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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicSudan conflict

Topic: Sudan conflict

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

UK announces £113 million aid package for Sudan

The aid package will support UN and NGO partners in providing vital assistance, including food, cash, shelter, medical care, water, and sanitation.

Sudan is burning and foreign powers are benefiting. UAE is the most interested

UAE is the foreign player most invested in the war. It views resource-rich, strategically located Sudan as an opportunity to expand its influence and control in the MENA region.

Darfur’s El-Fasher is on ‘precipice of large-scale massacre’. What’s the conflict in Sudan

Paramilitary RSF, embroiled in bloody conflict with Sudanese Armed Forces, is advancing to capture El Fasher in Darfur. The war, raging for a year, has international implications too.

Invisible victims of Sudan war–dozens of babies die in orphanage with grim toll in Khartoum

At least 50 children - at least two dozen of them babies - have died at the orphanage in the six weeks since the war broke out in mid-April.

For director of Cannes’ first Sudanese film it’s a bittersweet moment

Mohamed Kordofani’s ‘Goodbye Julia’ looks at the effect South Sudan's split from Sudan in 2011 has had on people's lives through two women.

UN says 25 million people need aid in Sudan, seeks nearly $2.6 billion for humanitarian appeal

The UN humanitarian response plan, a revised version of the annual humanitarian plan for 2023, is designed to target 18 million people in need.

Over 100,000 refugees escape Sudan to neighbouring countries amid crisis, says UN

The statement was made by Olga Sarrado, spokesperson at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at a briefing in Geneva.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.