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(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...

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(MENAFN) United Nations human rights leader Volker Turk will arrive in Sudan Wednesday, marking his first trip to the conflict-ravaged nation since 2022, the UN human rights office announced Monday.

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(MENAFN) Escalating instability in Sudan has driven close to 400 additional civilians to abandon the towns of Kadugli and Dilling in South Kordofan over a two-day period, according to reports released on Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Nearly 400 civilians have fled the cities of Kadugli and Dilling in Sudan’s South Kordofan state over the past two days due to worsening insecurity, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday.

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(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.

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(MENAFN) Sudanese military aircraft launched devastating airstrikes against Rapid Support Forces (RSF) installations throughout central Sudan's North and West Kordofan regions, media reported Saturday.

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(MENAFN) UN human rights chief Volker Turk is set to visit Sudan on Wednesday, marking his first trip to the country since 2022, the UN human rights office announced Monday.

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(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...

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(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...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reportedly holding six healthcare workers in the city of Al-Fashir, demanding a ransom of $1 million for their release, according to statements from a local doctors’ network.

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(MENAFN) At least 7,455 individuals were forced to flee the besieged city of El-Fasher in western Sudan in a single day as a result of assaults by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), raising the cumulative total to 33,485 over the past...

International Committee of the Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses its deepest sorrow over the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) volunteers in Bara, North Kordofan State.

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(MENAFN) At least 13 people have died, including eight children, after a drone struck a house in the Sudanese city of el-Obeid, according to local medics.

International Committee of the Red Cross

Pursuant to its protection mandate, the ICRC wishes to remind all parties to the conflict that civilians and all those who no longer take part in the hostilities must be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law (IHL). The ICRC...

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(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...

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(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced concern on Monday about the impartiality of Myanmar’s upcoming general elections, emphasizing the urgency of extending humanitarian relief and halting the ongoing conflict in the war-torn...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s army chief and Transitional Sovereignty Council chairman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced Monday that the military has withdrawn from El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, to prevent further “systematic destruction and...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s top military leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced that the army’s withdrawal from El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, was intended to prevent further civilian massacres and destruction amid escalating clashes with...

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(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.

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(MENAFN) Türkiye has sent its sixth “Goodness Ship” from the port city of Mersin, carrying 2,600 tons of humanitarian supplies to Sudan, as part of ongoing relief efforts for those affected by the country’s prolonged conflict.