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Following months of consistent military advances against its paramilitary rival, Sudan’s army chief on Monday, May 19, named Kamil al-Taib Idris as the nation’s first Prime minister since the civil war broke out in the country two years ago. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the military, has long praised Kamil al-Taib Idris for taking […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued a poignant plea for the protection of civilians trapped in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, where over 500 lives have been lost in just three harrowing weeks. The region, long scarred by conflict, has once again become the epicenter of violence, […]
At least 31 civilians, including children, have reportedly been executed by members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Al-Salha neighbourhood of Omdurman, Sudan, according to local medias. The victims were said to have been accused of collaborating with the Sudanese army, as the RSF continues its ongoing conflict with government forces. 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 […]
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $19.85 million grant to support a humanitarian and resilience operation in Sudan over the next two years. The grant is intended to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable populations and ease the impact of the ongoing conflict on communities and infrastructure. The project has […]
As families flee the blood-soaked remains of Zamzam camp, El Fasher is becoming a city of survivors and silent suffering. With exhausted civilians arriving in waves—many on foot after two days without food or water—the humanitarian toll of the recent Rapid Support Forces (RSF) assault is only just beginning to surface. Volunteers in El Fasher […]
The brutal civil war in Sudan has taken an even darker turn as sustained attacks on displacement camps continue into a third day, leaving over 100 civilians dead, including at least 20 children and medical personnel. Witness accounts from Zamzam camp near El-Fasher, a city in western Darfur, paint a harrowing picture of families trapped […]
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 […]
Sudan’s Sovereign Council leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, reaffirmed, on Thursday March 27, the military’s commitment to paving the way for a civilian Government to take power, following a meeting with Germany’s envoy to the Horn of Africa, Heiko Nitschke, in Port Sudan. The meeting discussed “efforts exerted by the Sudanese government to achieve peace and […]