Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said Monday they are taking steps to preserve evidence from Sudan's Darfur region of possible war crimes

The alleged atrocities "are part of a broader pattern of violence that has afflicted the entire Darfur region," the International Criminal Court said.

Two cities in Sudan are experiencing severe famine, according to a UN-backed hunger monitoring system. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

A long-simmering dispute between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group exploded into a full-blown civil war in April 2023. The following year, the US estimated that at least 150,000 people may have been killed.

The US is part of a group of nations seeking to bring an end to the violence that has ravaged Sudan for more than two-and-a-half years, the White House said Tuesday.

Sudan's brutal two-year war has entered a new phase. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has seized control of the entire Darfur region, ousting the Sudanese army from its last stronghold.

The war in Sudan began in April 2023, when allies Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo turned on each other.

Famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan, including a major city in Darfur where paramilitary fighters have been

The UAE’s relationship with Hemeti hails back to a decade ago, when it recruited RSF fighters and SAF soldiers to join a Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen’s civil war to fight the Iranian-backed Houthis, according to analysts and rights organisations.

Famine is happening in El Fasher, a major city in the western Darfur region, and the town of Kadugli, in the southern South Kordofan province, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said in a new report.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that Washington wanted "to see this conflict come to a peaceful end, just as we have with so many others, but the reality is it's a very complicated situation on the ground right now".