The North African country of Sudan has long been a powder keg, and tensions sparked bitter conflict between warring factions of the Sudanese military that has led to thousands of deaths.

The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it was forced to suspend operations in and around the famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur because of escalating violence.

The army controls Sudan's north and east and has recently made major gains in Khartoum. Next week, a "political charter" setting up a parallel government in RSF-controlled territories will be ...