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Critical humanitarian operations have been halted at Sudan’s largest displacement camp amid escalating violence and confirmed famine conditions, the United Nations warned in an urgent Security Council briefing. “The already catastrophic situation has worsened” since the previous assessment just weeks ago, reported Edem Wosornu, OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy, describing parts of Sudan as […]
African countries experiencing conflict and with highly restricted freedoms and weak democratic institutions, such as South Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe or Libya, occupy the bottom of Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). This ranking places Zimbabwe among Africa’s top 10 most corrupt countries, joining war-torn states like Sudan, Somalia, and Libya. With a score of […]
Sudan’s military achieved a significant victory on Sunday, breaking a nearly two-year-long siege of the crucial city of Obeid by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The city located in the country’s southern-central region, which serves as the capital of North Kordofan province, had been under siege by the RSF since the war broke out […]
Kenya is under increasing diplomatic scrutiny as Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) prepares to announce a parallel government on Kenyan soil, a move that the military-backed government in Khartoum condemned as “act of hostility” against the country’s sovereignty. The announcement of forming its own breakaway government was made by the paramilitary group, on Tuesday […]
A brutal three-day assault by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left hundreds dead in villages south of Khartoum, marking another tragic episode in the country’s ongoing civil conflict. While the Emergency Lawyers network reports over 200 casualties, the army-backed government claims a death toll exceeding 430, including children. The attacks targeted the villages of […]
The United Nations has launched on Monday February 17 an urgent appeal for $6 billion in humanitarian aid to alleviate what it has described as the world’s worst-ever hunger crisis in Sudan, exacerbated by ongoing civil conflict. This plea comes amid a mass displacement of people and widespread food insecurity, following 22 months of brutal […]
Morocco called, on Friday evening before the meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) at the level of Heads of State and Government, for a solution through dialogue that would guarantee the territorial integrity and stability of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reaffirmed its opposition to all forms of separatism, and […]
Sudan has confirmed that plans for Russia to establish its first naval base in Africa, on the Red Sea coast, will move forward, signaling a significant shift in the region’s geo-strategic balance. The announcement came after Sudanese foreign minister Ali Youssef Ahmed al-Sharif met with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on 12 February. The […]
The ongoing civil war in Sudan, now entering its second year, has led to what the African Union (AU) has called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world.” The conflict between Sudan’s military government and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands of children malnourished, with dire shortages […]
In a significant shift in Sudan’s prolonged conflict, the national army has gained crucial momentum in Khartoum, prompting military leadership to announce plans for a new technocratic government. Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s forces have made strategic advances against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), particularly near the symbolic presidential palace along the Nile. This military […]