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A rare chronicle of war, survival and devastation in Darfur – in pictures
ByPhotographs by Jérôme Tubiana February 15, 2026

Few outsiders, if any, have ventured more widely into the centre of Sudan’s brutal civil war than Jérôme Tubiana. The French humanitarian has been granted unprecedented access to travel throughout the western region of Darfur to document the heart of a…

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Colombian mercenaries in Sudan ‘recruited by UK-registered firms’
ByMark Townsend December 19, 2025

Exclusive Guardian investigation finds companies set up by people sanctioned by US hired Colombian fighters for Rapid Support Forces, widely suspected of war crimes in SudanClose to Tottenham Hotspur’s shiny football stadium in London is a squat, nonde…

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Drone strike on UN facility in war-torn Sudan leaves six peacekeepers dead
ByAssociated Press December 13, 2025

UN secretary general António Guterres says ‘unjustifiable’ attack on base in city of Kadugli ‘could be war crime’A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, the UN secretary general António Gute…

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UK places sanctions on four RSF commanders for ‘heinous’ violence against Sudan civilians
ByPatrick Wintour and Mark Townsend December 12, 2025

Men are suspected of ‘mass killings, sexual violence and deliberate attacks in El Fasher’, says Foreign OfficeThe UK has placed sanctions on four senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces suspected of involvement in “heinous” viole…

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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
ByMark Townsend December 3, 2025

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistlebl…

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Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide
ByMark Townsend December 3, 2025

Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed from a UK risk assessment by Foreign Office officials, according to a whistlebl…

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Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies November 12, 2025

Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned r…

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Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies November 12, 2025

Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned r…

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The tragedy of El Fasher: inside the 7 November Guardian Weekly
ByGraham Snowdon November 5, 2025

A Sudanese massacre foretold. Plus Margaret Atwood on our dystopian worldGet the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressFor some time now, El Fasher in Sudan has been a city beyond the reach of journalists. But the haunting satellite image on ou…

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At least 36,000 Sudanese have fled since fall of El Fasher to RSF, says UN agency
ByCarlos Mureithi in Nairobi and agencies November 3, 2025

International Organization for Migration says refugees are heading to Tawila, which is already sheltering 652,000 displaced peopleMore than 36,000 Sudanese have fled the Kordofan region east of Darfur since Saturday, the UN’s migration agency has said,…

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