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November 26, 2024 at 4:34 PM

UN warns of ‘worst humanitarian crisis on Earth’ in Sudan

ABC News contributor and former Deputy Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mick Mulroy talks about the difficulty of getting aid to people in the war-torn country.
November 26, 2024 at 4:34 PM
VIDEO: UN warns of ‘worst humanitarian crisis on Earth’ in Sudan
November 25, 2024 at 7:16 PM

Sudan faces growing humanitarian crisis amid civil war

Russia vetoed a U.N. cease-fire resolution between Sudan's military and paramilitary forces as the humanitarian crisis in the country deepens.
November 25, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Sudan faces growing humanitarian crisis amid civil war
2 months ago

Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group chief accuses Egypt of involvement in civil war

Officials in Cairo denied the claims, saying they sought "to halt the war."
2 months ago
In this Aug. 10, 2022 file photo, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Sudanese Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, talks during a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan.
2 months ago

Inside Sudan's El Fasher, a city under siege amid a civil war

The North Darfur capital has become a hotspot of fighting between Sudan’s warring parties.
2 months ago
Sudan's General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan salutes as he listens to the national anthem after landing in the military airport of Port Sudan on August 27, 2023.
3 months ago

Sudan dam disaster imperils major port city amid civil war

A dam collapse in Sudan has left at least 30 people dead and at least 20 villages destroyed following heavy rains in a region already devastated by civil war.
3 months ago
This picture shows the destroyed Arbaat Dam, 40km north of Port Sudan that collapsed following heavy rains and torrential floods on August 25, 2024.
4 months ago

Sudan at 'breaking point' amid civil war ahead of US-mediated talks

The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan has said U.S.-mediated ceaseefire talks are set to go ahead this week, despite pending confirmation from the Sudanese Army.
4 months ago
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan gestures as he attends a graduation ceremony in Gibet near Port Sudan on July 31, 2024.
4 months ago

US invites Sudan's warring parties to cease-fire talks in Switzerland

The cease-fire talks are set to kick off in Geneva, Switzerland, on August 14.
4 months ago
People set up tents at a camp for internally displaced Sudanese from Sennar state, in the al-Huri district of Gedaref city in the east of war-torn Sudan on July 14, 2024.
5 months ago

Sudan's RSF paramilitary group advances toward key humanitarian port

Over 60,000 people have fled the capital of Sennar State since the end of June
5 months ago
People fleeing the town of Singa, the capital of Sudan's southeastern Sennar state, arrive in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country on June 30, 2024.
6 months ago

Scores feared dead after RSF militants attack village in Sudan’s Al Jazirah State

"Up to a hundred" people were killed as the RSF militia besieged the village, attacking the village twice with heavy artillery, the Wad Madani Resistance Committee said.
6 months ago
In this Sept. 29, 2022 file photo, a Sudanese demonstrator carries the national flag during a rally to demand the return to civilian rule, in the capital Khartoum.
6 months ago

130 people die after fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher

An international aid group says more than two weeks of fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people
6 months ago
Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are fighting over a major city in the western Darfur region.
6 months ago

Over 130 killed in 2 weeks as fighting intensifies in major Sudanese city

El-Fasher is the last major city in Sudan's Darfur region still in the hands of the Sudanese Armed Forces amid fierce fighting with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
6 months ago
Internally displaced women wait in a queue to collect aid from a group at a camp in Gadaref on May 12, 2024.
6 months ago

Doctors Without Borders works to help during crisis in Sudan

Doctors Without Borders Director of Operations Oliver Behn discusses working in Sudan’s Southern State of Darfur.
6 months ago
VIDEO: Doctors Without Borders works to help during crisis in Sudan
7 months ago

Deadly clashes intensify in Darfur amid international calls for end to Sudan war

The US warned of an imminent offensive by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and allied militias
7 months ago
Newly arrived Sudanese refugees arrive to set up makeshift shelters at twilight close to a relocation camp on April 24, 2024 near Adre, Chad.
7 months ago

Militants have committed crimes against humanity in Sudan, watchdog warns

Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed in West Darfur, against ethnic Massalit and non-Arab communities, according to Human Rights Watch.
7 months ago
A damaged army tank is seen on the street, almost one year into the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Omdurman, Sudan, April 7, 2024.
7 months ago

Crisis in Sudan

Akshaya Kumar of Human Rights Watch joins the show.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Crisis in Sudan
7 months ago

'Large-scale massacre' looms in Sudan city surrounded by paramilitary, US warns

Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield warned that El Fasher is "on the precipice of a large-scale massacre," calling on the RSF to end its siege of the city.
7 months ago
A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan.
8 months ago

Satellite images show devastation in Sudan 1 year since conflict began

Monday marks one year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group began.
8 months ago
Khartoum skyline is seen on Mar 29, 2023.
8 months ago

