2023

What’s behind the fighting in Sudan, and what is at stake?

Sudan's military is battling the RSF, a paramilitary group — a conflict that has unleashed countrywide violence. The United States has evacuated embassy staff.

By Niha Masih, Bryan Pietsch, Sammy Westfall and Miriam BergerApril 29, 2023

Turkish evacuation plane shot at as latest cease-fire falters in Sudan

Echoes of the ethnic clashes and genocide of 20 years ago have also erupted in the western Darfur region in battles between ethnic Arab and African armed groups.

By Katharine Houreld and Hafiz HarounApril 28, 2023

They fled fighting in Sudan, only to find a crisis at the Egyptian border

At least 14,000 Sudanese have escaped to Egypt in the past week, braving dangerous roads and checkpoints, only to find themselves in another humanitarian crisis

By Siobhán O'GradyApril 28, 2023

Why the fighting in Sudan spells trouble for its neighbors

Fighting in Sudan may inflame conflicts within its seven neighbors’ borders: Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic, Libya, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

By Miriam BergerApril 28, 2023