Sudan - Wikipedia
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 …
Sudan | Map, War, Population, Religion, & Facts | Britannica
2 days ago · 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.
Sudan’s Military Has Used Chemical Weapons Twice, U.S. Officials …
1 day ago · Sudan’s military has been accused of using chemical weapons before. In 2016, Amnesty International said it had credible evidence of at least 30 likely attacks that killed and maimed hundreds of ...
Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise
12 hours ago · As they “battle for control at all costs…direct and ethnically motivated attacks on civilians are becoming increasingly common,” he noted. “The situation for civilians in Sudan is already desperate, and there is evidence of the commission of war crimes and other atrocity crimes.I fear the situation is now taking a further, even more dangerous turn,” he said.
Genocide is declared once more in Sudan. How did the country …
Jan 10, 2025 · Today, Sudan is riven by conflict, with the RSF believed to be in control of much of the country’s western and central regions, including Darfur and parts of the capital Khartoum.
Sudan - The World Factbook
3 days ago · 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 …
Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening - BBC News
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.
Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass ...
Oct 29, 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...
Sudan Conflict - UN News
Sudan is facing one of the most challenging periods in its modern history as the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) plunges...
Sudan - The World Factbook
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.