Students on the Run, Schools Taken by Troops and a Generation’s Catastrophe With an estimated 19 million children out of school for months because of war, Sudan is on the verge of becoming “the worst education crisis in the world,” U.N. officials say.
Omdurman, Sudan, Becomes Center of New Phase of War Fierce fighting has erupted in the city of Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, in a desperate battle to control supply routes.