UN experts: Sudan’s paramilitary forces carried out ethnic killings and rapes that may be war crimes
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UN experts: Sudan’s paramilitary forces carried out ethnic killings and rapes that may be war crimes

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Paramilitary forces and their allied militias fighting to take power in Sudan carried out widespread ethnic killings and rapes while taking control of much of western Darfur that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, United Nations experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said Darfur is experiencing “its worst violence since 2005.” The ongoing conflict has caused a large-scale humanitarian crisis and displaced approximately 6.8 million people — 5.4 million within Sudan and 1.4 million who have fled to other countries, including approximately 555,000 to neighboring Chad, the experts said. According to the panel, the “RSF’s takeover of Darfur relied on three lines of support: the Arab allied communities, dynamic and complex financial networks, and new military supply lines running through Chad, Libya and South Sudan.” While both the Sudanese military and RSF engaged in widespread recruitment drives across Darfur from late 2022, the RSF was more successful, the experts said. And it “invested large proceeds from its pre-war gold business in several industries, creating a network of as many as 50 companies.” The RSF’s complex financial networks “enabled it to acquire weapons, pay salaries, fund media campaigns, lobby, and buy the support of other political and armed groups,” the experts said.

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UN sanctions 2 generals from Sudan’s paramilitary force for key roles in war against the military
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN sanctions 2 generals from Sudan’s paramilitary force for key roles in war against the military

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions Friday on two generals in Sudan’s paramilitary force for their key roles in the war against the country’s military that has seen ethnically motivated attacks and atrocities. The council’s sanctions committee added Maj. Gen. Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed, head of the Rapid Support Forces’ operations department, and Maj. Gen. Abdel …

UN sanctions two generals from Sudan's paramilitary force for key roles in war against military
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN sanctions two generals from Sudan's paramilitary force for key roles in war against military

New Indian Express  

The United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions Friday on two generals in Sudan’s paramilitary force for their key roles in the war against the country’s military that has seen ethnically motivated attacks and atrocities. The council’s sanctions committee added Maj. Gen. Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed, head of the Rapid Support Forces' operations department, and Maj. Gen. Abdel Rahman Juma Barkalla, …

Sudan's warring forces are escalating attacks and outsiders are 'fueling the fire,' Guterres says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sudan's warring forces are escalating attacks and outsiders are 'fueling the fire,' Guterres says

The Independent  

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Sudan War: A Living Nightmare for Millions
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sudan War: A Living Nightmare for Millions

Al Jazeera  

The war in Sudan has displaced over 14 million people and is creating a world's largest displacement crisis this year. The civil conflict has created a living nightmare for millions, with hunger, disease and sexual violence rampant. The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director-General Amy Pope described the situation in the war-torn African country as 'catastrophic'. The war has …

Sudan accuses UAE of arming rivals and prolonging war, UAE accuses Sudan of refusing to talk peace
3 months, 1 week ago

Sudan accuses UAE of arming rivals and prolonging war, UAE accuses Sudan of refusing to talk peace

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The Sudanese government accused the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday of providing weapons to its rival paramilitary force and prolonging the 17-month war. Sudanese Ambassador Al-Harith Mohamed accused the UAE of providing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, known as the RAF, with heavy weapons, missiles and ammunition – and of “profiting from this war through the illegal …

Civil war in Sudan takes centre stage at UN
6 months ago

Civil war in Sudan takes centre stage at UN

Al Jazeera  

Sudan has accused the United Arab Emirates of arming a paramilitary force in the country’s 14-month civil war, prompting a clash at the United Nations Security Council. Al-Harith Idriss al-Harith Mohamed, Sudan’s UN ambassador, accused the UAE late on Tuesday of arming the Rapid Support Forces, which has been fighting Sudan’s army since April 2023 and faces accusations of ethnic …

UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city
6 months, 1 week ago

UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city

The Independent  

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ICC prosecutor seeks evidence of war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur
6 months, 2 weeks ago

ICC prosecutor seeks evidence of war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur

Al Jazeera  

Karim Khan’s appeal comes after escalating violence in and around el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has appealed to witnesses to send evidence to aid an urgent investigation opened by his office into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region. “I am extremely concerned about allegations of widespread international …

