The warring parties were part of the vile machinery of oppression that civilians found the courage to refuse and resist. The good guys are still hanging on to decency, working to help each other in desperate circumstances.

Amid what a Catholic charity called "unimaginable" suffering of civilians trapped in civil war brutality in Sudan, the United States declared that one of the fighting factions is committing genocide in the country and slapped sanctions on its leader.

The United States just formally declared that genocide has taken place in the northeast African nation, but the calamity there dates back decades.

Peace is so hard to find in Sudan because both sides are focused on absolute victory rather than negotiations, according to a member of the bishops’ conference.

Just who is playing on the side of civilians in the Sudan war? The answer depends on who you ask. Both the Sudan Armed Forces (Saf) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group, have claimed they are fighting to defeat ‘rebels’ or ‘brotherhood sympathisers,’ a reference to Omar al-Bashir era supporters.

Middle Eastern states and their allies must not continue to exploit the country as a battleground for their rivalries

The White House described Sudan’s civil war as a genocide Wednesday, a day after Washington placed sanctions on the nation’s rebel leader for his forces’ “horrific, systematic atrocities” in a conflict that has gripped the nation for more than two years, killing tens of thousands of people and driving millions from their homes.

Sudanese-Australian survivors of the Darfur genocide are raising the alarm about a new alleged genocide of their people. This comes as the United States has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of committing acts of genocide during the almost two-year civil war in Sudan.

The United States has accused Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and proxy militias of committing genocide in the Northeast African nation's nearly 2-year-old civil war.

The Muslim family of a young man in Sudan s Darfur Region has disowned him and compelled his wife to divorce him because he converted to Christianity, an area source said

The United States has slapped stringent sanctions on Sudan’s Armed Forces chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, accusing him of aggravating the country’s ongoing conflict and refusing to help peace efforts.