SUDAN

Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met Qatar's emir on Thursday during his third trip abroad since war broke out in April, after also visiting Egypt and South Sudan in recent days.

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was seen outside his headquarters Thursday for the first time since fighting with paramilitaries erupted more than four months ago, army videos showed.

Four months into a battle both believed they would win, Sudan's army has lost its grip on Khartoum to paramilitaries, who are unable to declare victory and instead are accused of waging war on civilians.

International donors made pledges on Monday of close to $1.5 billion in aid for Sudan and the surrounding region, about half of estimated needs for a deepening humanitarian crisis that has driven some 2.2 million people from their homes.

With shouts and machine guns, war plays out as half Sudan needs aid

Beyond the 17 million displacements inside Ukraine last year, eight million were forced from their homes by Pakistan's monster floods.

Airstrikes rock Sudan as truce talks yield no breakthrough

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a Senate hearing Thursday that leaders of both sides "have few incentives" to seek peace.

Sudan truce efforts in tatters as fighting rages on

The U.N. emergency relief coordinator confirmed that six trucks carrying aid sent by the World Food Program were looted en route to Darfur.

The United Nations refugee agency warned of a humanitarian disaster if violence does not cease soon.

New Sudan clashes despite truce, UN warns country at 'breaking point'

Dr. Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman was killed amid wholesale looting due to the civil war in the country.

As fierce fighting among rival armed Sudanese factions continues, an estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens remain stranded in Sudan.

The laboratory contains isolates of various pathogens like cholera and measles.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has deployed a team of disaster response experts for Sudan in the region to coordinate the humanitarian response as fighting rocks the country, USAID head Samantha Power said on Sunday.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has created a perfect storm for global food insecurity.

UN says up to 20,000 have fled Sudan fighting for Chad

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"The death by stoning case is a reminder that the criminal law reforms during the transition [government] were not complete, and that such harsh, archaic punishments are still officially on the books," a human rights lawyer said.

In shadow of Tigray war, ethnic massacres roil western Ethiopia