Sudanese paramilitary forces have carried out ethnic cleansing in Darfur, rights group says
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudanese paramilitary forces have carried out ethnic cleansing in Darfur, rights group says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A leading rights group said on Thursday that attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces and their allied militias, which killed thousands in the western region of Darfur last year, constituted a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the area’s non-Arab population. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has been fighting Sudan’s military for over a year, allied with armed militias …

US urges countries supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring parties to stop, warning of a new genocide
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US urges countries supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring parties to stop, warning of a new genocide

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United States on Monday implored all countries supplying weapons to Sudan’s warring parties to halt arms sales, warning that history in the vast western Darfur region where there was a genocide 20 years ago “is repeating itself.” U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters after an emergency closed meeting of the U.N. Security Council that El Fasher, …

UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack
7 months, 4 weeks ago

UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have “devastating consequences” for the city’s 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. said, the rival Sudanese Armed Forces “appear to be positioning themselves.” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres again called …

Sudan’s horrific war is being fueled by weapons from foreign supporters of rival generals, UN says
8 months ago

Sudan’s horrific war is being fueled by weapons from foreign supporters of rival generals, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The year-old war in Sudan between rival generals vying for power has sparked “a crisis of epic proportions” fueled by weapons from foreign supporters who continue to flout U.N. sanctions aimed at helping end the conflict, the U.N. political chief said Friday. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, chair of the African Union panel on Sudan and high representative for …

‘Crimes against humanity’ may have been committed in Sudan, says UN chief
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Crimes against humanity’ may have been committed in Sudan, says UN chief

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres says war is being waged on the Sudanese people, warns of escalating unrest in el-Fasher in the western Darfur region. Indiscriminate attacks against civilians in Sudan could constitute “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said, one year after war erupted between rival generals in the East African country. The United Nations has said …

Draft UN resolution calls for cease-fire in conflict-torn Sudan during upcoming Muslim holy month
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Draft UN resolution calls for cease-fire in conflict-torn Sudan during upcoming Muslim holy month

The Hindu  

Britain has circulated a draft United Nations resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in conflict-wracked Sudan ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins soon. The draft, obtained on Wednesday by The Associated Press, expresses “grave concern over the spreading violence and the catastrophic and deteriorating humanitarian situation, including crisis levels of acute food insecurity, particularly …

Draft UN resolution calls for cease-fire in conflict-torn Sudan during upcoming Muslim holy month
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Draft UN resolution calls for cease-fire in conflict-torn Sudan during upcoming Muslim holy month

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Britain has circulated a draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in conflict-wracked Sudan ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins soon. The draft, obtained late Wednesday by The Associated Press, expresses “grave concern over the spreading violence and the catastrophic and deteriorating humanitarian situation, including crisis levels of acute food …

UN official warns of possible war crimes, rape as a weapon in Sudan
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UN official warns of possible war crimes, rape as a weapon in Sudan

Al Jazeera  

UN human rights chief says humanitarian aid is being blocked and sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war. The United Nations human rights chief has said that the apparent deliberate denial of safe access for humanitarian agencies within war-torn Sudan could amount to a war crime. The Sudan crisis “continues to be marked by an insidious disregard …

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says
10 months ago

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

The Hindu  

The UN human rights office said in a new report on Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. “Some of these violations would amount to war crimes,” said UN human rights chief Volker Türk, calling for …

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says
10 months ago

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

The Independent  

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Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says
10 months ago

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoinng conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. “Some of these violations would amount to war crimes,” said U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk, calling …

UN chief urges all nations to do everything possible to stop the 'horrible' war in Sudan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief urges all nations to do everything possible to stop the 'horrible' war in Sudan

The Independent  

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ICC accuses Sudan and rebels of Darfur war crimes
10 months, 3 weeks ago

ICC accuses Sudan and rebels of Darfur war crimes

Al Jazeera  

Karim Khan moving ahead with investigation into atrocities committed in latest flare-up in 20-year conflict. Sudan’s army and its rival paramilitary force are committing war crimes in Darfur, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said. The situation is Darfur is “dire by any metric”, @IntlCrimCourt Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC told the UN Security Council, urging ambassadors not to lose sight of …

