Professionals from leading organizations responding to the Sudan crisis tell Devex that the local talent pool is “spread thin,” and their needs are many, including humanitarian affairs colleagues who can collect data.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region, which has seen reported ethnic cleansing by paramilitary forces that have been fighting government forces for 19 months.

South Sudan has lifted a nationwide curfew imposed more than 10 days ago after a night of deadly rioting in the capital over the alleged killing of South Sudanese people by the army and allied groups in neighbouring Sudan,

“To make life easier for women, surviving the war requires collective work and strength in solidarity,” said Huyam*, a mutual aid volunteer from southeastern Sennar state, where the army now controls key areas after an advance last year by the RSF.

An official says at least 18 people were killed when a small plane crashed in South Sudan

Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan.

South Sudan authorities are investigating the cause of Wednesday’s plane crash at the country’s Unity oilfield, that claimed the lives of 20 passengers and crew, with one survivor.

Fighting around Sudan ‘s largest oil refinery set the sprawling complex ablaze, satellite data analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows, sending thick, black smoke over the country’s capital.

The RSF did not immediately acknowledge the attack in El Fasher, which is over 800 kilometers southwest of Khartoum.

Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited its strategic headquarters in central Khartoum on Sunday in his first appearance there since government forces claimed to have broken a months-long siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by challenging environmental crises and conflicts.