Conflict reignited across Sudan in April 2023, displacing more than 12 million people and plunging the country into chaos. And today, the world risks another chapter of horror in Sudan as violence engulfs El Fasher.

The alleged atrocities "are part of a broader pattern of violence that has afflicted the entire Darfur region," the International Criminal Court said.

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said Monday they are taking steps to preserve evidence from Sudan's Darfur region of possible war crimes

A global hunger monitor is warning that no food aid has reached a conflict-hit area of South Sudan this year despite growing fears that it is headed toward famine.

Mohamed Ismail, North Kordofan's humanitarian aid commissioner, told the Sudan Tribune new website: "Drones belonging to the Rapid Support Forces militia attacked citizens who were at a funeral, resulting in the death of 40 people and the injury of dozens."

A look at the forces, both in Sudan and internationally, behind the country’s civil war and the mass killings in El Fasher.

Famine has spread to two new regions in Sudan, including a major city in the Darfur region where a militia has reportedly carried out mass killings and sent tens of thousands fleeing in the last week.

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