The Sudan civil war’s heavy humanitarian toll and high geopolitical risks are prompting Washington and its allies to seek an end to the fighting.

As Sudan marks the grim anniversary of a year-long conflict, aid agencies have warned that the country teeters on the edge of collapse, facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has largely been ignored by the rest of the world.

Dozens of cities and villages in Darfur have been razed to the ground in Sudan’s brutal year-long war, new satellite pictures have revealed.

Sudanese women were at the forefront of the country's April 2019 pro-democracy protests. Today, they play pivotal roles as peacebuilders in Sudan's ongoing civil war. But they have been entirely sidelined in decision-making and efforts to end the violence.

The UK has imposed sanctions on three businesses with links to the different factions in Sudan's civil war. Companies with links to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the two warring parties, will face new limits to their financial freedom a year after fighting began in the north-east African country.

Players beyond the borders of Sudan — from its African neighbours to the Gulf States and beyond — are influencing the course of the conflict for their own purposes and increasing the chances of it metastasizing,

Thousands have been killed and nine million have fled their homes in a conflict fuelled by warring factions in the African country