Mark Townsend

The 528-day siege of El Fasher: Guardian investigation reveals how the UAE denied life-saving aid to the starving city and why the West failed to help. theguardian.com/global-develop…

This statement doesn’t once include the word “genocide”, which was the core finding of the report to which it is responding.

Powerful reminder to the #UNSC from @HalaYAlkarib of @SIHAnet: the future of #Sudan must be written by its own people. Read her full statement here: wps.ngo/alkarib2026

Dr. Omar Selik’s raw, urgent testimony from a besieged city cut through the fog of war, crystallizing the depravity of Sudan's war. And then he was gone. nytimes.com/2025/10/01/wor…

This is the inside, shocking story of a massacre of Sudanese civilians - the most vulnerable population in the world at the time - and why the world let it happen. theguardian.com/global-develop…

@GeoConfirmed Hello, I am a journalist on the Guardian and wondered whether I could enroll your help and skill on a project we are working on? Email: mark.townsend@theguardian.com

@NorthDarfu24 Hello, have been very impressed with your work. Would you mind following me back so I can DM you with an idea. Keep up the good work in the meantime.

Drone Attack on Kuma Market – North Darfur On June 1, 2025, the Sudanese army launched 3 drone strikes on the crowded market in Kuma.11 civilians killed and 78 injured (including women & children)
♦️Critical shortage in medical supplies, 130th airstrike on Kuma since April 2023

And the winner of the #AmnestyMediaAwards 2025 ✨ WRITTEN INVESTIGATIONS ✨ award is... 🏆 The Guardian with 'The Brutal Truth Behind Italy's Migrant Reduction' 🏆 Read it here: theguardian.com/global-develop… 👏 @TownsendMark 👏

“It's inspiring to see so many reporters using clear, brave writing to expose injustices.” – Dr Matt Walsh, Chair of Judges Congratulations to the finalists for the Orwell Prize for Journalism 2025. Explore their work: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-pri… #OrwellPrize2025

A must read: Rwandan troops ‘dying in large numbers in DRC’, despite official denials of role. An investigation by @michelawrong & @TownsendMark theguardian.com/global-develop…

Questions to be answered. theguardian.com/global-develop…

So grateful to @Sonja_Miley & @CrowtherMaddy at @WagingPeaceUK for speaking to us about the conflict & their work with refugees & to @TownsendMark for sharing his insight into his recent trip to Chad. Read his article here: google.com/amp/s/amp.theg… #Sudan open.spotify.com/episode/54LgE0…

NEW EPISODE! The latest conflict has plunged Sudan into "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history". We speak to @TownsendMark, a senior global development reporter at the @guardian on what he's seen. We also speak to the Co-Directors at @WagingPeaceUK

Sudan’s exodus, my report inside this week’s Guardian Weekly. theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/…

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Sinon j’ai aussi parler de la situation du pays au journal Thé Guardian avec @TownsendMark surtout du traitement des manifestants par la police theguardian.com/global-develop… #FreeSenegal

‘Here, there is no future’: world turns its back as ethnic cleansing and fresh atrocities drive exodus of thousands from Darfur theguardian.com/global-develop…

Phone messages reveal detained British mothers who have been abandoned by UK gov fear death in Syrian camp theguardian.com/global-develop…

Middle East thrust into ‘apocalyptic’ humanitarian crisis. Powerful reporting by @TownsendMark for @guardian on how war in the region, particularly in #Gaza, is putting unprecedented pressures on aid agencies to reach those in need of assistance. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Amid quite a lot of misleading both-sidesy commentary and coverage of the Armistice Day disorder, today’s First Edition with @TownsendMark goes through what we know about who was responsible. (By an overwhelming and unambiguous margin, the far right.) theguardian.com/world/2023/nov…

‘They’re demonised, labelled as criminals’ - life on a violent London estate. theguardian.com/society/2023/n…