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The United Nations has issued a stark warning about an unfolding child malnutrition crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region, as conflict-driven hunger and collapsing aid access push the region closer to famine. UNICEF reports a 46% surge in severe acute malnutrition (SAM) cases among children across Darfur’s five states in the first five months of 2025. […]
At least 14 civilians were killed and numerous others wounded following artillery shelling by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Abu Shouk refugee camp in El-Fasher, North Darfur, a local emergency relief Committee reported on Wednesday, June 4. The attack has drawn sharp concern as El-Fasher remains a critical humanitarian lifeline for the […]
Fatalities among civilians were reported on Sunday April 20 in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, where at least seven people lost their lives due to artillery shelling allegedly carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A statement issued by the army’s 6th Infantry Division confirmed that a 120mm mortar had been […]
A devastating wave of attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on famine-stricken displacement camps in Darfur has left more than 100 civilians dead, according to the United Nations. Survivors describe a scene of horror as the RSF intensified its campaign to seize control of the last army-held city in the region, El-Fasher. The […]
At least nine civilians have been killed and 17 wounded following artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, on Sunday, according to a statement released by the Sudanese army on Monday March 31. The violence is part of the ongoing clashes between the […]
In the nearly 19-month conflict between Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the regular Army, the RSF has escalated its attacks using newly deployed drones. Sudanese officials claim these “strategic drones” signify “direct and clear” interference by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and neighboring Chad, marking an unprecedented escalation in the war that began […]