Inside the Darfur camp where a child dies every two hours
Malnutrition and disease are rife at the ‘overwhelmed’ Zamzam camp – one of hundreds in Sudan, where war has displaced nearly 8 million people
Sudan armed forces advance in Omdurman for first time since start of war
SAF join engineering corps in south of city where they have been besieged by RSF forces since April
Houthi attacks in Red Sea having a ‘catastrophic’ effect on aid to Sudan
UN warns of ‘epic suffering’ in Sudan and appeals for $4bn in aid
Ukrainian special forces ‘in Sudan operating against Russian mercenaries’
January 2024
Rights and freedom
Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crises
‘We’re playing Whac-A-Mole’: why the aid system is broken
Calls for drastic overhaul of funding as conflicts and climate crisis drive surge in humanitarian needs and appeals fall short
Rights and freedom
The forgotten human rights stories of 2023 – in pictures
From the thousands of people still missing in Syria to the world’s largest displacement of people in Sudan, here are eight ongoing crises that demand global attention
December 2023
‘They attacked us. They displaced us’: grieving South Sudanese confront Swedish oil giant over their days of slaughter
‘They told us – you are slaves’: survivors give harrowing testimony of Darfur’s year of hell
The long read
The best of the long read in 2023
Archbishop of Canterbury and pope focus on Gaza in Christmas messages
‘Why are they forgetting about us?’: Sudan watches allies turn from war to aid Ukraine and Gaza
RSF paramilitary seizes control of Wad Madani, Sudan’s second city
Thousands flee Wad Madani, Sudan’s second city, to escape fighting
Rape, murder, looting: massacre in Ardamata is the latest chapter in Darfur’s horror story
Soldiers accused of widespread looting from homes near Sudanese capital
The Guardian view on sexual violence in conflict: an unending crime that can be tackled
Refugees are a symptom of collective failure – only working together will tackle the root causes
Filippo Grandi
World faces ‘heightened risk’ of mass atrocities due to global inaction
