GENEVA: Some children fleeing the Sudanese city of al-Fashir are arriving at humanitarian camps in north Darfur in such critical condition that treatment may not save them, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Aid workers reported that many are severely dehydrated and unable to speak after enduring harsh desert-like conditions during their journey to […]
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Hundreds killed in alleged RSF massacre
DARFUR, SUDAN: Horrific accounts have emerged from the Sudanese city of al-Fashir, where witnesses say Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters executed hundreds of unarmed men after capturing the city last weekend. According to survivors and aid workers, fighters on camels rounded up groups of men, insulted them with racial slurs, and opened fire near a […]
Sudden RSF attacks kill 1,500 civilians in Sudan’s Darfur
Sudan’s Darfur region has witnessed deadly attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) this week. Reports confirm that approximately 1,500 civilians have been killed since Sunday. The violence escalated after Sudanese army forces withdrew from the city of Al-Fashir, leaving the RSF in control. The Sudanese Armed Forces report nearly 2,000 deaths between Sunday […]
Clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill more than 100: tribal leader
KHARTOUM: The latest clashes in Sudan’s Darfur region between Arab and non-Arab groups have left more than 100 people killed, a tribal leader said on Monday. Repeated clashes in the region since late last year have now left several hundred people dead as Sudan grapples with the fallout from a coup in October led by […]
Sudan’s Darfur refugees wonder when their turn will come
‘When we arrived here, there were TV crews and photographers, but now nobody comes,” said Abdallah, amazed to see a journalist turn up at his Sudanese refugee camp in Chad. He fled over the border from Sudan’s western Darfur region in 2004, a year after the armed forces and their allies, the Janjaweed horseback militia, […]