(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced they had arrested several members accused of abuses following their capture of El Fasher, as the United Nations demanded urgent investigation into reports of mass killings, sexual...
(MENAFN) Türkiye and Iraq have signed a new “mechanism document” aimed at financing joint projects in the water sector, building on an existing framework agreement between the two countries, according to diplomatic sources. During his official...
(MENAFN) Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a forceful denunciation of the recent wave of attacks and civilian deaths in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State. In an official statement, the ministry condemned the violence...
(MENAFN) The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday called on world leaders to take urgent and decisive measures to halt the indiscriminate killing of civilians in Sudan. She described the conditions in...
(MENAFN) Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly killed 300 women and raped at least 25 others within the first two days of entering El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, according to Sudanese Minister of State for Social Welfare Salma...
(MENAFN) The United Kingdom has announced an additional $6.6 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan, with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper cautioning that international efforts are “currently failing to deal with the humanitarian crisis and the...
The appalling abuses of the rules of war we are witnessing in Sudan are indefensible. No patient should be killed in a hospital, and no civilian shot while trying to flee their home. These horrific attacks must stop and international humanitarian...
(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...
(MENAFN) Sudan on Tuesday ordered two top officials from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to leave the country within 72 hours, according to a news agency. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned WFP Country Director Laurent Bukera and informed...
(MENAFN) Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo — widely known as Hemedti — has acknowledged that his troops committed “some violations” against civilians during the recent capture of Al-Fashir, the capital of...
KHARTOUM / ISTANBUL Sudanese armed groups rejected on Wednesday any political solution that involves the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as an equal actor to the state. “We reaffirm our full and unwavering support for the will of the...
Sudan’s Security and Defence Council held an emergency meeting in Khartoum on Tuesday, chaired by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sovereignty Council and commander of the armed forces, to discuss security measures aimed at preventing a...
Sudan’s ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Hassan Hamid, on Tuesday called on the international community to increase pressure on the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) engaged...
5 Video Fact. On November 4, rebels in Sudan shot down a Russian Il-76 with a crew of Russians on board. The fate of the Russians has not been officially confirmed, but some local sources say there are no survivors. There have been no comments...
Sudan’s warring factions have agreed in principle to a US mediated humanitarian truce, marking a potential breakthrough in the conflict that has devastated the Northeast African nation since April 2023. Massad Boulos, the US Senior Adviser for...
Sudan’s Defence Minister, Hassan Kabroun, has insisted the army will continue its fight against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) despite a proposed ceasefire put forward by the United States. Speaking after the country’s security and defence council...
The defence minister for Sudan's army-backed government has said his troops will continue their fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, after his security and defence council met to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire. Hassan...
The Sudanese government has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to urgently investigate and take action against any states or entities allegedly financing or supplying arms to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accused of committing...
Sudanese mother Amira wakes up every day trembling, haunted by the scenes of mass r@pes she witnessed while fleeing the western city of El-Fasher after it was overrun by paramilitaries. Following an 18-month siege marked by starvation and...
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have allegedly begun digging mass graves in Sudan’s el-Fasher to conceal evidence of a massacre following their takeover of the city, a U.S. researcher has revealed. The warning comes amid growing fears...
