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Jan
21
2024
By MICHELLE NICHOLS and MAGGIE MICHAEL
Ethnic killings in one Sudan city left up to 15,000 dead, UN report says

Ethnic killings in one Sudan city left up to 15,000 dead, UN report says

NEWS
BETWEEN 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan's West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militia, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters. In the report to the U.N. Security Council, independent U.N. sanctions monitors attributed the toll in El Geneina to intelligence sources and contrasted it with the U.N. estimate that about 12,000 people have been killed across Sudan since war erupted on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese army and the RSF. The monitors also described as "credible" accusations that the United Arab…
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Jan
17
2024
By AIDAN LEWIS
Agencies consider new aid route into Sudan as humanitarian crisis worsens

Agencies consider new aid route into Sudan as humanitarian crisis worsens

NEWS
AID agencies are looking at delivering aid to Sudan on a new route from South Sudan as they struggle to access much of the country, a senior U.N. official said, nine months into a war that has caused a major humanitarian crisis. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left nearly half of Sudan's 49 million people requiring aid. More than 7.5 million people have fled their homes, making Sudan the biggest displacement crisis globally, and hunger is rising. Aid supplies have been looted and humanitarian workers attacked, while international agencies and NGOs have long complained about bureaucratic obstacles…
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Jan
07
2024
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s Burhan says ‘no reconciliation’ with paramilitary RSF

Sudan’s Burhan says ‘no reconciliation’ with paramilitary RSF

NEWS
SUDAN'S army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed to continue a nine-month war between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rejecting the latest peace efforts. RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo agreed earlier this week to a ceasefire proposed by civilian groups, contingent on the military agreeing also. But observers responded sceptically in light of the paramilitary force's prior unfulfilled promises. The U.S. has accused both the army and RSF of war crimes, and it says the RSF is also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. "The whole world witnessed these rebel forces committing war crimes and…
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Jan
02
2024
By WAAKHE SIMON WUDU
Six killed in disputed region bordering Sudan, South Sudan

Six killed in disputed region bordering Sudan, South Sudan

NEWS
SIX people including a senior local administrator were killed in an ambush by armed men in the Abyei region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, local officials said. The oil-rich region experiences frequent bouts of violence, where rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group - Twic Dinka from South Sudan's neighbouring Warrap State, and Ngok Dinka from Abyei - are locked in a dispute over the location of an administrative boundary. Abyei Deputy Chief Administrator Noon Deng and his team came under attack along the road from Abyei to Aneet town when they were returning from an official visit…
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Dec
31
2023
By The African Mirror
Aid agencies report looting, suspend operations in Sudanese state

Aid agencies report looting, suspend operations in Sudanese state

NEWS
TWO international aid organisations say that their facilities have been looted and they have suspended operations in an area of Sudan where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recently advanced in its war with the army. The halting of operations by the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) and Medical charity MSF in El Gezira risks exacerbating a humanitarian crisis caused by more than eight months of war. The WFP said it had been forced to pause distributions of aid in El Gezira state where it said a warehouse containing enough stocks to feed 1.5 million people for a month had…
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Dec
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan RSF leader visits Ethiopia in first public wartime tour

Sudan RSF leader visits Ethiopia in first public wartime tour

NEWS
THE leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces visited Ethiopia where he said he discussed the need for a swift end to the war between the RSF and the Sudanese army, during the second leg of a rare publicly-announced foreign tour. RSF leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, whose whereabouts since the war began in mid-April were previously unknown, landed in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa after meeting Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at his country home on Wednesday. Diplomatic efforts, including Saudi and U.S.-led talks in Jeddah, have made little visible progress towards halting the conflict in Sudan. The RSF has recently made military…
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Dec
20
2023
By The African Mirror
At least 250,000 flee fighting in Sudan’s El Gezira state -IOM

At least 250,000 flee fighting in Sudan’s El Gezira state -IOM

NEWS
At least 250,000 to 300,000 people have fled Sudan's El Gezira state since December 15 as a result of clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan's army, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. The RSF, at war with the army for the past eight months, has been advancing on El Gezira's state capital, Wad Madani, and its fighters entered the city earlier on Monday, witnesses said.
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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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Dec
08
2023
By DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS, HUMEYRA PAMUK and NAFISA ELTAHIR
US declares warring parties in Sudan committed war crimes

US declares warring parties in Sudan committed war crimes

NEWS
THE United States formally determined that warring parties in Sudan committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, as Washington increases pressure on the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to end fighting that has caused a humanitarian crisis. Washington also determined that the RSF and allied militias committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, Blinken said in a statement. The fighting, which broke out in mid-April, has displaced more than 6.5 million inside and outside Sudan, killed more than 10,000 and decimated the economy. "The expansion of the needless conflict between RSF and the SAF has caused grievous human…
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Dec
06
2023
By The African Mirror
US targets ex-Sudan officials with sanctions for undermining peace

US targets ex-Sudan officials with sanctions for undermining peace

NEWS
THE United States imposed sanctions on three former Sudanese officials for their role in undermining peace, security and stability in Sudan, the Treasury Department said. The sanctions are being imposed under a U.S. executive order that places penalties on people who destabilize Sudan and undermine democracy, the department said in a statement. It named the three as Taha Osman Ahmed al-Hussein, Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah and Mohamed Etta Elmoula Abbas, all former Sudanese officials. "These individuals have engaged in activities that undermine the peace, security, and stability of Sudan," it said. "Elmoula and Gosh are former security officials who worked…
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