The civil war that has torn Sudan apart for 19 months is fueling the world's biggest humanitarian crisis. In just over a year and a half, 13 million people have been displaced from their homes. At least one overcrowded camp for displaced civilians is already dealing with famine, while other parts of the country are suffering though famine-like conditions.
Outbreaks of dengue fever, malaria, cholera, and measles are hitting children the hardest, with the collapse of the education system also keeping roughly 90% of Sudan's kids out of school.
Fighting broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The violence followed months of squabbling between the two top generals who'd been running the country during negotiations aimed at fully integrating the RSF into the army ahead of the formation of a new transitional government.
The war in Sudan has been complicated by support and weapon supplies from external countries to both sides. A new report by Amnesty International alleges the RSF is using weapons supplied by the U.S.-allied United Arab Emirates and equipped with military technology made in France.
Amnesty experts have warned that those weapons could be used by the RSF to commit further alleged war crimes.
A July report by the rights group said there was a constant weapons supply into Sudan in breach of a long-standing United Nations arms embargo on the region.
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