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The Trump admin can do more to help Sudan, says Sen. Warner
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The Trump admin can do more to help Sudan, says Sen. Warner

Senator Mark Warner says the civil war in Sudan is one of the world’s deadliest conflicts—and a missed opportunity for US leadership.

​Representatives of political and military groups in Sudan take part meet to form a counter-government in the areas occupied by the Rapid Support Forces.
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Sudan’s RSF declares ‘Government of Peace,’ but war continues

After nearly two years of armed conflict, Sudan’s rebel Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, signed a charter with allied groups on Saturday to establish a “government of peace and unity” in territories now under their control.

The challenges of peacekeeping amid rising global conflicts
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The challenges of peacekeeping amid rising global conflicts

In a GZERO Global Stage discussion at the 7th annual Paris Peace Forum, Dr. Comfort Ero, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group, shed light on the increasing elusiveness of global peace amid rising conflicts worldwide. She pointed out a "crisis of peacemaking," noting that comprehensive peace processes and settlements have become rare, with the last significant one being in Colombia in 2016.

​A member of the Sudanese Armed forces walks between damaged buildings, almost one year into the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Omdurman, Sudan, April 7, 2024.
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US leads effort for cease-fire in Sudan

The US is spearheading a new effort for a cease-fire in Sudan, inviting both sides in the civil war to talks in Switzerland set to begin on Aug. 14.

Sudanese families wait outside a hospital while doctors and medical staff strike to protest late salaries, bringing the struggling health sector in the city of Port Sudan to almost a complete halt as thousands of displaced Sudanese flooded the city due to the raging war in Khartoum, Sudan, August 20, 2023.
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Sudan’s paramilitaries shut key city’s last hospital

In more terrible news for civilians in Sudan, fighting in the country’s civil war has forced the closure of el-Fasher’s last open hospital.

Iran-Israel crisis: Dangers still high with little room for diplomacy
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Iran-Israel crisis: Dangers still high with little room for diplomacy

Does the Iran-Israel crisis offer a unique opportunity for diplomacy? Is Germany's Scholz meeting with Xi in Beijing indicating a shift in Europe-China trade tensions? Why is Sudan's year-long conflict gone largely unnoticed? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Sudanese who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, cross the border between Sudan and Chad.
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UN: Sudan situation is spiraling

Four months after conflict broke out between rival factions in Sudan, the UN warned this week that the situation is spiraling out of control.

As Sudan war worsens, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says UN must help
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As Sudan war worsens, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says UN must help

On August 1, the United States will take over the presidency of the UN Security Council. Ian Bremmer sat down with US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the UN headquarters in New York to find out what’s on the US agenda for the council presidency next month.

A Sudanese girl who fled the conflict in Darfur stands at her makeshift shelter near the border between Sudan and Chad.
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Another flareup in Western Darfur

As fighting between two rival army factions in Sudan rages on, the spillover effects on the restive Darfur region are getting worse.

A snapshot of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
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The Graphic Truth: Crisis on top of crisis in Sudan

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.