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Sudan

Drone strike on market town exposes reach of trade fuelling Sudan war

New famine risk haunts war-torn Sudan with El Niño-driven drought

A withered tree and underdeveloped peanut crops, as drought and heat linked to El Nino threaten harvests, livestock, and water supplies in Sudan's war-affected Kordofan region, in the village of Al-Habbuya near Um Ruwaba, North Kordofan, Sudan, September 17, 2026. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig
A withered tree and underdeveloped peanut crops, as drought and heat linked to El Nino threaten harvests, livestock, and water supplies in Sudan's war-affected Kordofan region, in the village of Al-Habbuya near Um Ruwaba, North Kordofan, Sudan, September 17, 2026. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

Sudanese drone attack killed more than 150 people in Abyei market, official says

A person wounded in a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border between South Sudan and Sudan is carried to Ameth Bek hospital, October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Medecins Sans Frontieres/Handout via REUTERS
A person wounded in a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border between South Sudan and Sudan is carried to Ameth Bek hospital, October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Medecins Sans Frontieres/Handout via REUTERS

US says immigrants from Ukraine, Sudan can keep protected status for now

FILE PHOTO: A person carries a framed logo of U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the hallway of U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File photo
FILE PHOTO: A person carries a framed logo of U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the hallway of U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File photo

Egypt says border operation targeted illegal mining after deadly strike kills 72

People inspecting the site of an airstrike in the mining area of Jabal al-Uqaydat, in Sudan, in a screengrab from a video obtained on Oct 12.
People inspecting the site of an airstrike in the mining area of Jabal al-Uqaydat, in Sudan, in a screengrab from a video obtained on Oct 12.

US envoy attends event with Sudanese army chief in Egypt

Massad Boulos, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, speaks to the media at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 21, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Massad Boulos, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, speaks to the media at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 21, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Sudan's ousted president Bashir sent to Khartoum for treatment, lawyer says

FILE PHOTO: Sudan's ousted President Omar al-Bashir is seen inside the defendant's cage at a courthouse in Khartoum, Sudan September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Sudan's ousted President Omar al-Bashir is seen inside the defendant's cage at a courthouse in Khartoum, Sudan September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

US ceasefire plan for Sudan could lead to Libya-style partition, adviser says

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese refugees from Darfur build a house of clay bricks inside the Iridimi refugee camp, amid ongoing conflict in their country, in the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of the town of Iriba, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Sudanese refugees from Darfur build a house of clay bricks inside the Iridimi refugee camp, amid ongoing conflict in their country, in the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of the town of Iriba, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Egypt's Salah ruled out of South Sudan qualifier due to artificial surface

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Round of 16 - Argentina v Egypt - Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. - July 7, 2026 Egypt's Mohamed Salah in action REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Round of 16 - Argentina v Egypt - Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. - July 7, 2026 Egypt's Mohamed Salah in action REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Number of Sudanese fleeing to Chad surges 20-fold as aid runs dry, UN says

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese refugee children from al-Fashir stand at sunset in the Tine transit camp amid the conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Army, in eastern Chad, November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Sudanese refugee children from al-Fashir stand at sunset in the Tine transit camp amid the conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Army, in eastern Chad, November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

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