South Sudan military has assumed control of the strategic Heglig oil field in neighboring Sudan under a rare agreement with both sides in Sudan’s civil war, officials said Wednesday, in a bid to shield vital energy infrastructure from further damage. The move follows the Rapid Support Forces’ brief capture of the field on Dec. 8…
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a former commander of Sudan’s feared Janjaweed militia to 20 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Darfur conflict two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, widely known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted in October on 27 counts that included murder, rape,…
Sudan has vast oil, gold and agricultural resources, but the civil war now in its third year has placed them under the control of rival armed groups. The conflict pitting the Sudanese army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis, with more than 9.5 million people forced from…
