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Apr
16
2024
By YAZAN KALACH, KHALID ABDELAZIZ and EL TAYEB SIDDIG
Sudan’s uprooted millions pay price for year-long war

Sudan’s uprooted millions pay price for year-long war

NEWS
AFTER fleeing from the war in Sudan to Egypt, Mohamed Ismail says his ambitions are limited to putting food in the mouths of his five children from a meagre monthly salary of about $100 earned at a paper factory in Giza. One seven-year-old son sleeps in his arms because of the trauma of hearing explosions before they fled from the outskirts of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in January. A year of war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has driven more than 8.5 million people from their homes, creating the world's largest displacement crisis and uprooting families multiple…
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Apr
13
2024
By The African Mirror
Why is Sudan still at war a year on?

Why is Sudan still at war a year on?

NEWS
A conflict in Sudan that erupted a year ago has wreaked havoc across swathes of the country, unleashed waves of ethnic violence in Darfur, driven millions into extreme hunger and created the world's largest displacement crisis. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tensions had been building for months before fighting between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in the capital Khartoum on April 15, 2023. The army and RSF had been in a fragile partnership after toppling a civilian government in an October 2021 coup, a move that derailed a transition from the rule of Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir, who was…
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Feb
23
2024
By HARRY VERHOEVEN
Sudan Armed Forces are on a path to self-destruction – risking state collapse

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

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, EDITORS CHOICE
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. HARRY VERHOEVEN, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University More recently, the Sudan Armed Forces have suffered numerous setbacks at the hands of the Rapid Support Forces. For months, army units have struggled to break their grip on much of the capital. The…
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Dec
12
2023
By The African Mirror
Attack on ICRC convoy in Sudan’s Khartoum kills two, injures seven

Attack on ICRC convoy in Sudan’s Khartoum kills two, injures seven

NEWS
AN attack on a humanitarian convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Sudanese capital Khartoum killed two people and injured seven, the ICRC said. The wounded included three ICRC staff members, the Red Cross added in a statement. "The humanitarian convoy, consisting of three ICRC vehicles and three buses, all clearly marked with the Red Cross emblem, was due to evacuate over a hundred vulnerable civilians from Khartoum to Wad Madani when it came under attack upon entering the evacuation area," the statement read. The ICRC said it is shocked and appalled by the attack, which…
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Dec
11
2023
By The African Mirror
African mediators claim progress in efforts to end Sudan’s war

African mediators claim progress in efforts to end Sudan’s war

NEWS
AN African regional body involved in efforts to mediate over the war in Sudan says it has secured a commitment from warring parties to implement a ceasefire and to hold a political dialogue aimed at resolving the conflict. There was no immediate comment from Sudan's army or the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been locked since mid-April in a conflict that has devastated the capital Khartoum and triggered waves of ethnic killings in Darfur despite several diplomatic efforts to halt the fighting. Eyewitnesses reported blasts at the major Al-Jaili oil refinery on the outskirts of Khartoum on Sunday, while both…
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Nov
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudanese warring parties trade blame for damaged dam south of Khartoum

Sudanese warring parties trade blame for damaged dam south of Khartoum

NEWS
THE Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces blamed each other for a strike that damaged a bridge over the Jebel Awlia dam south of Khartoum, the latest piece of key infrastructure to suffer in a seven-month war. The extent of the damage to the dam was unclear but serious damage to the dam threatened major flooding of the White Nile. In recent weeks, a bridge in the capital Khartoum and a crucial oil depot were damaged in strikes, for which the two forces also blamed each other. Fighting has raged in recent days in the Jebel Awlia area,…
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Sep
27
2023
By EL TAYEB SIDDIG, NAFISA ELTAHIR and KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudan’s displaced millions struggle to survive as economy seizes up

Sudan’s displaced millions struggle to survive as economy seizes up

NEWS
ABOUT two months after heavy clashes around his home in Sudan's capital drove Sherif Abdelmoneim to flee, soaring rent and food costs forced the 36-year-old and his family of six to return to a city where fighting still rages. Most of those who fled Khartoum after war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out in mid-April have not returned. They face malnutrition, floods and scorpions as they depend for survival on handouts and meagre aid relief, the generosity of host communities stretched increasingly thin. More than 5.25 million of Sudan's 49 million people have been uprooted since…
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Sep
23
2023
By AMIRA OSMAN, AMIRA OSMAN, Tshwane University of Technology; AKRAM AHMED ELKHALIFA and TALLAL ABDALBASIT SAEED
Khartoum’s burning tower: architects on the destruction of a city – and what it’ll take to rebuild

Khartoum’s burning tower: architects on the destruction of a city – and what it’ll take to rebuild

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
THERE has been a continued escalation in fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The destruction of the capital Khartoum continues – physically, economically, socially and culturally – as buildings are bombarded and homes looted. One of the city’s landmark skyscrapers, the Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower, was recently engulfed in flames. We asked three Sudanese architecture experts – Amira Osman, Akram Elkhalifa and Tallal Abdalbasit Saeed – about the skyscraper and the destruction of the city. Osman also interviewed Khartoum-based architects Arwa Ahmed and Hassan Mahmoud for this article as part of her ongoing research.…
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Jul
16
2023
By AZZA GUERGUES and MOHAMMED AMIN
For Sudanese fleeing to Egypt, a hard border and an uncertain future

For Sudanese fleeing to Egypt, a hard border and an uncertain future

NEWS
SUDANESE escaping to neighbouring Egypt are facing daunting obstacles at the border, with many also experiencing tough living conditions on the other side despite receiving help from local organisations, relatives, and friends. Egypt has received the highest number of Sudanese refugees since the conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted in mid-April, with more than 250,000 people crossing over, most from the besieged capital city, Khartoum. Yet despite their need for safe passage, Egyptian authorities have been consistently slow at processing people, and have recently tightened border controls, requiring all new arrivals to carry travel documents and…
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Jul
14
2023
By ANTHONY DEUTSCH
ICC investigating Darfur killings and rapes as violence surges in Sudan

ICC investigating Darfur killings and rapes as violence surges in Sudan

NEWS
THE International Criminal Court has launched an investigation into a surge of hostilities in Sudan's Darfur region since mid-April, including reports of killings, rapes, arson, displacement and crimes affecting children, the top prosecutor told the United Nations. The regular army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling in the capital Khartoum and other areas of Sudan in a power struggle that exploded in mid-April. More than 3 million people have been uprooted, including more than 700,000 who have fled to neighbouring countries. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last week that Sudan, Africa's third largest country by land area, was on the…
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