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(MENAFN) The United Nations human rights chief expressed deep concern on Friday over the ongoing "abominable atrocities" in Sudan’s El-Fasher and issued a warning about escalating events in Kordofan.

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(MENAFN) More than 81,000 civilians have abandoned El-Fasher city and surrounding settlements in Sudan's North Darfur state since Oct. 26 as combat and lawlessness intensify, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced Wednesday....

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(MENAFN) At least 40 people were killed in a drone strike targeting a funeral outside el-Obeid in North Kordofan, Sudan, as mourners gathered in a tent, according to officials and aid groups.

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(MENAFN) Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has strongly denounced the atrocities committed by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city of El-Fasher, emphasizing that only a political settlement can end the prolonged bloodshed in...

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(MENAFN) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have taken control of El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, prompting urgent appeals for a political resolution to end the country’s prolonged conflict. “We express our collective shock at...

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(MENAFN) Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani denounced the violent acts carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, urging an immediate political solution to resolve...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s Minister of State for Social Welfare, Salma Ishaq, has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 300 women within the first two days of seizing El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, according to reports. “The RSF killed...

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(MENAFN) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday to discuss regional issues and ways to strengthen bilateral ties, Downing Street said.

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(MENAFN) The UN human rights office issued a warning on Friday that atrocities carried out by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the vicinity of El-Fasher and Bara could qualify as "numerous crimes under international law." "More details are...

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(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...

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(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.

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(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....

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(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...

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(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...

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(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...

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(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...

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(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...

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(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.

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(MENAFN) In a remote region of Sudan, it is nearly possible to forget that a brutal civil war is raging across the country.

International Committee of the Red Cross

Since 2024, the ICRC has been working with the Red Cross of Chad to put in place a psychosocial support programme in transit centres in the provinces of Ouaddaï, Sila and Wadi Fira. The programme aims to support people who have been left...