US finds both sides in Sudan conflict have committed atrocities in Darfur
1 year ago

US finds both sides in Sudan conflict have committed atrocities in Darfur

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Wednesday it has determined that both sides in the ongoing conflict in Sudan have committed atrocities in the African nation’s western region of Darfur and elsewhere, saying the fighting “has caused grievous human suffering.” The State Department said the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces are responsible for either war crimes or …

US declares warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes
1 year ago

US declares warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes

Al Jazeera  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges the military and rival paramilitary RSF to ‘stop this conflict now’. The United States has determined that warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, as Washington increases pressure on the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to end fighting that has caused a humanitarian crisis. …

US, partners condemn growing violence in Sudan’s Darfur region
1 year, 1 month ago

US, partners condemn growing violence in Sudan’s Darfur region

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States, Britain and Norway on Friday condemned rising violence and human rights abuses that some claim amount to ethnic cleansing in Sudan’s western Darfur region. The three countries, known as “the Troika,” said in a statement that the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces must end the fighting that has killed at least 800 people …

Violence in Sudan ‘verging on pure evil’, UN warns
1 year, 1 month ago

Violence in Sudan ‘verging on pure evil’, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

More than half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly seven months of war, UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan says. Violence against civilians in Sudan is “verging on pure evil”, a senior United Nations official has warned, after nearly seven months of war has left a wave of destruction with at least half the population in need of humanitarian …

Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence
1 year, 4 months ago

Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A leading rights group and U.N. experts accused Sudan’s powerful paramilitary on Thursday of sexual violence and attacks on women in the restive western Darfur region as the African country entered its fifth month of conflict. Human Rights Watch said the paramilitary group apparently targeted women and girls in the western Darfur region of non-Arab ethnicity, as well …

HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF
1 year, 4 months ago

HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF

Al Jazeera  

New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26. New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that the RSF group apparently targeted non-Arab women and girls in the western Darfur region, as well as activists documenting human rights abuses during the conflict. “The Rapid Support Forces and allied militias appear …

Sudan’s top army general accuses rival paramilitary of war crimes in televised speech
1 year, 4 months ago

Sudan’s top army general accuses rival paramilitary of war crimes in televised speech

Associated Press  

CAIRO — In a rare televised speech Monday, the head of Sudan’s military accused the rival paramilitary force of committing war crimes in the northeast African country’s brutal ongoing conflict. “How can you bring about democracy by committing war crimes?” he said, in a speech celebrating Sudan’s annual armed forces day. In Darfur, the scene of genocidal war in the …

Sudan’s military leader accuses rival of committing war crimes
1 year, 4 months ago

Sudan’s military leader accuses rival of committing war crimes

Al Jazeera  

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan makes the accusation as fighting rages in Sudan, particularly in Khartoum and Darfur. In a rare televised speech, the head of Sudan’s military has accused a rival paramilitary force of committing war crimes as both sides appear no closer to finding a resolution. “How can you bring about democracy by committing war crimes?” he said in a …

US and UN should impose more sanctions on Sudanese leaders for alleged atrocities, rights group says
1 year, 4 months ago

US and UN should impose more sanctions on Sudanese leaders for alleged atrocities, rights group says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A leading human rights group called Friday on the United States and the United Nations to impose further sanctions on those in Sudan “responsible for the atrocities” in the troubled Darfur region, where evidence of scorched-earth attacks is mounting. In Darfur, the scene of genocidal war in the early 2000s, the conflict has morphed into ethnic violence, with …

Rights group reports war crimes in Sudan, including deliberate attacks on civilians, sexual assault
1 year, 4 months ago

Rights group reports war crimes in Sudan, including deliberate attacks on civilians, sexual assault

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Sudan’s warring parties have committed extensive war crimes in the ongoing conflict, including deliberate killings of civilians and sexual assault, a leading rights group said Thursday. The report said the RSF abducted 24 women and girls - as young as 12- and held them “for several days during which they were raped by several RSF members.” Rovera said …