Sudanese War: 1 Year Later

ABC News' Marcus Moore reports on the year-long war in Sudan that's forcing millions to flee and inflaming the humanitarian situation in the region.
8 months ago
VIDEO: Sudanese War: 1 Year Later
9 months ago

US special envoy for Sudan begins regional tour amid push for cease-fire

U.S. Special Envoy Tom Perriello is meeting key partners in a push for an end to the conflict in Sudan.
9 months ago
A general view of an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp on Nov. 30, 2023 in Bentiu, South Sudan.
9 months ago

11 lions rescued from conflict-hit Sudan arrive in South Africa

The lions -- rescued among a total of 48 animals from Sudan’s capital, Khartoun, the heart of the conflict -- have been transferred to the LionsRock Big Cat Sanctuary.
9 months ago
The arrival and release of Sudan Lions to LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary.
9 months ago

Sudan facing tragic hunger crisis

Nic Pyatt, interim head mission for Sudan for nonviolent peace force, discusses the over 7 million people facing extreme hunger.
9 months ago
VIDEO: Sudan facing tragic hunger crisis
9 months ago

Sudan facing tragic hunger crisis

Nic Pyatt, interim head mission for Sudan for nonviolent peace force, discusses the over 7 million people facing extreme hunger.
9 months ago
VIDEO: Sudan facing tragic hunger crisis
1 year ago

Fighting reaches Sudan’s Wad Madani, once considered a safe haven for displaced

Local authorities have announced a State of emergency, effective until further notice
1 year ago
People displaced by the conflict in Sudan walk with their belonging along a road in Wad Madani, the capital of al-Jazirah state, on Dec. 16, 2023.
1 year ago

Sudan now one of the 'worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history'

UN Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Chief Martin Griffiths says half-a-year of war has plunged Sudan into “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history."
1 year ago
Fighters ride in a vehicle moving in a military convoy accompanying the governor of Sudan's Darfur State during a stopover in the eastern city of Gedaref while on the way to Port Sudan, on Aug. 30, 2023.
1 year ago

UN envoy warns Sudan conflict risks turning into 'full-scale war'

United Nations special envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, has warned the conflict risks "morphing into a full-blown civil war" as fighting intensifies.
1 year ago
In this Jan. 10, 2022 file photo U.N. Special Representative in Sudan Volker Perthes speaks during a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan.
1 year ago

'Disease catastrophe' looms in Sudan as health conditions deteriorate, medics warn

Health officials observe "thousands of corpses" on the streets of Khartoum as Sudan’s healthcare system hands "by a thread."
1 year ago
A boy walks through a flooded area in al-Sagai north of Omdurman on August 6, 2023. Torrential rains have destroyed more than 450 homes in Sudan's north, state media reported on August 7, validating concerns voiced by aid groups that the wet season would compound the war-torn country's woes.
1 year ago

3-day ceasefire starts between Sudan's warring factions

The ceasefire that was brokered by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, started today. Tomorrow the U.N. will hold a conference to raise money to cover Sudan's humanitarian needs.
1 year ago
VIDEO: 3-day ceasefire starts between Sudan's warring factions
1 year ago

Global number of displaced children reaches new high amid Ukraine war

The global number of children forcibly displaced from their homes reached a record 43.3 million by the end of 2022, fueled by conflicts such as the war in Ukraine.
1 year ago
Spivak Nastya, a 13-year-old Ukrainian refugee from the war-torn Donetsk region, reacts as she talks with journalists next to a tank at an open air exhibition of destroyed Russian armored equipment in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2023.
2 years ago

Sudan's army pulls out of talks with rival force

Negotiations between Sudan's warring parties fell apart Wednesday as both sides accused each other of cease-fire violations.
2 years ago
A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment during clashes between forces loyal to two rival generals in Khartoum North, Sudan, on May 1, 2023.
2 years ago

What is happening in Sudan?

Sudan is on the brink of collapse as forces loyal to two rival generals are battling for control of the resource-rich North African nation.
2 years ago
Smoke billows during fighting in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, May 3, 2023.
2 years ago

Sudanese American family reunited after fleeing conflict

Sudanese-American family details their experience fleeing from the military conflict in Sudan and reuniting with family members back in the U.S.
2 years ago
VIDEO:
2 years ago

Family reunites in California after escaping violence in Sudan conflict

Two weeks after speaking with ABC News Live from Cairo, 6-year-old Abdullah Ahmed and his mother have escaped Sudan and reunited with his dad in San Francisco.
2 years ago
Family reunites in California after escaping violence in Sudan conflict
2 years ago

