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Sudan paramilitaries kill hundreds in White Nile villages: NGO
1 month ago

Sudan paramilitaries kill hundreds in White Nile villages: NGO

Al Jazeera  

Rebel RSF forces reportedly carried out ‘field executions’ and shot at people trying to flee across the Nile. The attacks on villages near the town of al-Gitaina by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed more than 200 people, Emergency Lawyers, a group tracking rights violations in the 21-month war between the Sudanese army and the RSF, said on Tuesday. Sudan’s …

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What’s happening in the Gaza Strip and Sudan that sparked a protest at the Super Bowl halftime show?
1 month, 1 week ago

What’s happening in the Gaza Strip and Sudan that sparked a protest at the Super Bowl halftime show?

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A performer at Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show unfurled a flag emblazoned with the words Sudan and Gaza in a protest over the two wars that are roiling the Middle East. The war began when Hamas, a militant group that’s ruled Gaza since 2007, stormed across the border into Israel, killing some 1,200 people …

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70 killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region: WHO
1 month, 3 weeks ago

70 killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region: WHO

Hindustan Times  

Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said Sunday, part of a series of attacks coming as the African nation's civil war escalated in recent days. Reported attack follows RSF warning In the Saudi hospital attack in El …

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US envoy sees no ‘political appetite’ among Sudan’s combatants to end the country’s devastating war
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US envoy sees no ‘political appetite’ among Sudan’s combatants to end the country’s devastating war

Associated Press  

ROME — The U.S. special envoy for Sudan said Thursday, just days after his first visit to the war-wrecked country since taking his post, that he doesn’t see enough of “political appetite” from the warring parties to reach a resolution to the conflict. Tom Perriello, who was appointed as special envoy in February, travelled to Port Sudan on Monday to …

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UN calls for end of weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring parties
4 months, 1 week ago

UN calls for end of weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring parties

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations has said continued weapons supplies to Sudan’s warring military and paramilitary forces are “enabling the slaughter” and must stop, with civilians bearing the brunt of the conflict. Both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are escalating their military operations and recruiting new fighters fuelled by “considerable” external support and a steady flow of …

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The new cycle of atrocities in Darfur must be stopped
10 months ago

The new cycle of atrocities in Darfur must be stopped

Al Jazeera  

For months now, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, an independent military force, together with allied armed groups, have been besieging the city of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. RSF forces and affiliated armed groups have already killed thousands of mostly Massalit people in el-Geneina, West Darfur, and surrounding areas, forcing more than half a million people, mostly Massalit, to flee …

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Sudan army general rules out Ramadan truce unless RSF leaves civilian sites
1 year ago

Sudan army general rules out Ramadan truce unless RSF leaves civilian sites

Firstpost  

The declaration comes in response to the UN Security Council’s request for a ceasefire during this week’s Ramadan. The paramilitary RSF declared its approval of the ceasefire request Sudan's foreign ministry, which supports the armed forces, stated that the RSF would have to leave its stronghold of El Gezira and Sennar states, as well as a number of cities in …

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Ukraine Is Now Fighting Russia in Sudan
1 year ago

Ukraine Is Now Fighting Russia in Sudan

Live Mint  

When Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s military ruler, found himself besieged by rebel forces in the country’s capital last summer, he called an unlikely ally for help: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In addition, the Sudanese rebels were backed by Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group, which has also mined gold in the country and used it to fund Moscow’s war in …

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Sudan fighting: One month on and no solution in sight
1 year, 10 months ago

Sudan fighting: One month on and no solution in sight

Al Jazeera  

While the fighting did not come as a surprise to Sudan watchers, the world seems at a loss to stop the bloodshed. The world’s attention turned to Sudan as the fighting continued in Khartoum and other cities, including Merowe, a northern city on the way to the Wadi Halfa border crossing with Egypt that has big gold mines and a …

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Sudan’s top General Burhan vows civilian rule as death toll mounts 400 in Ramadan month; US calls for peace
1 year, 10 months ago

Sudan’s top General Burhan vows civilian rule as death toll mounts 400 in Ramadan month; US calls for peace

India TV News  

Sudan’s top General Burhan vows civilian rule as death toll mounts 400 in Ramadan month; US calls for peace But for many Sudanese, Burhan’s claims rang hollow 18 months after he joined forces with his current rival to seize power in a coup that cast aside Sudan’s pro-democracy forces. In his first speech since the conflict engulfed Sudan nearly a …

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Fighting continues in Sudan hours after ceasefire was to begin
1 year, 11 months ago

Fighting continues in Sudan hours after ceasefire was to begin

Al Jazeera  

The regular army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces accused each other of failing to respect the truce. Fighting raged in Sudan hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to have come into effect, as forces loyal to dueling generals battled for key locations in the capital and accused each other of violating the ceasefire. The regular army …

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Fears in Sudan as army and paramilitary force face off
1 year, 11 months ago

Fears in Sudan as army and paramilitary force face off

Al Jazeera  

Army says the mobilisation of the powerful paramilitary, the Rapid Support Forces, represents a ‘clear violation of law’. #Sudan https://t.co/PjWigDTKIy — Mohanad Hashim April 13, 2023 Hemeti is now deputy leader of Sudan’s ruling council, which took power after a coup by the army and RSF in late 2021. Reporting from Khartoum, Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan said tensions between the …

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Sudan’s RSF unit accused of abuses against migrants
7 years, 4 months ago

Sudan’s RSF unit accused of abuses against migrants

Al Jazeera  

Rapid Support Forces was once part of the border intelligence militia, known as Janjaweed, fighting in Darfur. When Sudan and other African countries signed a deal with the European Union on migration, known as the “Khartoum Process”, the RSF started deterring Somalis, Eritreans and Ethiopians, as well as other nationalities, from crossing the Sudanese border. Refugees escaping Eritrea are mostly …

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