Sudan

Explore our coverage of Sudan’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


Middle East & Africa

Africa’s scary new age of high-tech warfare

The proliferation of new technology could make conflicts even longer and deadlier

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The war in Sudan is spilling over its borders

Fighting in the desert between Libya and Egypt will make the conflict even harder to end

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The fight for Sudan’s skies

A drone attack on the coast heralds a new phase in the country’s civil war

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A hidden refuge in Sudan that the internet, banks—and war—can’t reach

A visit to the Nuba mountains provides a glimpse into the future of the country

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America concludes genocide has been committed in Sudan—again

The move highlights the magnitude of Sudan’s civil war but does little to end it

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The war in Sudan, in maps and charts

Satellite images reveal the pace at which mass burial sites are growing

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How trading in war-torn Sudan survives—just

Profiteering from conflict is only part of the story

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Sudan: the war the world forgot

These charts and maps lay out the scale of the country’s catastrophe

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After a year of war, Sudan is a failing state 

Half a million may starve without urgent help

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Evidence mounts that Ukrainian forces are in Sudan

But their presence may not alter the outcome of its civil war

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Why diplomacy over Sudan, Africa’s enduring nightmare, is stuck

A notorious warlord is winning the public-relations war as well as the real one