Sudan is an Arab nation in North Africa, directly south of Egypt and along the Red Sea.
Since becoming independent in 1956, Sudan has had a tumultuous history rife with coups and political instability - the most recent coup having happened in 2021 and the crackdown against protesters being ongoing at the time of writing.
Notably, despite having long held staunch opposition to the State of Israel, ties between Israel and Sudan seem to be getting close to warming at the time of writing following efforts to bring them into normalization under the rubric of the Abraham Accords.
A UN peacekeeper from Ghana was killed amid the violence, the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) said on Sunday.
The war has left nearly half of Sudan's 49 million people needing aid, while more than 7.5 million people have fled their homes - making Sudan the biggest displacement crisis globally.
The Media Line speaks with eyewitnesses who detail atrocities taking place in Sudan during the ongoing civil war.
Generals and paramilitaries have been fighting over the country and plunged it into disaster. Now there are reports that the RSF have taken Wadi Medani, southeast of Khartoum.
Claims also emerged that the SAF and local police were targeting individuals based on ethnicity, arresting civilians from Darfur without proper cause.
One of the many victims of the October 7 massacre in Israel was Adam Barima, a Darfurian refugee who escaped Sudan and reached Israel about 15 years ago.
The entire Sudanese nation is a victim of this pitiless and uncompromising struggle for power.
If left untreated, 95% of cases of this parasitic disease can be fatal.
Establishing ties with Israel’s regional neighbors has been an uphill slog since the state’s inception. The Abraham Accords signified a massive and historic leap forward.
Much of the international community has been absent and ignored the Sudan conflict but now things may be changing.