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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 […]
Chad has issued a forceful condemnation of a senior Sudanese military official’s threat to target its airports, characterizing the statement as a “declaration of war” and promising to respond according to international law if its sovereignty faces violation. The diplomatic crisis erupted after Lieutenant General Yasir al-Atta, deputy commander of Sudan’s army, designated airports in […]
Sudan’s military has strengthened its control over Khartoum, capturing additional government facilities just one day after reclaiming the symbolic Republican Palace from paramilitary forces. Military spokesperson Brigadier General Nabil Abdullah confirmed Saturday that government troops had successfully dislodged the Rapid Support Forces from the National Intelligence Service headquarters and Corinthia Hotel in central Khartoum. The […]
In a significant development in Sudan’s ongoing conflict, the Sudanese military has announced the recapture of the Republican Palace in Khartoum, which had been under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for nearly two years. The palace, a historic symbol of Sudan’s government and seat of power, was retaken after months of […]
The United Kingdom’s decision to invite the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to an upcoming London conference on Sudan’s humanitarian crisis has drawn sharp criticism from Sudan’s army-aligned government. The conference, scheduled for 15 April, aims to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan, which has displaced millions and led to widespread famine. However, the absence […]
Sudanese officials have recovered 11 bodies from a well in Khartoum’s Fayhaa neighborhood, days after military forces expelled paramilitary fighters from the area. The grim discovery includes the remains of men, women, and children, according to civil defense authorities. Colonel Abdul-Rahanan Mohamed Hassan, leading the civil defense recovery operation, confirmed the search began after residents […]