The New York Times published on 20 December 2025 a photojournalism piece titled "Escape from the Abyss: Surviving the Atrocities in El Fasher."
An estimated 100,000 people left El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, after it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This left an estimated 150,000 remaining in the city and subject to RSF atrocities.
The New York Times published on 3 December 2025 an article titled "Obstacles to Trump's Push to Deport Minnesota Somalis: Reality and the Cold" by Ernesto Londono and Talya Minsberg.
President Trump called Somalis in Minnesota "garbage" and vowed to deport them. But there is a problem. The vast majority of Somalis have legal status in the United States and very few are legally candidates for deportation. Trump has, however, created an atmosphere of xenophobia in the Twin Cities area.
The Economist published on 9 October 2025 an article titled "The Forgotten Horror of Western Tigray."
The article reports that for nearly 5 years ethnic cleansing has been occurring in Western Tigray on a scale reminiscent of the Balkan wars of the 1990s.
The International Crisis Group published on 1 September 2025 an analysis titled "Keeping Chad Stable as Sudan's Conflict Rages."
Chadian support for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in neighboring Sudan's war with the Sudan Armed Forces has embroiled Ndjamena in the conflict. Chad also hosts about 875,000 Sudanese refugees and 300,000 Chadian returnees, creating a humanitarian crisis. The end of US aid, increasing crime, and ethnic conflict are exacerbating the situation. The UAE is playing an outsized role in Sudan and Chad.
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