Nairobi — President William Ruto has convened a session of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Quartet on Sudan. A statement from the Presidential Communication Service says the meeting which is taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is focused on cessation of hostilities, humanitarian access and support inclusive peace process. Kenya is spearheading the IGAD High-Level […]
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Kass / Nertiti / Zalingei / El Geneina — Heavy fighting between the Rapid support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) left at least 30 dead and several injured in the town of Kass* in South Darfur on Thursday. Sources told Radio Dabanga yesterday that the “bloody clashes in the town disrupted the […]
Geneva — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that half of the population of Sudan is in urgent need of humanitarian aid and protection. One third of them are in Darfur where the situation is deteriorating dramatically. In a statement on Friday, IOM stated that more than 2.2 million people have been displaced in […]
Khartoum — In its latest monitoring report about the situation of journalists, over the second half of June, the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate says that since the war between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted on April 15, at least 150 journalists fled their homes and sought refuge in other […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the air strike in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Saturday which reportedly killed at least 22 people. Mr. Guterres offered his condolences to the families of the victims and expressed hopes for a speedy recovery to the dozens who were injured, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said in […]
It is one of the in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between Sudan’s rival generals. At least 22 people were killed in an airstrike by Sudan’s military in the city of Omdurman on Saturday, health officials said. Numerous people were also injured in the attack, the Khartoum […]
Since April, more than 170,000 people have fled Sudan across the Chadian border, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. As the conflict in Sudan enters its 13th week with no resolution in sight, the agency’s staff in Chad only foresee more people coming. UNHCR‘s Representative in Chad, Laura Lo Castro, regularly travels from the […]
Khartoum / Merowe / El Geneina — Photojournalist and Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS) member Ali Shata was shot in the left thigh by soldiers reportedly “affiliated with the Rapid Support Forces” in Khartoum whilst he was reporting for Sudan TV on Monday. In a statement by the SJS yesterday on social media, the organisation denounced […]
Khartoum — Recent developments in Sudan have caused the emergence of a tribal mobilisation effort, as well as an alignment between certain tribes, particularly in the war-scarred regions of Darfur and South Kordofan. Arab groups such as the Fallata tribe in South Darfur state have openly backed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Fallata’s […]
Khartoum / Omdurman — At least 24 civilians reportedly died in fighting in and around the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and its adjacent city Omdurman; more than 20 in Omdurman on Tuesday and four more in Khartoum on Wednesday. The Sudan capital and it’s adjacent city Omdurman saw shelling by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) […]
Khartoum — Siddig El Sadig El Mahdi, leading member of the National Umma Party (NUP) warned of the economic impact of the ongoing war in Sudan and said that the daily military spending currently amounts to half a billion dollars per day whilst the number of Sudanese in need of food aid has nearly doubled. […]
It is unclear if the Sudanese army’s call for fighting volunteers is a forced conscription. Meanwhile, fighting between the army and the paramilitary RSF has persisted in the capital Khartoum and in Darfur. Sudan’s armed forces have called on the country’s youth to join them in the fight against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as […]
A surgical team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has deployed to eastern Chad to treat an influx of gunshot wound victims seeking safety and medical care after fleeing fighting in neighboring Sudan. a surgeon, an anaesthetist, a ward nurse and an operating theatre nurse – operated on their first patients on […]
El Fasher / Delling — Civilian groups in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher have managed to convince the warring Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to stop fighting in the area. Native Administration leaders in Delling, South Kordofan, agreed on Tuesday to launch such an initiative as well. Nimir Abdelrahman, […]
Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those fleeing expected to surpass projections while aid access remains extremely uncertain, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. “We’ve already seen over 560,000 people crossing into neighbouring countries…[and] nearly two million people displaced internally,” said Raouf Mazou, UNHCR‘s […]
Adré / El Geneina — People are still arriving in the Chadian border town of Adré on foot or on donkey carts as they flee the violence in El Geneina but international rescue operations are getting more people out of West Darfur as well. Some displaced were transported by lorries sent by the United Nations […]
A revolt by the Wagner force in Russia poses a diplomatic quandary for African states where forces from the mercenary group have played an increasingly central role in long-running internal conflicts. Legalbrief reports that the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, Sudan and Libya have all become platforms for the shadowy group which had plied Moscow’s […]
Khartoum — Journalists and media personnel have continued to be targeted for attacks and violations during the first half of the second month of the war that erupted on April 15 between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In their latest report covering the period from June 1 to […]