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 HarounSudan’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 DeYoungSouth 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 RyanGunman 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 WestfallIn 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 HanHow 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 HarounKing 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 TharoorIn 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 HanCharles 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 PannettSudan’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 HarounAutopsies 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 BissetThese 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 BergerThe 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 Tharoor800,000 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 MasihSudan 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 TharoorU.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 ChasonWhat’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 BergerTurkish 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 HarounThey 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'GradyWhy 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 Berger