The warring parties were part of the vile machinery of oppression that civilians found the courage to refuse and resist. The good guys are still hanging on to decency, working to help each other in desperate circumstances.

Amid what a Catholic charity called "unimaginable" suffering of civilians trapped in civil war brutality in Sudan, the United States declared that one of the fighting factions is committing genocide in the country and slapped sanctions on its leader.

The United States just formally declared that genocide has taken place in the northeast African nation, but the calamity there dates back decades.

Peace is so hard to find in Sudan because both sides are focused on absolute victory rather than negotiations, according to a member of the bishops’ conference.

Middle Eastern states and their allies must not continue to exploit the country as a battleground for their rivalries

Just who is playing on the side of civilians in the Sudan war? The answer depends on who you ask. Both the Sudan Armed Forces (Saf) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group, have claimed they are fighting to defeat ‘rebels’ or ‘brotherhood sympathisers,’ a reference to Omar al-Bashir era supporters.

The White House described Sudan’s civil war as a genocide Wednesday, a day after Washington placed sanctions on the nation’s rebel leader for his forces’ “horrific, systematic atrocities” in a conflict that has gripped the nation for more than two years, killing tens of thousands of people and driving millions from their homes.

Analysis: As a battleground for foreign rivalries, the role of external powers in any diplomatic breakthrough remains crucial.

The Biden administration has sanctioned the RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo as well as businesses owned by the group in the UAE.View on euronews

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,

Three years ago, the people of Sudan successfully ousted longtime military dictator Omar al-Bashir and started their country on a path to democracy. Today, though, things look grim—a new military dictatorship has blocked the democratic transition and rules repressively from Sudan’s capital,