Ashish Kumar Sen

 Away from the headlines dominated by the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, a civil war between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is pushing the country to the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. As an allegedly genocidal RSF gains the upper hand, a U.N. official has warned that Sudan is “facing a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis.”

After three decades, Sudan is no longer ruled by Omar al-Bashir, but his ouster in a military coup raises more questions than answers. Amid anti-government protests that have only grown in intensity, Sudanese Defense Minister Awad Ibn Auf on April 11 announced that Bashir had been taken into custody and that a transitional government administered by the military and led by Auf would run Sudan for a two-year period. Auf also announced the suspension of the constitution and a three-month state of emergency.

US President Donald J. Trump’s administration should conduct a long-overdue review of the designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to a new report from the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center.

Wolf calls for arrest of Sudanese leader at U.N. General Assembly A senior House Republican wants the Obama administration to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , who is accused of war crimes, if he arrives in the U.S. to attend a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly this week.

Sudan’s Omar Bashir, accused of war crimes, puts U.S. in bind with visa request An accused war criminal wants to address the U.N. General Assembly this week, and the Obama administration doesn’t know what to do with him.

Olympian returns to land of Lost Boys to raise awareness of Sudan refugees’ plight More than two decades after he fled the civil war raging in his homeland, Guor Mading , one of Sudan ’s Lost Boys who is now a U.S. citizen, has returned to South Sudan to use his status as an Olympic athlete to publicize the plight of refugees who pack camps across the eastern African country.

Sudan, South Sudan agree to oil export deal South Sudan will begin pumping oil on March 24, under an agreement signed Tuesday by Sudan and South Sudan that will restart the countries’ oil export industry.

Sudanese rebels offer cease-fire A leader of a Sudanese rebel movement says his group is ready to pause a bloody war with Sudan ’s armed forces so that people affected by nearly two years of fighting can receive desperately needed humanitarian aid.

Strike on Sudan arms factory points to Iran threat to Israel   Sudan ’s longtime ties to Iran — and the two nations’ roles in arming Islamic militants — have come under scrutiny in the wake of an explosion at a Khartoum weapons factory, blamed on an Israeli airstrike, and the dockings of two Iranian warships at a Sudanese port.

Sudanese activist says uprising is imminent A Sudanese man who traveled to South Sudan in May to help rebuild a church and ended up being arrested, tortured and charged with terrorism while on a trip north to Sudan , says his countrymen are mobilizing to topple the regime in Khartoum and desperately need U.S. support.

Sudan, South Sudan prepare for talks as they support rebels Sudan and South Sudan are still supporting rebels in each other’s country as they prepare for a fresh round of talks this week over disputes that brought the two neighbors to the brink of war earlier this year.

U.S. wants to mend ties with Sudan The United States wants to improve ties with Sudan after more than a decade of strained relations, if the African nation ruled by an autocratic president under indictment for war crimes adopts democracy and respects human rights, a senior Obama administration official said on Wednesday.

U.S. official: Sudans engaging in mutual ‘suicide’   Sudan and South Sudan are committing “mutual economic suicide” in their dispute over oil, according to a top U.S. official.

South Sudan envoy: Sudan is warmongering A top South Sudanese official on Monday said Sudan is violating a U.N. ultimatum to halt the fighting that has brought the two African neighbors to the brink of an all-out war.

Sudanese conflict creates land of the lost The “Lost Boys” of Sudan walked for months over punishing terrain and waded across rivers teeming with crocodiles to get to refugee camps in neighboring countries.

Bombs on Sudanese border stoke war talk The president of South Sudan on Tuesday accused Sudan of declaring war on his country after fighter jets dropped more than half a dozen bombs overnight in a border area.

U.S. slams Sudanese incursion into south The Obama administration on Monday condemned a Sudanese military incursion into South Sudan and called for the withdrawal of all northern militia from the south.

South Sudan defies U.S., U.N., African Union over oil field South Sudan ’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday defied calls from the United States, United Nations and African Union to withdraw his forces from an oil field along the disputed border with Sudan .  

U.S., U.N. urge Sudan, South Sudan to stop fighting The Obama administration and the United Nations on Wednesday urged the governments of Sudan and South Sudan to halt the fighting that has pushed the two nations to the brink of an all-out war.

Sudanese military aircraft bombed an oil field in neighboring South Sudan on Tuesday, causing an escalation in border violence that derailed an April presidential summit between the two nations.