Sudan, [c] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [d] is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to …

3 days ago · Fighting has also escalated in Omdurman, a city across the Nile from the capital that is home to about 2.4 million people and is Sudan’s second-largest city.Sudan’s Health Ministry said that ...

Feb 4, 2025 · Sudan, country located in northeastern Africa at the southern edge of the Sahara. Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, is located roughly in the center of the country, at the junction of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers. Sudan is one of the largest countries in Africa.

4 days ago · South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan are on the brink of catastrophe as violence continues to escalate at an alarming rate, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday in a statement. Clementine Nkweta-Salami said the latest outbreak of hostilities in South Kordofan's ...

4 days ago · Sudan is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, agree international aid agencies. They say both the army and the RSF are guilty of committing some of the gravest atrocities imaginable against ...

Jun 13, 2024 · The UN and other major humanitarian groups have issued several dire warnings about the situation in Sudan, accusing the international community of "forgetting" the African country.

Oct 28, 2024 · UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”, as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed...

Sep 4, 2024 · More than 500 days after a brutal civil war broke out in Sudan, little global attention is being paid to the tens of thousands who've been killed, the risk of famine and fears of genocide in the...

Jun 13, 2024 · In April last year, Sudan was thrown into disarray when its army and a powerful paramilitary group began a vicious struggle for power. The war, which continues to this day, has claimed more than...

Dec 28, 2021 · Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the fourth century A.D.