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2 weeks ago

Sudan bombardments: At least 127, mostly civilians, killed in two days

CNN

Reuters — At least 127 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said. More than eight barrel bombs hit the market in the North Darfur town of Kabkabiya on Monday, the pro-democracy Al-Fashir Resistance Committee said. Khartoum State Government via Reuters An image shared by …

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2 weeks ago

Dozens of civilians killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan

Al Jazeera

More people killed in North Darfur and Greater Khartoum attacks as fighting between the army and the RSF turns bloodier. Dozens of people have been killed over two days in Sudan as fighting between the army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces intensifies, according to officials, activists and rights groups. On Monday, an air attack on a busy market …

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4 months ago

The war the world ignores

The Economist

Listen to this podcast Your browser does not support the <audio> element. And today, a genocidal militia and an unrepentant army, equipped with guns and drones by the United Arab Emirates and others, with barely any international outrage. In this episode of The Weekend Intelligence, Africa correspondent Tom Gardner tells the story of 21st century Sudan. This latest war is …

5 months ago

Global community needs to do more to end RSF atrocities in Sudan

Al Jazeera

It appears most of the West has forgotten that the RSF is essentially an upgraded version of the Janjaweed militias infamous for genocide and ethnic cleansing. True, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2736, adopted on June 13, 2024, which demands the RSF halt its siege of el-Fasher in North Darfur region and end fighting in the area, is significant. …

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6 months ago

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed

Hindustan Times

CAIRO — South Darfur saw a slight increase in critical aid when the U.N.'s World Food Program delivered life-saving food and nutrition to some families across the violence-riddled western Sudanese state, the organization said. Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed The WFP mission in Sudan said Tuesday that more than …

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6 months ago

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed

Associated Press

CAIRO — South Darfur saw a slight increase in critical aid when the U.N.'s World Food Program delivered life-saving food and nutrition to some families across the violence-riddled western Sudanese state, the organization said. The WFP mission in Sudan said Tuesday that more than 50,000 people in hunger hotspots across South Darfur are receiving much-needed food assistance in collaboration with …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Sudan civil war: Death toll in El Fasher reaches 134 amid deadly fighting, MSF says

CNN

CNN — At least 134 people have been killed in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, since May 10 due to intense fighting, according to a statement from Doctors Without Borders on Sunday. The fighting also affects thousands of displaced people who have fled to El Fasher from the other four Darfur states now controlled by the …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

47 killed in Sudan's el-Fasher region as conflict rages

New Indian Express

War in Sudan erupted in mid-April last year when a simmering feud between the leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into violence, Al Jazeera reported. Fighting between the army, headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, since last April has killed tens of …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Hospital closure in Sudan's North Darfur imperils lives

China Daily

An internally displaced woman collects aid at a camp in Gedaref, Sudan, on Sunday. AFP Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital in Sudan's city of El Fasher has been forced to close its doors after an airstrike damaged the roof of its intensive care unit, putting the lives of thousands of people who live in and around the city at stake. The …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Hospital closure in Sudan's North Darfur imperils lives

China Daily

By EDITH MUTETHYA in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-05-15 09:25 An internally displaced woman collects aid at a camp in Gedaref, Sudan, on Sunday. AFP Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital in Sudan's city of El Fasher has been forced to close its doors after an airstrike damaged the roof of its intensive care unit, putting the lives …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur

Al Jazeera

Human Rights Watch says ‘thousands’ killed in attacks last year targeting Masalit tribe and other non-Arab groups. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias killed “at least thousands of people” in West Darfur state, an international rights group has said, in what it called apparent “crimes against humanity” and “genocide”. In a report published on Thursday, Human Rights Watch …

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8 months ago

After a year of war, Sudan is a failing state

Hindustan Times

It has become a morbid sort of trivia game. “The situation is catastrophic,” says Michael Dunford, the head of the UN’s World Food Programme in east Africa. “When you look at the sheer size and scale, we’re desperately concerned about where this is headed.” On April 15th donors pledged around $2.1bn to fund humanitarian efforts. For most of last year …

