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I Was Reporting on Sudan. Then a Word Stopped Me Cold: “Enslavement.”
Last week, the Sudanese Doctors Network confirmed 32 rape cases in a single week involving girls forcibly taken from El Fasher to the town of Tawila after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city. As I was researching violence against women in Sudan’s two-year war, one sentence in a UN document stopped…
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Khartoum Courts Washington
Washington is hosting talks between the Sudanese government and the U.S. administration to explore ways to end the war and outline the contours of a new “road map” that the United States could adopt to help achieve that goal. The composition of the Sudanese delegation now in Washington reflects both Khartoum’s focus on the security…
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Tehran Returns to Sudan
At Port Sudan airport, some arriving planes are carrying more than passengers and luggage. Reports speak of drone and missile shipments, hinting at a quiet alliance taking shape on the Red Sea. This is not just another scene in Sudan’s civil war, now entering its third year. It reaches far beyond the battlefield. On September…