Skip to content
Search
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

Hard Numbers

Sexual violence in Sudan war

Sexual violence in Sudan war
Farida Dowidar
By Farida DowidarJune 24, 2026
Farida Dowidar

Farida is an Egyptian-British student at Sciences Po Paris and the University of California, Berkeley, and a summer intern for GZERO Media. She likes to write about geopolitics, culture, and the Middle East & North Africa.

See Full Bio
Make us preferred on Google

The United Nations is warning sexual violence is being used as a “weapon of war” in Sudan against civilians. There’s been a litany of accusations of heinous crimes leveled against the two main fighting groups in Sudan’s civil war – and this report is just the latest. Cases of sexual violence occurred across both conflict and displacement routes – most attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Suppport Forces (RSF) fighters. In Darfur, the UN says widespread sexual violence may amount to crimes against humanity.

africaunited nationssudancivil warsudan civil warsexual violence

Latest Videos

The fallout from Jensen Huang’s exit from Nvidiaplay icon
ask ian

The fallout from Jensen Huang’s exit from Nvidia

Can the US beat China at AI?
GZERO World Clips

Can the US beat China at AI?

Loneliness, youth, and the rise of online radicalization
Global Stage

Loneliness, youth, and the rise of online radicalization

How AI is changing violent extremism and radicalization
Global Stage

How AI is changing violent extremism and radicalization

Can you put a price tag on nature?
The Debrief

Can you put a price tag on nature?

New Paris Peace Forum chief on kids, AI and a shifting world
Global Stage

New Paris Peace Forum chief on kids, AI and a shifting world

More For You

Mississippi blue(s)

Mississippi blue(s)
Will Fitzpatrick
The last time the Deep South state started a Black senator was in 1875, during “Reconstruction,” a roughly twenty-year period when the US federal government sought to support the integration and equality of Southern Black people after the Civil War. Mississippi actually sent two Black men to the Senate during that time: Hiram Revels and Blanche [...]

Court overturns Trinidad and Tobago's anti-gay laws

Court overturns Trinidad and Tobago's anti-gay laws
Natalie Johnson
That list got shorter on Tuesday after a UK court overturned laws criminalizing homosexuality in Trinidad and Tobago, ending an 11-year-long legal battle. The Caribbean is home to several Commonwealth countries – mostly former British colonies that still recognize the British monarch as their head of state – that still have laws around [...]

Americans want Trump to prioritize their wallets

Americans want Trump to prioritize their wallets
Will Fitzpatrick
A new YouGov poll, conducted on behalf of the Institute for Global Affairs, a nonprofit geopolitics education organization founded by Ian Bremmer, reveals how much affordability was top of mind for voters during last week’s midterm elections. Most voters said they’d rather prioritize their wallets over military goals. It’s a timely reminder as [...]

Chile’s new president sees approval sink

Chile’s new president sees approval sink
Will Fitzpatrick
Kast, an ultra-conservative Catholic, won Chile’s presidential runoff in a landslide last December, taking nearly 60% of the vote with promises to be tough on crime and immigration. But almost immediately after he took office in March, his approval rating began to fall, and has now plummeted some 30 points overall. A leading reason is a recent [...]