Sudan's rival forces hold peace talks amid shaky cease-fires

Sounds of fighting and artillery shooting could be heard in several parts of Sudan on Monday as talks between warring sides were underway in Saudi Arabia.
2 years ago
Smoke billows over Khartoum, Sudan, May 7, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals.
2 years ago

Warring Sudanese sides meet in Egypt

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are leading the effort to bring peace to war-torn Sudan.
2 years ago
VIDEO: Warring Sudanese sides meet in Egypt
2 years ago

Family rescued from Sudan details journey

Lamees Babikar Mohamed and her son, Abdullah, share the details of their escape from Sudan and credit Bryan Stern for helping to save their lives.
2 years ago
VIDEO: Family rescued from Sudan details journey
2 years ago

Evacuees fleeing Sudan reflect on 'terrifying' trek as they pass through Cairo

Eighty-six people, most of whom are American citizens, were airlifted on Monday from Port Sudan to Egypt aboard a plane in the first private air evacuation of Americans.
2 years ago
British Nationals prepare to be evacuated onto a RAF aircraft at Wadi Seidna Air Base, in Sudan, April 27, 2023.
2 years ago

US ramps up evacuation efforts as Sudan crisis escalates

ABC News contributor Mick Mulroy, a former Defense Department official, breaks down U.S. evacuation efforts in Sudan as clashes between rival military forces intensify.
2 years ago
VIDEO: US ramps up evacuation efforts as Sudan crisis escalates
2 years ago

2nd convoy of American civilians evacuates from Sudan

The State Department confirmed that nearly 1,000 U.S. citizens have already been evacuated in the three weeks since fierce fighting began between two war generals.
2 years ago
VIDEO: 2nd convoy of American civilians evacuates from Sudan
2 years ago

US continues mass evacuation effort from Sudan with 2nd convoy

The State Department confirmed a U.S.-led evacuation from Sudan on Saturday.
2 years ago
This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 28, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising over Khartoum.
2 years ago

Race to evacuate Americans from Sudan

Despite the fragile truce between the warring military factions, the ongoing violence is making it difficult for people to evacuate the country.
2 years ago
VIDEO: Race to evacuate Americans from Sudan
2 years ago

US evacuates Americans from Sudan under escort of armed drones

Hundreds of Americans are reportedly safe after fleeing in a convoy escorted by armed drones.
2 years ago
VIDEO: US evacuates Americans from Sudan under escort of armed drones
2 years ago

US scrambles to evacuate Americans in Sudan

A convoy of buses carrying about 300 Americans left Khartoum.
2 years ago
VIDEO: US scrambles to evacuate Americans in Sudan
2 years ago

US warns Americans to leave Sudan immediately

U.S. officials urged Americans who are in the Sudan to leave in next 24 to 48 hours due to the escalating violence.
2 years ago
VIDEO: US warns Americans to leave Sudan immediately
2 years ago

Americans race to escape Sudan as questions swirl around US response

Thousands of citizens from Europe and elsewhere have been flown out of Sudan, but many Americans have been frustrated by the lack of help from the U.S. government.
2 years ago
VIDEO: Americans race to escape Sudan as questions swirl around US response
2 years ago

World Health Organization warns of a high-risk biological hazard in Sudan

Fighters in the ongoing crisis there seized a laboratory holding samples of deadly pathogens such as measles, polio and cholera.
2 years ago
VIDEO: World Health Organization warns of a high-risk biological hazard in Sudan
2 years ago

2nd American killed in Sudan

An American doctor was killed in Sudan as the violence from the civil war escalates.
2 years ago
VIDEO:  2nd American killed in Sudan
2 years ago

As Sudan cease-fire announced, some Americans still struggling to escape

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a cease-fire Monday afternoon.
2 years ago
A grab taken from an AFPTV video shows a convoy leaving Khartoum towards Port Sudan, April 23, 2023, as people flee the battle-torn Sudanese capital.
2 years ago

WHO warns of biological hazard after fighters seize control of a lab in Sudan

A World Health Organization spokesperson said technicians found deadly pathogens like cholera and polio in the National Public Laboratory in the middle of the crisis in Sudan.
2 years ago
VIDEO: WHO warns of biological hazard after fighters seize control of a lab in Sudan
2 years ago

More countries evacuate citizens from Sudan

Countries like France and the U.K. are now rushing to evacuate citizens during a 72-hour cease-fire brokered by the U.S.
2 years ago
VIDEO: More countries evacuate citizens from Sudan
2 years ago

An Iowa woman waits for her husband's return from Sudan as conflict continues

Mohamed Ahmed was scheduled to head back home to his family in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from Sudan on April 19 when the conflict there erupted.
2 years ago
Family photo showing Mohamed Ahmed alongside his wife Jacy Bunnell Ahmed and their daughter.