Terrified to step outside because of firefights and bands of armed men in the streets, residents remain stuck in their homes with dwindling supplies of food, water and medicine.

The violence against foreign officials, who are usually not targeted, highlighted how much the security situation has worsened in Khartoum in recent days.

The unit traces its origins from the notorious Janjaweed militias, which in the 2000s helped Sudan’s Army crush a rebellion in the western region of Darfur.

Civilians are caught in the cross-fire, and two rival generals vying for power made it clear their forces had no intention of standing down.

Civilians are caught in the cross-fire, and two rival generals vying for power made it clear their forces had no intention of standing down.

Uninterested in the extreme altitudes of Kilimanjaro, a writer opted instead to explore the region’s vast calderas, abundant wildlife and rare forms of lava.

Nearly 100 people were killed over the weekend in battles between the army and paramilitary forces as the country’s two top generals vied for dominance.

The civilian death toll is climbing and concern over a broader conflict is growing as rival generals vie for control of Africa’s third-largest country,

Fighting in the country has been far more frequent in the east, west and south instead of its capital, Khartoum.

The strategically important country in northeastern Africa has been consumed by turmoil after overthrowing a dictator in 2019, with plans for a civilian-led democracy now in shambles.

A former camel trader who led a militia accused of genocidal violence in Darfur, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, widely known as Hemeti, leads the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary unit.

Little known before 2019, he rose to power in the aftermath of the military-led coup that ousted Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the longtime leader who was deposed after popular uprisings.

Hamissi Mamba, a refugee from Burundi, knew little of American culture when he arrived eight years ago and learned English watching the “Peppa Pig” cartoon. But he opened his dream restaurant, and the accolades have rolled in.

Residents reported clashes between the army and a powerful paramilitary group across the city, after weeks of mounting tensions between military leaders.

There was optimism at the spring meetings of the I.M.F. and World Bank that China will make concessions over restructuring its loans.

Pro-Russian content presenting a distorted version of the war in Ukraine and promoting Russia’s interests in Africa is gaining an audience on the continent.

The businessmen Atul and Rajesh Gupta were implicated in the looting of state funds under President Jacob Zuma. They fled to the United Arab Emirates about five years ago.

The pilot made an emergency landing after feeling a Cape Cobra slither under his shirt while flying across South Africa. “I had a moment of stunned silence,” he said.

The deadline is approaching for the generals who took power in a military coup in Sudan to turn over their authority to a civilian government. The mood in the capital, Khartoum, is anxious.