Demonstrators rally near the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan in April 2019. Protests led by neighbourhood resistance committees and the Sudanese Professionals Association - an umbrella group of unions - forced President Omar al-Bashir from power on April 11, 2019.
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In Sudan, amid a growing humanitarian crisis caused by a year-long and ongoing war, neighbourhood organizations have stepped in as first responders, and to lead the call for peace.
Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces on Aug. 14, 2023.
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Tehran is supplying weapons to the Sudanese Armed Forces as they fight a paramilitary group for control of the nation.
Fighting between the army and paramilitaries has seen Sudan descend into civil war.
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With both sides in Sudan’s civil war accused of recruiting Islamist militiamen, terrorist groups look set to capitalize on a power vacuum.
A Palestinian girl holds aloft an empty bowl to protest food shortages in Gaza on March 12, 2024.
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In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
A gum arabic sap on an acacia tree in north Kordofan, Sudan.
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Sudan has been a key exporter of gum arabic for decades. Producers have warned fighting could wipe out stockpiles soon.
Julien Cooper
The theme of cattle in ancient rock art is one of most important pieces of evidence for a bygone age of the “green Sahara”.
Supporters of the Sudanese armed popular resistance, which backs the army, raise weapons during a meeting in January 2024.
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Peace in Sudan requires a focus on the concerns of historically marginalised populations in conflict zones.
Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, in June 2023, as fighting between the SAF and the RSF continues.
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Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Hanadi Alashi points to Palestinian family members in a photo at her home in Ottawa on Dec. 1, 2023. Alashi is one of many Canadians who have applied for family members to come to Canada under a special extended family visa program created in response to the conflict in Gaza.
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Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.
A family living through the Bengal famine, a time when three million people died due to starvation,1943.
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For centuries, colonial powers have used starvation as a tool to control Indigenous populations and take over their land and wealth. A look back at two historic examples on two different continents.
Demonstrations in Khartoum over the contested Abyei region.
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Overlapping territorial claims continue to fuel conflict in Abyei, which is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan.
A makeshift memorial for the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in August 2023.
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Will the Wagner Group under new leadership uphold the ruthless modus operandi that propelled it to the spotlight in Africa?
A fisherman on the River Nile.
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The River Nile is contaminated with microplastics.
Mohamed Dagalo (R) and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L) in 2021.
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The African Union has several reasons to get involved in Sudan’s peace process.
Children’s education is frequently disrupted in conflict-fraught areas.
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Education can spur peace and development. Here are five essential reads on the topic.
A woman prays in front of skulls at a memorial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, marking the genocide that happened under the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s.
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While the Genocide Convention has helped raise awareness and prevent ethnic violence from escalating, it has not stopped many accusations of genocides, including violence in Darfur and in Ukraine.
Ugandan soldiers in the deep forests of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2021.
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Regional rivalries have functioned as oxygen, allowing the rebel group to survive and grow.
Mosquitoes are the primary medium for contracting dengue.
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The Sahel region is grappling with an outbreak of the deadly mosquito-borne disease.
The Sudanese military has been at war with the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group since April 2023.
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An expert on civil conflicts explains why the international community has so far failed to create peace in Sudan, and what new opportunities lie ahead.
Khartoum’s central business district burns.
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Architects give their views on a landmark skyscraper burning as Sudan’s capital is systematically destroyed.