Professionals from leading organizations responding to the Sudan crisis tell Devex that the local talent pool is “spread thin,” and their needs are many, including humanitarian affairs colleagues who can collect data.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region, which has seen reported ethnic cleansing by paramilitary forces that have been fighting government forces for 19 months.

“To make life easier for women, surviving the war requires collective work and strength in solidarity,” said Huyam*, a mutual aid volunteer from southeastern Sennar state, where the army now controls key areas after an advance last year by the RSF.

South Sudan has lifted a nationwide curfew imposed more than 10 days ago after a night of deadly rioting in the capital over the alleged killing of South Sudanese people by the army and allied groups in neighbouring Sudan,

An official says at least 18 people were killed when a small plane crashed in South Sudan

Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan.

South Sudan authorities are investigating the cause of Wednesday’s plane crash at the country’s Unity oilfield, that claimed the lives of 20 passengers and crew, with one survivor.

Amid ongoing conflict, 25.6 million people in Sudan are facing severe food insecurity, as peace efforts continue to falter.

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by challenging environmental crises and conflicts.

Uganda's ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death. The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included "high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in breathing" and "bleeding from multiple body sites".

A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023. Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ministry,