News
The Graphic Truth: Crisis on top of crisis in Sudan
A snapshot of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
GZERO Media
May 02, 2023
Recent clashes between two military factions in Sudan have brought fresh misery to a people long plagued by conflict – and in some regions genocide – under longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir (1993-2019). Violence in Khartoum, now in its third week, has displaced more than 330,000 people, adding to the millions already displaced as a result of ethnic violence in South Sudan in recent years. When al-Bashir was ousted in a popular uprising in 2019, there were hopes that Sudan could undergo a democratic transition, but those aspirations have mostly been quashed. Here’s a snapshot of the humanitarian toll of recent fighting.
From Your Site Articles
More For You
Hebe de Bonafini, the head of Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo group, whose children disappeared during the dirty war of 1970s, leads one of the marches in Buenos Aires's Plaza de Mayo in December 1979.
AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia
Some of the most pivotal movements of the modern era have also begun with mothers standing in public squares, refusing to stop asking where their children had gone and demanding an end to violence and war. In honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday, we’re highlighting three political protests led by mothers from around the world.
Most Popular
Think you know what's going on around the world? Here's your chance to prove it.
President Trump unveiled “Project Freedom,” an initiative to escort ships and restore traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, on Sunday. By Tuesday evening, he had unceremoniously suspended it by Truth Social post, shortly after Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters how committed the administration was to it.
© 2025 GZERO Media. All Rights Reserved | A Eurasia Group media company.