The army's defeat in such a strategically significant clash could leave a powerful militia in full control of the country's western regions, give it supply lines, and leave millions facing atrocities.
The RSF—a militia behind a series of war crimes in western Sudan—is preparing to storm the final area of Darfur, where thousands are sheltering. Contrary to RSF spin, the UN warns of massacres.
After taking control of the regional army HQ, the militia resumed its racist violence against a tribal people, killing one of the country's most respected leaders and turning their guns on civilians
Recent reports in the US about the exploding African population, and future estimates of Africans becoming a third of the world population by 2100, mentioned the Sudanese capital Khartoum as one of…
Rashida and Hawa sift through heaps of ashes that used to be their homes, looking for lost belongings. Broken pots, scorched bricks, a pair of pink baby’s sandals. Hawa breaks down in tears at the…
The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.
For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone