Sudan's historic acacia forest devastated as war fuels logging

• Vast stretches of a once-verdant acacia forest south of Sudan’s capital Khartoum have been reduced to little more than fields of stumps as nearly three years of conflict have fue

Science · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 67 words
Sudan: 1000 days of war deepen the world's worst health and humanitarian crisis

Sudan: 1000 days of war deepen the world's worst health and humanitarian crisis

• Today, the conflict in Sudan reaches its 1000th day, with over 20 million people requiring health assistance and 21 million desperately needing food. • Nearly three years of cont