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

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 …

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UN Security Council sanctions two generals from Sudan’s paramilitary RSF

Al Jazeera

Paramilitary group’s head of operations and West Darfur commander have been slapped with travel bans and asset freezes. A United Nations Security Council committee has sanctioned two generals from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for destabilising the country through violence and human rights abuses. These are the first UN sanctions in the current war in Sudan, which erupted on April …

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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, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan

Associated Press

CAIRO — International experts portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan in a report Thursday warning that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals. The report said that 8.5 million people are facing extreme food shortages after 14 months of conflict in Sudan and that hunger has spread to the capital Khartoum …

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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 …

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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 …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan’s conflict risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, the top UN food official warns

Associated Press

CAIRO — A ruinous conflict raging for about a year between rival generals in Sudan risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, the top U.N. food official warned Wednesday as global attention has been focused on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Cindy McCain, head of the World Food Program, said the fighting in Sudan, which pits the country’s military against …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan’s conflict risks creating the world's largest hunger crisis, the top UN food official warns

New Indian Express

CAIRO: A ruinous conflict raging for about a year between rival generals in Sudan risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, the top U.N. food official warned Wednesday as global attention has been focused on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Cindy McCain, head of the World Food Program, said the fighting in Sudan, which pits the country’s military against a …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief on Thursday urged the international community to mobilize and do everything possible to stop the war in Sudan, saying “what is happening is horrible.” Secretary-General António Guterres said there is no military solution to the conflict between forces supporting rival generals that began in mid-April 2023, and he stressed that continued fighting “will …

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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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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan paramilitary leader says he’s committed to cease-fire, but no progress on proposed peace talks

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said Thursday he was committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war that has wrecked his country, even as fighting continues and there has been no progress on proposed peace talks between Dagalo and Sudan military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan. Dagalo, leader of the Rapid Support Forces, …

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1 year ago

Sudan’s generals agree to meet in effort to end their devastating war, a regional bloc says

Associated Press

CAIRO — Sudan’s warring generals agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as part of efforts to establish a cease-fire and initiate political talks to end the country’s devastating war, an African regional bloc said Sunday. In a meeting of the leaders of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, a grouping of East African countries, both Sudanese generals agreed to “an unconditional …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN says

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — Almost seven months of war between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group have left a wave of destruction with over half the population in need of humanitarian aid and raised fears of a repeat of the deadly ethnic conflict in Darfur 20 years ago. “What is happening is verging on pure evil,” the United Nations humanitarian …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The war in Sudan is a consequence of a derailed transition

Al Jazeera

Two hundred days into the war in Sudan, the Sudanese people remain trapped in a conflict not of their own making. When the war erupted on April 15, the story circulated by international media outlets was that this is a typical power struggle between two generals who were once allies: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the commander-in-chief of the Sudan Armed Forces, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Analysis: Can Sudan’s civilian leaders save their country from collapse?

Al Jazeera

Civilian forces were central to the movement that overthrew former President Omar al-Bashir, but are now marginalised. The breakdown in negotiations that followed, and the ensuing beginning of the conflict, led to accusations being thrown back and forth between the civilian groups “The parties who were not part of the framework agreement blame those in support of the agreement as …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Sudan army returns for talks in Jeddah as war enters fourth month

Al Jazeera

Army representatives return to Saudi Arabia for talks with paramilitary rivals, according to reports citing Sudan government sources. Sudanese army representatives have returned to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for talks with their paramilitary foes, according to news agencies citing government sources, as the war between rival generals entered its fourth month. “The RSF have responded to the allegations by HRW …

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1 year, 5 months ago

UN warns Sudan of a 'full-scale civil war' after air strike kills 22

Hindustan Times

Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians. The health ministry reported "22 dead and a large number of wounded among the civilians" from what it described as an air strike Saturday on …

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1 year, 5 months ago

U.N. chief says Sudan on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” after nearly three months of fighting

The Hindu

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan was on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital, Khartoum. Sudan descended into chaos after months of tension between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and his rival Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting …

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1 year, 5 months ago

UN chief says Sudan is on the brink of a ‘full-scale civil war’ after nearly 3 months of fighting

Associated Press

CAIRO — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital of Khartoum. Guterres warned late Saturday that the war between the Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary force is likely to destabilize the entire region, according to Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson …

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1 year, 5 months ago

'Like hell': Sudan airstrike kills 22 as fight between rival generals continues

India Today

An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between the country’s rival generals. At the time of the attack early Saturday, the military was hitting the RSF, which took people’s houses as shields, and the RSF fired anti-aircraft …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Sudan warring generals agree to new 72-hour truce after fighting intensifies

Firstpost

Sudan’s warring generals agreed to a fresh 72-hour truce beginning Sunday, according to US and Saudi mediators, after combat escalated with fatal air strikes near Khartoum and an evacuation of wounded from Darfur into Chad. A citizens’ organisation said air strikes killed 17 people, including five children, in the capital on Saturday, while doctors in Chad reported hundreds of wounded …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Sudan officials say airstrike killed 17 people, including 5 children, in capital Khartoum

Associated Press

CAIRO — An airstrike in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Saturday killed at least 17 people, including five children, health officials said, as fighting continued between rival generals seeking to control the country. The statement said both the military and the RSF agreed to stop fighting and “refrain from seeking military advantage during the ceasefire.” The U.S. and Saudi Arabia urged …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Ethnic violence in Sudan raises genocide alarm as war rages on

Al Jazeera

Activists and observers have warned that unchecked violence could prove worse than Darfur’s previous cycle of killings. The rapidly rising levels of ethnic violence in Sudan are raising alarm about genocide as fierce fighting between warring generals of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces nears the end of its second month. There have been numerous reports …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘As the night descended, they came and killed’: Sudan’s other war

Al Jazeera

West Darfur has long been the stage for intercommunal violence between Arab and Black African communities, such as the Masalit. In 2003, what used to be competition over water and land turned into a brutal war as Sudan's then-President Omar al-Bashir armed Arab militias to suppress a rebellion led by non-Arab communities. In 2019, Hemedti collaborated with the military to …

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

UN Security Council sanctions two generals from Sudan’s paramilitary RSF

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

Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan

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

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

Sudan’s conflict risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, the top UN food official warns

Sudan’s conflict risks creating the world's largest hunger crisis, the top UN food official warns

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

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

Sudan paramilitary leader says he’s committed to cease-fire, but no progress on proposed peace talks

Sudan’s generals agree to meet in effort to end their devastating war, a regional bloc says

Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN says

The war in Sudan is a consequence of a derailed transition

Analysis: Can Sudan’s civilian leaders save their country from collapse?

Sudan army returns for talks in Jeddah as war enters fourth month

UN warns Sudan of a 'full-scale civil war' after air strike kills 22

U.N. chief says Sudan on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” after nearly three months of fighting

UN chief says Sudan is on the brink of a ‘full-scale civil war’ after nearly 3 months of fighting

'Like hell': Sudan airstrike kills 22 as fight between rival generals continues

Sudan warring generals agree to new 72-hour truce after fighting intensifies

Sudan officials say airstrike killed 17 people, including 5 children, in capital Khartoum

Ethnic violence in Sudan raises genocide alarm as war rages on

‘As the night descended, they came and killed’: Sudan’s other war