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages
1 year, 4 months ago

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages

ABC  

Amna al-Nour narrowly escaped death twice: when militias torched her family's home in Sudan's Darfur region and then two months later when paramilitary fighters stopped her and others trying to reach the border with neighbouring Chad. Key points: Rights groups say there is a spike in atrocities in the large western region of Sudan Tensions are rising due to a …

ICC prosecutor says he is investigating alleged new war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region
1 year, 5 months ago

ICC prosecutor says he is investigating alleged new war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said Thursday he is investigating alleged new war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region during the country’s current conflict that has killed more than 3,000 people and forced over 3 million to flee their homes. He said the world, the country and the council are “in peril of allowing …

Sudanese paramilitary and militias accused of war crimes in West Darfur
1 year, 5 months ago

Sudanese paramilitary and militias accused of war crimes in West Darfur

CNN  

CNN — A new report from Human Rights Watch accuses the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied Arab militias of executing dozens of people, and “the total destruction” of a town in Sudan’s West Darfur state. “Since the conflict in Sudan broke out in April, some of the worst atrocities have been in West Darfur,” HRW senior crisis and conflict …

Sudanese official urges investigation into violence in Darfur, saying it’s a return to past genocide
1 year, 6 months ago

Sudanese official urges investigation into violence in Darfur, saying it’s a return to past genocide

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The governor of Darfur on Tuesday called for an international investigation into violence against residents of the region, which has experienced some of the worst fighting in Sudan’s ongoing conflict, saying it’s a return to past genocide. Mini Arko Minawi urged the U.N. Security Council to allow the International Criminal Court to probe “crimes and assassinations” that took …

Fears of ethnic cleansing mount in Sudan’s West Darfur
1 year, 6 months ago

Fears of ethnic cleansing mount in Sudan’s West Darfur

Al Jazeera  

Multiple ceasefires and international mediation efforts have failed to stop the conflict from escalating. “We express our deep concern over these crimes and violations committed by militias against civilians and we demand international protection for the state of West Darfur,” said the Roots Organisation for Human Rights and Monitoring Violations, a local civil society group from West Darfur. Several international …

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict

Al Jazeera  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces committed crimes against humanity. The United States government has concluded that all sides involved in a brutal conflict in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes, including rapes, massacres of civilians, forcible deportations and ethnic cleansing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday …

Explained: Do civilian killings constitute war crimes?
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained: Do civilian killings constitute war crimes?

The Hindu  

The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, a set of multilateral treaties, established laws and rules that warring parties must adhere to. The definition of a war crime against civilians was enshrined in Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949. While politicians and observers say that war …

Explained: What constitutes a war crime?
2 years, 9 months ago

Explained: What constitutes a war crime?

The Hindu  

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, its troops have increasingly hit civilian sites with airstrikes and artillery, raising concerns that war crimes are being committed. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia's missile strikes in civilian areas as war crimes, most recently on March 1, when the Russian army launched airstrikes on Kharkiv's Freedom Square. On March 2, …

UN experts: Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis
3 years, 7 months ago

UN experts: Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The head of a U.N. team investigating atrocities in Iraq announced Monday it has found “clear and compelling evidence” that Islamic State extremists committed genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014 and said the militant group successfully developed chemical weapons and used mustard gas. He said an Islamic State video released in July 2015 showing the killings …

UN: Arbitrary detentions in Syria conflict may be war crimes
3 years, 9 months ago

UN: Arbitrary detentions in Syria conflict may be war crimes

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Tens of thousands of civilians in Syria were “arbitrarily detained” in enforced disappearances during the country’s 10-year conflict, a U.N. commission said in a report released Monday. According to the report, the Syrian government arbitrarily arrested and detained individuals and committed “war crimes and crimes against humanity in the context of detention.” Other parties in the conflict also …

UN probe in Mali sees war crimes, crimes against humanity: Report
4 years ago

UN probe in Mali sees war crimes, crimes against humanity: Report

Al Jazeera  

Allegations made in a 338-page report by the International Commission of Inquiry for Mali which investigated violence between 2012-2018. United Nations investigators into violence in Mali have told the Security Council of evidence that security forces committed war crimes, and fighters and other armed groups perpetrated crimes against humanity. “The Commission has reasonable grounds to believe that the Malian defence …

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