The United Nations (UN) Security Council has imposed sanctions on four senior commanders of Sudan paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over alleged atrocities committed during the capture of El-Fasher in Darfur. Read More: 114 killed in week of attacks in Sudan’s Darfur: medical sources The sanctioned individuals include RSF deputy commanders Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo and Gedo Hamdan Ahmed, […]
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Sudan’s army says it has broken RSF siege in South Kordofan
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s army claimed on Monday that it had broken a long-running siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the town of Dilling in South Kordofan, a development that comes amid intensifying fighting across the wider Kordofan region. Read More: Attack on Sudan’s Kordofan funeral kills 40, UN reports In a statement, the military […]
Over 1,000 civilians killed in Darfur camp
More than 1,000 civilians were killed when Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces seized the Zamzam displacement camp in Darfur in April, the UN Human Rights Office reported on Thursday. About a third of the victims were reportedly executed summarily. The Zamzam camp, located in western Darfur, housed nearly half a million people displaced by ongoing civil […]
US steps in: Trump pledges to tackle Sudan crisis
US President Donald Trump announced plans to act quickly to help end Sudan’s ongoing war. Speaking at the US–Saudi Business Forum, he said the Saudi crown prince urged strong steps on the crisis. Trump acknowledged the situation is now too dangerous to ignore, prompting his administration to begin efforts immediately. Trump admitted Sudan had not […]
Malnourished children flee Sudan’s al-Fashir
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 […]