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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, 1 week ago

‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces

CNN

CNN — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies from the hungry in a bid to coerce men and boys to join its ranks, according to …

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11 months ago

Sudan’s Hemedti embraced abroad as he terrorises civilians at home

Al Jazeera

On January 6, Sudanese paramilitary leader Mohamad Hamdan Dagalo, better known as “Hemedti”, visited the memorial in Kigali that commemorates the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Taqaddum’s agreement with Hemedti said the RSF was willing “to immediately and unconditionally end hostilities” and provide security to civilians and repair basic services in areas under its control. “Taqaddum can’t have any legitimacy without the …

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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 civilians pick up arms, as RSF gains and army stumbles

Al Jazeera

Young men are grabbing weapons to fight with the army, defend their cities, raising fears of deepening ethnic conflict. Over the past week, recruitment has picked up across River Nile State since the RSF captured Wad Madani, Sudan’s second-largest city. But now, army officers and figures from Sudan’s political Islamic movement, which ruled for 30 years under former autocratic president …

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1 year ago

Sudan armed conflict: Almost 3 lakh Sudanese fled their homes after a notorious group seized Wad Madani, says UN

Firstpost

The conflict in Sudan has wrecked the country and killed up to 9,000 people as of October, according to the United Nations. Fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group has resulted in the displacement of up to 300,000 people in Jazeera province, previously a sanctuary for families affected by the country’s devastating conflict, the UN said on Thursday. …

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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, 3 months ago

UN envoy for Sudan resigns and warns that the conflict could be turning into full-scale civil war

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Sudan who was declared unwelcome by the country’s military rulers resigned Wednesday in a final speech to the U.N. Security Council, warning that the conflict between Sudan’s rival military leaders “could be morphing into a full-scale civil war.” Volker Perthes, who had continued to work outside Sudan, said the fighting shows no …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Sudan’s military chief visits Eritrea to discuss Sudan conflict with the president

Associated Press

CAIRO — Sudan’s military chief traveled to Eritrea on Monday for a meeting with President Isaias Afwerki, the general’s latest international trip since fighting broke out between his army and a rival paramilitary force in mid-April, state media said. Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan has been looking for international support since tensions with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Sudan’s army chief travels to Qatar for talks with emir as fighting rages in his country

Associated Press

CAIRO — Sudan’s army chief traveled to Qatar on Thursday for talks with the country’s emir, making his third international trip since fighting broke out between the military and a rival paramilitary force in mid-April, media reports said. Sudan’s acting Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq and Gen. Ahmed Ibrahim Mufadel, head of the General Intelligence Authority, accompanied Burhan on the trip, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

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

Associated Press

CAIRO — Amna al-Nour narrowly escaped death twice. “They want to uproot us all.” Al-Nour and her three children now live in a school-turned-refugee housing inside Chad, among more than 260,000 Sudanese, mostly women and children, who have fled what survivors and rights groups say is a new explosion of atrocities in the large western region of Sudan. “This spiraling …

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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 …

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Sudan bombardments: At least 127, mostly civilians, killed in two days

Dozens of civilians killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan

The war the world ignores

Global community needs to do more to end RSF atrocities in Sudan

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed

Sudan civil war: Death toll in El Fasher reaches 134 amid deadly fighting, MSF says

47 killed in Sudan's el-Fasher region as conflict rages

Hospital closure in Sudan's North Darfur imperils lives

Hospital closure in Sudan's North Darfur imperils lives

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur

After a year of war, Sudan is a failing state

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

‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces

Sudan’s Hemedti embraced abroad as he terrorises civilians at home

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

Sudan’s civilians pick up arms, as RSF gains and army stumbles

Sudan armed conflict: Almost 3 lakh Sudanese fled their homes after a notorious group seized Wad Madani, says UN

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

UN envoy for Sudan resigns and warns that the conflict could be turning into full-scale civil war

Sudan’s military chief visits Eritrea to discuss Sudan conflict with the president

Sudan’s army chief travels to Qatar for talks with emir as fighting rages in his country

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

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