CAIRO — Sudan’s military on Sunday broke a more than yearlong siege on the crucial city of Obeid, restoring access to a strategic area in the south-central region and strengthening crucial ...

Dilling, the second-largest city in South Kordofan, has been under a tight blockade since the early months of Sudan’s wider conflict. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) control areas to ...

The war has split the country, with the army controlling the north and the east while the RSF holds most of the Darfur region in the west and parts of the south ... guide to the Sudan war Sudan ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allies on Sunday signed a charter that paved the way for the establishment of a parallel government, as Sudan's army made ...

In Afghanistan, 'bacha bazi,' the exploitation of young boys as dancers and sexual slaves, remains widespread, particularly in Pashtun tribal areas. Despite laws against it and previous bans by ...

North Korea warns of retaliation after US nuclear submarine docks in Busan Pyongyang warns of ‘acute military confrontation’ after USS Alexandria submarine docks in South Korean port.

South Korea's fertility rate rose in 2024, supported by an increase in marriages, in a sign that the country's demographic crisis might have turned a corner. Worldcategory· ago South Korea's ...

The United Nations has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting South Sudan as it works to conclude a two-year transitional period and prepare for its first-ever democratic elections in 2026.

The Government of South Sudan is set to embark on large-scale mapping across the country in a bid to help identify the locations and size of new mineral deposits. Speaking in Juba on Monday ...

The stark divide that South Africa's land act seeks to bridge A law that allows the government to confiscate land has reignited racial tensions that have dogged Africa's southernmost tip ever ...

The RSF’s rise to power is a direct consequence of decades of imperialist intervention. In the lead-up to the partition of South Sudan in 2011, the U.S. actively funneled arms and other military ...

The trip to South Africa was planned last spring and Rachel Lambert was fully aware that it would fall on Super Bowl weekend. But the brutal finish to the previous Eagles season was still fresh. There ...