Recent reports from human rights organisations have highlighted ethnic-based attacks by militias allied with the Sudanese army in the central state of Al-Jazira, a development that the UN described as potentially amounting to war crimes and other atrocity crimes.

The UN says more than a million people have crossed into South Sudan from Sudan since the conflict broke out in 2023.

The United Nations (UN) human rights chief warned on Friday that the war in Sudan is becoming “more dangerous” for civilians, following reports from

This week, the United States accused the RSF militia in Sudan’s brutal civil conflict of committing genocide. It’s the second time in two decades that genocide has been declared in the northeast African nation,

Sudan is facing what the United Nations has described as an “unparalleled humanitarian disaster” with famine confirmed in multiple regions, even as it faces the risk of total destruction from war.

According to a press release, the projects funded by the European Union, Germany, The Netherlands and the UN, with a total of US$87.4 (84.4m Euros), were presented Monday to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Undersecretary, Dr John Kanisio.

The United Nations said Wednesday that it was "shocked" at reports of ethnically targeted killings in Sudan's central Al-Jazira state and demanded an investigation.

The United Nations warned Wednesday of retaliatory attacks against civilians in Sudan's Al-Jazira state, saying the reports raised "grave concerns about flagrant violations" of international law.

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Clementine Nkweta-Salami has expressed concern over reports of recent attacks against civilians in Al Jazirah State. In a statement issued on Wednesday,

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned that the conflict in Sudan is taking an even more dangerous turn for civilians after reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in the southeastern state of Al Jazirah and amid reports of an imminent battle for control of Khartoum.

Some 3.2 million children are expected to face malnutrition in Sudan this year, the United Nations Children's Fund said Friday. Aid agencies have complained of lack of access to the war-torn

The United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk warned Friday that the war in Sudan is becoming "more dangerous" for civilians. The statement follows reports from rights groups of army-allied militias carrying out ethnic-based attacks on minorities in the state of Al-Jazira.