Sudan

Egypt boosts commitment to Somalia’s stability with new military deployment - analysis

As part of its efforts to enhance "security and stability," Egypt is sending additional forces to Somalia.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Residents wave Somali flags as they attend a rally denouncing Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somaliland region, during a gathering calling for Somalia’s territorial unity, in Mogadishu, Dec. 30.
People sit on a pickup truck as they prepare to travel about 250 km south to Adre, on the Chad-Sudan border, at a transport station in Tine, eastern Chad, November 25, 2025. The movement comes amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army.

Drone strike on displaced civilians in North Kordofan city kills 24, Sudanese authorities blame RSF

In a statement, the North Kordofan government “strongly condemns, in the harshest terms, the horrific terrorist crime committed by the RSF militia.”

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomes with Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chief and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at Cairo International Airport, in Cairo, Egypt, December 18, 2025.

Turkey delivers advanced drones to Egypt for Sudan operations

Egypt, sharing a 1,200 km border with Sudan, has strongly backed Sudan’s military in its nearly three-year conflict with the RSF paramilitary group.

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Iranians protest on a main street in Tehran, December 30, 2025

The world is growing numb to death, bad actors are counting on it - opinion

The public has to find a middle ground between awareness and overload of bad news, oppressive rulers, and radicals rely on the “blind eye” reflex.

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON

At least 42 migrants missing, presumed dead, after boat capsizes off Libya, IOM says

At least 42 migrants are missing after a boat capsized off Libya, the IOM said. Seven survivors were rescued after six days at sea as migrant deaths in the Mediterranean continue to rise.

NOVEMBER 12, 2025ByREUTERS
A member of the Red Crescent walks next to a body bag in a location given as near Surman, Libya, after a migrant boat capsized west of Libya's capital Tripoli, in this handout image released on October 28, 2025.

UN warns of looming famine in Sudan, Gaza among numerous hotspots

UN agencies warn millions face famine in Sudan, Gaza, Yemen, and other hotspots, calling for urgent funding as global aid cuts leave emergency responses crippled.

NOVEMBER 12, 2025ByREUTERS
Asha Kano Kavi, an internally displaced woman from Kadugli, serves wild boiled leaves for food to orphaned children at the Bruam IDP Camp within the Sudan's People Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) controlled area in Tobo County in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan June 22, 2024

The Sudan-Libya-Egypt triangle: An immediate Israeli security crisis - opinion

High-capacity smuggling routes running through the Sudan-Libya-Egypt tri-border area now offer hostile actors a reliable alternative to maritime and subterranean smuggling. 

NOVEMBER 12, 2025ByAMINE AYOUB
HEAD OF LIBYA’S national unity government, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah (right), meets Sudan’s Sovereign Council chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan in Tripoli in 2024.

Renewed fighting in central Sudan displaces 2,000 people, conflict intensifies in north Kordofan

The war in Sudan continues to escalate, displacing 2,000 people from towns around Bara as the army and RSF fight for control. Aid groups warn the real death toll is far higher than 40,000.

NOVEMBER 11, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
A Sudanese refugee uses a megaphone during an awareness campaign at Tine transit camp in Chad on November 8, 2025.

There are no mass protests for Sudan because it can't be used against US or Israel - analysis

The reason for the disproportionate attention is simply a matter of utility: activism for the Gaza war advances political objectives; activism for the Sudan conflict does not.

NOVEMBER 10, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A woman holds a placard during a protest called by Sudanese community in Athens, to condemn the civilian killings in Sudan's al-Fashir and to draw attention to the ongoing conflict, in Athens, Greece, November 7, 2025.

Sudan's RSF agrees to US proposal for humanitarian ceasefire

Both the RSF and the Sudanese army have agreed to various ceasefire proposals during their two-and-a-half-year-old war, though none have succeeded.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025ByREUTERS
An injured displaced Sudanese woman who fled violence in al-Fashir receives treatment while carrying her child at a makeshift clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan.

Satellite images reveal suspected mass graves near mosque, children’s hospital in Sudan’s El-Fasher

Evidence of mass burials surfaces in Sudan’s Darfur, with satellite images showing trenches dug near sites linked to RSF killings.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Displaced Sudanese children who fled with their families during violence in al-Fashir, sit inside a camp shelter, amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan November 3, 2025.

Why Sudan's General al-Burhan of Sudan is a growing threat to Israel - opinion

By aligning with Iran, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood, and defying every American and Arab appeal for peace Sudan’s ruler has turned his country into a new front against Israel.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByNATALIA CUADROS
A displaced woman rests in Tawila, in the country's war-torn western Darfur region, on October 28, 2025, after fleeing El-Fasher following the city's fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Famine and violence in Sudan: Thousands escape to Tawila for medical aid

'People left in chaos, carrying children, some in wheelbarrows, some on donkey carts, some on their feet'

NOVEMBER 4, 2025ByREUTERS
An injured displaced Sudanese girl who fled violence in al-Fashir, lies inside a makeshift clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan November 3, 2025.

US senators demand action as RSF seizes Darfur territory, attacks civilians

Republican and Democratic senators urge President Trump to act against Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after the group’s latest territorial gains and reported attacks on civilians in Darfur.

OCTOBER 30, 2025ByREUTERS
The grandmother of Ikram Abdelhameed looks on next to her family while sitting at a camp for displaced people who fled from al-Fashir to Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, October 27, 2025.