Darfur

‘Never Again’ revisited: The Jewish community’s struggle to balance Darfur, Oct. 7 priorities

Today, six years after the end of al-Bashir’s reign and 14 years after the founding of South Sudan as an independent country, Darfur is again descending into chaos.

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People displaced from El Fasher and other conflict-affected areas are settled in the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, on Nov. 9, 2025. Tens of thousands were forced to flee after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the city of El Fasher on Oct. 26
A child looks at Sudanese women lining up to receive aid at the Al-Afad camp for displaced people in the town of Al-Dabba, northern Sudan, on November 15, 2025. Since its outbreak in April 2023,

US steps up Sudan peace push as Rubio discusses conflict resolution with Saudi FM - analysis

The BBC says “more than 150,000 people have died in the conflict across the country, and about 12 million have fled their homes in what the UN has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis."

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Cyril Laucci, Lead Counsel for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, a Sudanese national, waits to hear the verdict of the International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

ICC sentences Darfur Janjaweed militia leader to 20 years

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted in October on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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South Sudan Red Cross workers help Engineer Emmanuel Maker, survivor of a plane crash at the Unity oilfield airport, after he was airlifted at the Juba Airport, South Sudan, January 29, 2025.

MSF halts operations in Darfur after paramilitary violence kills staff member

The victim of the attack was a worker for Sudan's health ministry, who was killed outside the Zalingei hospital.

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Ethnic killings in one Sudan city left up to 15,000 dead - UN report

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.

JANUARY 20, 2024ByREUTERS
A Sudanese family who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, sit beside their belongings while waiting to be registered by UNHCR upon crossing the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad, July 26, 2023.

Sudan's deadly civil war escalates with millions displaced - analysis

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.

DECEMBER 21, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People fleeing the violence in West Darfur, cross the border into Adre, Chad, August 4, 2023.

Hamas and the Janjawid in Darfur are both genocidal in nature - opinion

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.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023ByHADAS YARON MESGENA, USUMAIN BARAKA
Adam Barima was murdered in Sderot as he was walking in the street, shot by Hamas terrorists.

Sudanese in Israel watch in anguish as Darfur violence unfolds

Residents have blamed the violence on Arab militias known as "Janjaweed" and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a faction that has been fighting the army in the capital Khartoum and other areas of Sudan.

JUNE 27, 2023ByREUTERS
The daughter of Sudanese asylum seekers, four-year-old Ilav looks on as she sits in the Masalit tribe community centre in southern Tel Aviv, Israel June 24, 2023.

Sudan's warring factions widen conflict across the country

Air strikes and anti-aircraft missile fire hit overnight in the Omdurman and Khartoum, two of the three cities that make up Sudan's wider capital.

JUNE 23, 2023ByREUTERS
An aerial view of the black smoke and flames at a market in Omdurman, Khartoum North, Sudan, May 17, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.

West Darfur fighting spreads to capital city El Geneina - residents

The latest fighting began with an altercation on Thursday between members of different tribes, according to rights groups active in the area.

APRIL 25, 2022ByREUTERS
A landscape view of El Geneina town, the capital of West Darfur. The town is known for having plenty of greenery, a strategic geographical location and overarching unity among the local communities, which has led to the development of a vibrant economy and social cohesion.

First ICC trial addressing Darfur war crimes to open

Former Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who faces ICC charges of orchestrating genocide and other atrocities in Darfur, was deposed during a popular uprising in 2019 and remains in prison.

APRIL 4, 2022ByREUTERS
The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

Hope for Israel's Darfur asylum seekers after court ruling

Separated from his family, Hassan says he fled from Sudan to Egypt and on through the Sinai desert into Israel, where he has been living in immigration limbo for 11 years.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByREUTERS
WOMEN WALK to the market in Abu Shock IDPs camp in Al Fashir, capital of North Darfur, Sudan, last year.

High Court to State: Give Darfurians, Nubians refugee rights, or deport

In a groundbreaking ruling, the High Court of Justice told the state that if it doesn't figure out a way to give illegal Darfurians and Nuba Sudanese refugee rights, they will get deported.

APRIL 25, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Sudanese demonstrate in support of their people in South Tel Aviv, June 30, 2019.

Who will be the next ICC prosecutor who will really decide Israel’s fate?

Current ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda steps down from her nine-year term on June 15, but her successor has not yet been selected.

FEBRUARY 7, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), poses for pictures at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, January 26, 2017.