US seizes Russian-flagged tanker, another tied to Venezuela as Trump widens oil push

With a Russian submarine and vessels nearby, the seizure risked more confrontation with Russia, which has condemned U.S.
Global Investigative Journalism Network

Deadly Gaza Aid Sites, Damascus Dossier, Exploiting Sudanese Refugees: 2025’s Best Investigative Stories from the Middle East and North Africa

Also featuring exposés on sex-trafficking of workers in Dubai, secret mass deportations of Tunisians from the EU, and ...

Starlink Is About to Enter a New Conflict Zone

Elon Musk’s satellite megaconstellation will provide free broadband internet access to Venezuela following the U.S. incursion ...

Gueye double helps Senegal end Sudan's Afcon run

Pape Gueye scores twice in the first half as Senegal come from behind to beat Sudan 3-1 in the last 16 at the 2025 Africa Cup ...
AllAfrica on MSN

Liberia's flag hoisted at UN Security Council after more than six decades

For the first time in more than six decades, Liberia has rejoined the world's most powerful security forum--not as a subject of international intervention, but as a decision-maker.On Friday, Jan. 2, ...

From gunshots to the Africa Cup, Sudanese players endure brutal war to bring hope

Sudan’s players pose for the team picture before the Africa Cup of Nations group E soccer match between Algeria and Sudan in ...
CAF

Kwesi Appiah: We will fight to raise the flag of Sudan at AFCON 2025

Sudan national team head coach Kwesi Appiah has reaffirmed his side’s determination to fight for national pride at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025, vowing to raise the ...
The New Yorker

How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe

In 2021, Sudan’s military, in coördination with a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (R.S.F.), launched a coup. But the alliance between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdel ...
Cfr.org

The Forgotten War in Sudan

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Sign up to receive CFR President Mike Froman’s analysis on the most important foreign policy story of the week, delivered to your inbox ...
CBS News

Sudan's civil war rages despite U.S. peace push, as explosions heard near capital Khartoum

Port Sudan, Sudan — Explosions were heard near the army-controlled Sudanese capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses told AFP, a day after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they had agreed to a ...
Long War Journal

Analysis: Islamic State redoubles call for jihad in Sudan, urges foreign fighters to migrate

As news of more mass atrocities committed by the United Arab Emirates-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) circulates, the Islamic State has again called for jihad in Sudan. In this week’s Al Naba ...
PBS

Sudan’s cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war

Sudan’s civil war has become a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering scale, marked by famine, ethnic cleansing and sexual violence. Over three years, an estimated 150,000 people have been killed, and ...