Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group has claimed a “sweeping victory” saying it took control of the key town of Al Nahud in West Kordofan state in a fight that intensified a day earlier.

The conflict in Sudan has unleashed waves of ethnic violence and created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

North Darfur — As independent reports confirm that an estimated three million displaced civilians have fled westwards, following escalating ground offensive and shelling in battles between the ...