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Jihadists are murdering, raping, torturing, kidnapping, enslaving, and, in some instances, burning people alive — across Africa, and now in Syria. Local jihadist organizations go by different names, but the ideology that drives them is the same: Every one of them deeply believes that Allah wants him to wipe the world clean of the kuffar (infidels). More than 16.2 million Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa have been driven from their homes by jihadi violence and conflict, reports the human rights organization Open Doors. Women and girls are abducted, forced into "marriage," forced to convert to Islam, raped, and subjected to forced...

Sudan's army chief has declared Khartoum is "free" and that his forces have retaken the capital after nearly two years of fighting. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been battling to oust the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from a last foothold in the city, although the war looks far from over. In videos on social media, General Abdel Fattah al Burhan is seen walking with troops through the presidential palace, which was seized last week​​​​​​ in an important symbolic advance. "Khartoum is now free. It's over. Khartoum is free. Free. Free," he can be heard telling soldiers.

The Sudanese army has recaptured significant locations in Khartoum, including the presidential palace and Khartoum International Airport, from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This offensive, which took place amidst ongoing conflict, marks a major shift in control over the capital. The army's advance has led to scenes of relief among civilians, as previously restricted neighborhoods are now accessible.

Sudan’s army is celebrating after retaking the presidential palace in Khartoum. It’s a major symbolic victory for the military, which has been battling its former allies, the Rapid Support Forces, for the last two years.

The United States just formally declared that genocide has taken place in the northeast African nation, but the calamity there dates back decades. A civil war in Sudan that has killed 150,000 people and forced more than 11 million others from their homes, by some estimates, prompted the U.S. government on Tuesday to declare that a genocide had been perpetrated by one of the war’s main antagonists, the ethnic Arab militia known as the Rapid Support Forces.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), one of the Jewish state’s most vocal supporters in Congress who has hung posters in his office of hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, has been protested often by anti-Israel activists, who accuse him of supporting a “genocide” in Gaza. The day after Washington determined that a genocide was committed in Sudan, he didn’t expect to see any protesters about that. “Zero dopes have shown up at my home or office, or blocked a road to chant and protest over an actual genocide in Sudan,”...