audrey azoulay

Darfur’s El-Fasher Under Siege: Famine, foreign fighters, and failing state

At least 91 civilians were killed in September in the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher, where hunger and violence have converged into what medical groups warn is a “full-blown humanitarian disaster.” According to the Sudan Doctors Network, 23 people — including children and pregnant women — died of severe malnutrition last month alone. UNICEF reports […]

Sudan’s Army Chief rejects peace plans without RSF disbandment

Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has dismissed, on December 1st, any peace initiative that does not mandate the dismantling of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), insisting that “the elimination of the militia” remains the sole viable path to ending the conflict. Speaking in Port Sudan on Monday, Al-Burhan vowed retribution against what he labelled […]

Algeria football federation loses CAS card, braces for CAF sanctions

As was expected, the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS has rejected a request by the Algerian football federation to annul a decision by the African football federation (CAF) following the Morocco map saga. CAF has declared that the RS Berkane qualifies to the final of the African football federation cup after the USMA- an […]