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Sudan is ignored because the world decided long ago which lives can be abandoned to complexity, invisibility, and silence

December 18, 2025 11:58 am

Sudanese or Black African lives are just not seen as worthy of outrage, solidarity, or global mobilisation

40 days a captive, Odisha man returns from war-torn Sudan: ‘It’s a rebirth’

December 17, 2025 5:12 pm

‘Kept in a jungle for three days... then shifted to a prison’: 36-year-old man had been kidnapped by Rapid Support Forces militia

Why Yellowface author R F Kuang boycotted the UAE Literature Festival, explained

December 17, 2025 5:10 pm

Katabasis author R F Kuang withdraws from UAE festival after BDS boycott call over Sudan atrocities allegations

Ceramic jug with charred insects, fossilised faeces: Sudan’s site reveals forgotten burial traditions of an African kingdom

December 05, 2025 9:19 am

 Although the burial mound itself was modest, a simple oval rise of earth, it held a combination of objects that would soon raise questions about the rituals of this early civilisation.

Sudan's top military general rejects 'worst yet' ceasefire proposal by US

November 24, 2025 9:38 pm

Sudan descended into conflict in April 2023 when a power struggle between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) turned into full-scale fighting in Khartoum and other regions.

UK readies new sanctions over human rights abuses in Sudan

November 18, 2025 10:35 pm

The RSF’s recent takeover of al-Fashir, one of Sudan’s biggest cities, has led to fears of mass killings. Both sides have relied heavily on drone strikes in recent months.

UN warns Sudan aid ‘on brink of collapse’ as war devastates Darfur, force mass displacement

November 12, 2025 6:53 pm

The IOM said additional funding was urgently needed to avert “an even greater catastrophe” as Sudan’s civil war rages between the national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

World's silence on Sudan shows empathy is racialised

November 11, 2025 6:56 am

The uncomfortable truth is that the established civilisational hierarchy ensures that conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, even when they consist of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, rarely trigger the urgency or political mobilisation seen elsewhere

The world this week | US-Russia nuclear arms race; Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race; and Sudan conflict

November 08, 2025 4:12 pm

From Indian-origin Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani winning the mayoral race in New York City to Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban resuming peace talks – a lot has happened in the world this week.

Indian national captured by RSF militia in Sudan; New Delhi in touch with authorities to secure release

November 07, 2025 10:33 pm

Adarsh Behera, a 36-year-old resident of Odisha, was taken away by RSF fighters when the militia captured the city of El Fasher last month.

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South Sudan's flooded existence: Thousands persevere on the edge of disaster

December 22, 2024 11:17 am

South Sudan is poorly equipped to adjust. Independent since 2011, the country plunged into civil war in 2013. Despite a peace deal in 2018, the government has failed to address numerous crises.

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South Sudan becomes the youngest country

June 22, 2020 6:23 pm

On this day in 2011, South Sudan gained independence and became the youngest country in the world.

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