Rapid Support Forces Advances on Sennar Amid Ongoing Conflict

Rapid Support Forces Advances on Sennar Amid Ongoing Conflict

Paramilitaries from Sudan's Rapid Support Forces have advanced on the southeastern trading hub of Sennar, aiming to expand their territorial gains more than 14 months into a war with the army, residents and officials reported on Wednesday. Reuters reports that families fled the city on the banks of the Blue Nile after hearing the sound of fighting on Tuesday evening.

June 27, 2024 8

Africa

Sudan warring sides using starvation as weapon: UN experts

Both sides in Sudan's brutal civil war are using starvation as a weapon of war, UN experts said Wednesday, charging that foreign governments providing them military support were "complicit" in war crimes. War has raged for more than a year between the regular military (SAF) under army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. […]

June 26, 2024 16

Namibia

Main Hospital in Sudan’s Al-Fashir Attacked by Paramilitary Forces

The main hospital in Sudan's al-Fashir city has been attacked by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and rendered inoperative, according to Doctors Without Borders, which supports the facility. Al-Fashir, located in the Darfur region of northwestern Sudan, is home to over 1.8 million residents and displaced people. This attack marks the latest escalation in the conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which began in April last year.

June 10, 2024 9

Africa

Sudan’s descent into chaos sets stage for al-Qaida to make a return to historic stronghold

By Sara Harmouch, American University “Sudan’s moment has come; chaos is our chance to sow the seeds of jihad,” warned Abu Hudhaifa al-Sudani, a high-ranking al-Qaida leader, in an October 2022 manifesto. His words may have seemed premature at the time, but a year of brutal civil war has now plunged Sudan into the kind of chaos in which terrorist groups thrive. The risk of […]

May 14, 2024 16

Oshiwambo

Sudan okwa taalela oshikele oshinene omolwa iikolokosha mbyoka yili metifa

Omunambelewa gopombanda miigwana ya hangana okwati onkalo mo Sudan otayi kala niilanduli iinene pondje yo Horn of Africa ,ongele oshindji sha ningwa okuyamukula kiita yopashigwana yomumvo gumwe pokati kaakwiita yepangelo netanga lyo Rapid Support Forces. Ta popi no BBC Newsday, Toby Harward,o UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan ,okwa hokolola onkalo meni nopondje yoshiilando El Fasher mo North Kivu kutya oya nayipala. Tati uunene woshikele mo Sudan,oshikele shomatulululo ogendji,oshikele shoompumbwe […]

May 3, 2024 17

Africa

Sudan’s civil war is rooted in its historical favouritism of Arab and Islamic identity

By Hamdy A. Hassan, Zayed University The current civil war in Sudan goes beyond a simple power struggle between two generals. It reflects a deep-rooted crisis within the country’s governing structure that’s been present since it gained independence from the British in 1956. Since independence, the Sudanese have experienced 35 coups and attempted coups, more than any other African country. In the country’s southern region a 56-year […]

April 29, 2024 5

World

Antonio Guterres says “The world is forgetting about the people of Sudan”

United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres says the people of Sudan need peace. He was speaking in New York on Monday marking one year since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Jody Jacobs has more from the United Nations.

April 16, 2024 17

Africa

Sudan Armed Forces are on a path to self-destruction – risking state collapse

By Harry Verhoeven, Columbia University It is now 10 months since the outbreak of civil war in Sudan in April 2023, pitting the Sudan Armed Forces against the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group. The war, which erupted after relations between the two wings of Sudan’s security apparatus broke down, rapidly spread beyond the capital, Khartoum. More recently, the Sudan Armed Forces have suffered numerous setbacks […]

February 20, 2024 12

Africa

More than 30 killed in strikes on Sudan capital: NGO

Fighting between rival Sudanese forces including air strikes on the capital Khartoum have killed at least 33 civilians, pro-democracy lawyers said overnight to Friday. Sudan has been gripped by nearly nine months of war pitting army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy, paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The war has claimed at least 12,190 lives according to a conservative estimate by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data […]

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