Sudan Violence

Border War Between Sudan And South Sudan

AP | MICHAEL ONYIEGO | Posted 04.17.2012

HEGLIG, Sudan — The road to Heglig, an oil town that South Sudan and Sudan are fighting over, is lined with discarded furniture, destroyed buses...

From the Arab Spring to a Saharan Winter

Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 04.04.2012

Elizabeth Blackney

Partisanship must be removed from humanitarian work. Throughout my career, the people I have admired most are those with strong convictions based on a full picture however frustrating it may be.

Thousands Flee Violent Clashes In Sudan

AP | Posted 11.03.2011

GENEVA -- The U.N. refugee agency says thousands of people are believed to be fleeing to Ethiopia to escape fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile state. U.N....

More Mass Graves Reportedly Found In Sudan

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

By JASON STRAZIUSO, ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya -- A U.S. monitoring group said Wednesday that satellite imagery had revealed the existence of ...

Sudan Violence Amounts To War Crimes: Rights Groups

GlobalPost | Trevor Snapp | Posted 09.27.2011

NUBA MOUNTAINS, Sudan -- Hospital wards here are overflowing with civilians who have suffered attacks at the hands of the Sudan army. The scenes ar...

A New Wave Of Mass Crimes In Sudan?

The New Republic | Posted 08.14.2011

As the July 9 date for the secession of South Sudan approaches, something very ugly is happening in Sudan. Northern Sudan has initiated a series of vi...

Humanitarian Workers Targeted By Soldiers In Southern Sudan

AP | MAGGIE FICK | Posted 05.25.2011

JUBA, Sudan — The army of Southern Sudan has been looting food convoys and carrying out other attacks on aid groups, officials of those groups a...

Doctors Without Borders Suspends Southern Sudan Work Due To Violence

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Aid group Doctors Without Borders said it has been forced to suspend work in a volatile part of South Sudan because of attacks against h...

Modern-Day Slavery: Alive and Well

Marc Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Marc Gunther

The U.S. State Department this month published a report finding that more than 12 million people worldwide are victims of "trafficking in persons" -- trapped in forced labor, bonded labor or prostitution.

Sudan: More Than 100 Killed In Clashes

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

More than 100 people have been killed in clashes in the Jonglei state in southern Sudan, officials have said. The clashes erupted after fighters from...

Sudan: Gunmen Massacre 185 Displaced People, Including Women, Children, Says Official

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Armed tribesmen attacked a fishing village in southeast Sudan where hundreds of displaced people were camped near a river, leaving at le...