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Sudanese refugees from the Tandelti area who crossed into Chad, in Koufroun, near Echbara, gather for aid distribution.

Refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan are streaming into neighboring Chad

9:48am May 30, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The stories of those refugees crossing the border from Sudan to Chad, tell of horror, destruction and non stop fighting, in a dreadful deja vu of Darfur's genocidal past.

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People walk among scattered objects in the market of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, as fighting continues in Sudan between the forces of two rival generals, on April 29, 2023.

The longer fighting goes on in Sudan, the greater the humanitarian catastrophe

9:34am May 04, 2023

A seven-day cease-fire is in place in Sudan, but will it hold and allow safe passage for desperately needed aid?

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Smoke is seen in Khartoum, April 22. The fighting in the capital between the Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces resumed after an internationally brokered cease-fire failed.

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As Sudan's conflict continues into its second week, here's what to know

10:49am April 27, 2023

With fighting continuing between rival generals, thousands are fleeing the country and embassies have shut. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres warns the violence may spread to other countries.

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A boat from Sudan with nearly 1,700 civilians from more than 50 countries arrives in Jedda, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after crossing the Red Sea. Foreigners and Sudanese citizens have been fleeing Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival generals nearly two weeks ago.

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Sudan's rival generals share a troubled past: genocide in Darfur

8:32am April 27, 2023

by Greg Myre

Two generals are currently battling for control of Sudan's capital Khartoum. In the early 2000s, both played key roles in the government's brutal crackdown in Darfur, which was ruled a genocide.

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Smoke rises during clashes in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on April 16. "Some hospitals are being targeted by the warring parties," reports Dr. Ghazali Babiker, country director for the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières in Sudan.

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'I am hearing anti-aircraft fire,' says a doctor in Sudan as he depicts medical crisis

12:29pm April 18, 2023

by Andrew Connelly

We spoke to Dr. Ghazali Babiker, country director for Médecins Sans Frontières in Sudan, who is in Khartoum. He offered a grim assessment of the impact of fighting on the ability to give health care.

A woman and her daughter walk at the Zam Zam camp for internally displaced people in North Darfur, Sudan, in June 2014. The U.S. and other countries have said that Sudan is committing genocide in Darfur, and the United Nations has an ongoing peacekeeping

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The Spotlight On Darfur Is Gone, But Not The Abuses

9:34am July 08, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. and others said more than a decade ago that Sudan was committing genocide in Darfur. Despite a U.N. peacekeeping mission and genocide charges against Sudan's president, little has changed.

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Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks to the crowd after a swearing-in ceremony at green square in Khartoum, earlier this month. A South African court has ordered al-Bashir, who is attending an African Union summit in Johannesburg, to be detained

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South African Court Orders Sudan's President Detained For War Crimes

6:34am June 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The court's decision to prevent visiting President Omar Hassan al-Bashir from leaving the country is at odds with the South African leader's promise of immunity.

Human Rights Watch Documents Mass Rapes In Darfur

10:33pm February 11, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

In one town, the organization found, Sudanese army forces raped more than 200 women and girls. The government of Sudan has denied that its forces are raping civilians.