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Sudan systematic killings reports evoke memories of past atrocities

(MENAFN) Emerging reports of large-scale killings in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher have led human rights and aid groups to describe the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the national army as a "continuation...

AU Voices "Deep Concern" Over Sudan's El Fasher Violence

(MENAFN) African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has issued a forceful condemnation of the escalating violence in El Fasher, western Sudan, following its seizure by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement released...

EU calls for easing of violence in Sudan after El-Fasher seizure

(MENAFN) The European Union expressed serious concern over the takeover of El-Fasher, Darfur’s capital, by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), describing the event as a “dangerous turning point” in the ongoing conflict. In a joint...

Sudan Army Pledges to Reclaim El Fasher After Retreat

(MENAFN) Sudan’s military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday pledged to reclaim El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, after his forces withdrew from the city, which has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since...

Sudan Warns EU Misreading of Civil War Could Undermine Peace

(MENAFN) Sudan’s government has accused the European Union Council of misinterpreting the realities of the country’s civil war, claiming the bloc’s recent conclusions ignore militant actions and could hinder peace efforts. In a Wednesday...

Sudan’s RSF says it captured army’s headquarters

(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claim to have captured the army’s headquarters in Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under blockade for over a year. The UN has documented widespread attacks on civilians...

RSF kills civilians based on ethnicity, loots health facilities

(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of carrying out ethnically targeted killings and plundering health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, amid escalating violence in the region....

RSF Commits “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan’s El-Fasher, Doctors Say

(MENAFN) In a critical escalation of the Sudanese conflict, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of executing a massacre in El-Fasher, the North Darfur capital, targeting residents based on their ethnicity and simultaneously looting...

RSF Targets Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has been accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity and looting health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan, according to a local medical...

RSF Targets Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has been accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity and looting health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan, according to a local medical...

RSF Targets Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has been accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity and looting health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan, according to a local medical...

Global Outrage Escalates Over RSF Siege in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) International condemnation and online solidarity are intensifying around El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, amid reports of atrocities by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Slogans like “El-Fasher drenched...

El-Fasher falls to RSF control—Sudan’s army chief

(MENAFN) Sudan’s military confirmed it had pulled its forces out of el-Fasher — the last major western stronghold it held — after paramilitary fighters asserted control of the city, according to reports. In a televised address, the army chief said...

Villagers Struggle with Rotten Crops in Sudan

(MENAFN) In a remote region of Sudan, it is nearly possible to forget that a brutal civil war is raging across the country. Draped in vibrant attire and sporting plastic sandals, women in the Jebel Marra mountains begin each day atop donkeys,...

Sudan’s capital gets targeted by drone attacks

(MENAFN) Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, was targeted by a series of drone attacks on Wednesday, lasting several hours, according to eyewitnesses and a military source. The strikes, which targeted two army bases in the city’s northwest, were mostly...

Sudan sees Russia as one of its top options to rebuild energy sector

(MENAFN) Sudan is considering Russia as a key partner to help rebuild its energy infrastructure damaged by ongoing conflict, Energy and Oil Minister Al-Muatasim Ibrahim said. Speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow, Ibrahim highlighted...

Sudanese Army Leader Signals Readiness for Dialogue

(MENAFN) The head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, stated on Saturday that the military is open to negotiations aimed at efforts to “end the war and restore Sudan’s unity and dignity.” Speaking in Atbara, a city in northern...

177,000 Civilians Stranded as RSF Commits Massacres in El-Fasher

(MENAFN) Up to 177,000 civilians remain trapped in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, following its capture by the Rapid Security Forces (RSF) over the weekend, amid reports of mass killings and ethnic cleansing. “The RSF committed a...

Global Outcry Grows Over RSF Actions in El-Fasher

(MENAFN) Widespread international indignation and online support are intensifying for El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, as reports emerge of atrocities committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Phrases like...

Sudan: “The people of Al Fasher cannot be abandoned”

“What people have been enduring during these 500 days in Al Fasher is nothing short of catastrophic. Over 260,000 men, women and children are trapped, eating one meal a day and risking their lives just to find undrinkable water. Local medical...