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UN Chief Denounces RSF Assaults in Sudan’s El Fasher

(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urgently condemned the intensifying violence in Sudan’s North Darfur, highlighting the persistent and brutal assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the city of El Fasher. “The...

UN Condemns Violent Attacks in Sudan’s North Darfur

(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced deep concern on Friday regarding the rising violence in Sudan's North Darfur, condemning the ongoing assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher. "The Secretary-General is appalled...

UN Secretary-General is concerned about violence in Sudan

(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern Friday over escalating violence in North Darfur, condemning ongoing assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the city of El Fasher. "The Secretary-General is appalled by...

RSF Shelling Leaves 24 Dead, 55 Injured in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) At least 24 people lost their lives and 55 others were wounded in a deadly attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, medics reported Thursday. The Sudan Doctors...

Sudan’s RSF Bloodbath Leaves 27 Civilians Dead

(MENAFN) At least 27 civilians lost their lives and 43 more were seriously injured after an assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck a village in Sudan’s West Kordofan region, local medical professionals reported on Thursday....

Devastating Floods Claim 14 Lives in Sudan

(MENAFN) Heavy rains and flooding have claimed the lives of at least 14 people across northern and southeastern Sudan, local media reported Wednesday. Media confirmed that six fatalities occurred in northern River Nile State after homes collapsed...

Starvation in Sudan takes lives of forty-six people

(MENAFN) At least 46 individuals, the majority being women and children, have lost their lives to malnutrition in Sudan’s South Kordofan state over the past two months, according to medical reports, as hunger and shortages of healthcare worsen in...

People in Sudan’s South Kordofan Battle Starvation

(MENAFN) In the conflict-ravaged region of South Kordofan, Sudan, at least 46 individuals—primarily women and children—have lost their lives due to severe malnutrition over the last two months, according to Sudan’s Doctors Network. The...

Hunger Crisis: Malnutrition Claims at Least 46 Lives in Sudan

(MENAFN) A worsening hunger crisis in Sudan’s South Kordofan has claimed the lives of at least 46 people—mostly women and children—over the past two months, amid intensifying conflict and medical shortages, Sudan’s Doctors Network said on...

Local doctors state RSF killed thirteen people, including women, children

(MENAFN) Thirteen Sudanese civilians were executed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur, according to a local medical organization. The victims included “5 children, 4 women, and 4 elderly individuals,” the Sudan Doctors...

Medic group states Thousands will die in Sudan

(MENAFN) Thousands of people in Sudan’s war-torn North Darfur are at risk of dying due to severe shortages of vital medicines, the Sudan Doctors Network (SDN) warned Tuesday. The group said hospitals in the regional capital, El Fasher, are running...

Medic group declares thousands facing death in Sudan

(MENAFN) Thousands in North Darfur, Sudan, face life-threatening conditions due to severe shortages of essential medical supplies, the Sudan Doctors Network has warned. Hospitals in the regional capital, El Fasher, are struggling to treat the...

RSF Reportedly Commits Massacre in Sudan’s El Fasher Displacement Camp

(MENAFN) Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a deadly attack on a displacement camp in El Fasher, North Darfur, on Monday, killing over 40 civilians and injuring dozens more, according to local activist groups. The El Fasher Resistance...

Sudan Reports 239 Children Dead Since January

(MENAFN) Since January, at least 239 children have died in western Sudan due to severe shortages of food and medical supplies, the Sudan Doctors Network reported on Sunday. The civilian medical group revealed that its team documented these child...

UN Urges Ceasefire in Sudan to Save Starving Families

(MENAFN) UN humanitarian officials urged a ceasefire in Sudan on Tuesday to enable lifesaving aid delivery to families trapped and facing famine, particularly in the besieged city of El Fasher. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

RSF “Horrific Massacre” Kills 14 Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) At least 14 civilians lost their lives and dozens more were injured when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State, a human rights organization reported Monday. The...

Eighty people pass away due to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan

(MENAFN) A deadly cholera outbreak has killed at least 80 people and infected over 2,100 individuals across Sudan’s five Darfur states as of July 30, according to the UN Children’s Fund. In North Darfur’s Tawila region alone, the disease has...

UNICEF Reports Thousands of Cholera Cases in Sudan

(MENAFN) At least 80 individuals have died, and more than 2,100 cholera cases have been documented in Sudan’s five Darfur states as of July 30, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In an official release, UNICEF revealed that...

Sudan’s Crisis Draws Warning from UN Rights Chief

(MENAFN) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, issued a cautionary message on Friday regarding the escalating conflict and increasing breaches of human rights in Sudan, where an internal war has persisted since April 2023. "The...

Essential water facility demolished in war-torn Sudan

(MENAFN) The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have destroyed Khartoum state’s main water quality testing laboratory, dealing a severe blow to vital infrastructure amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war, a senior official revealed. Mohamed Ali...