KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Sudanese army has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group of striking a power station in northern Sudan, causing a power outage in Dongola city. A military statement said the RSF attacked the Dongola power station with multiple drones which were intercepted by the army’s air defenses. The Suda...
The U.S. has announced sanctions against Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the U.S. will continue to disrupt the flow of weapons into Sudan and hold leaders responsible for their disregard of civilian lives. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week blamed Sudan’s Ra...
Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed’s hosting of Somali President Hassan Sheih Mohamud is a milestone, officials say -ISTANBUL, Turkiye- (AA) The African Union has hailed a weekend meeting between the leaders of Somalia and Ethiopia in Addis Ababa which materialized due to the Ankara Declaration. Calling the meeting between Ethiopian Prime Ministe...
Security forces in Somalia have launched a major operation in the semi autonomous state of Puntland against ISIS terrorists. According to the country’s SONNA news agency, security forces have killed 20 suspected terrorists in the Bari region’s mountainous area. The operation targeted presumed terrorist hideouts in the Al-Miskad mountains, whic...
The Sudanese army says it has regained the key town of Tambul, its second victory in the state of eastern Al Jazirah within 48 hours. Supported by allied forces and volunteers, the army said it inflicted heavy losses on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces or RSF. Tambul follows Wad Madani, the state capital, reclaimed a […]
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemedti. This is for his role in genocide and systematic atrocities. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the RSF and allied militias for targeting civilians based on ethnicity, committing mass killings, and using sexual violence as a ...
The White House has dismissed claims that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide. This is despite its recognition of genocide in Sudan. The Biden administration condemned Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces or RSF for systematic ethnic killings and brutal violence, declaring a genocide there. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also said the RSF ...
Amid civil war in Sudan, lawyer Suhenda Abdulvahap has become a beacon of hope for displaced people. She leads a food aid initiative in the city of Omdurman, serving up to 10,000 meals and distributing 30,000 loaves of bread daily to families devastated by the conflict. The war between Sudan’s military and Rapid Support Forces […]
In Sudan’s Goz al-Haj Camp, nearly 8,000 refugees endure severe hardships, battling cold, hunger, and inadequate health care. Escaping the violence of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), civilians like pharmacist Fawwaz Abdulbaki describe their exodus as hellish Their villages have been overrun and dignity assaulted. Aerial footage from Anad...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) — Tunisian authorities retrieved the bodies of 27 irregular migrants after their boat capsized off the country’s eastern coast, a health official says. Hatem Al-Sharif, regional health director of Sfax province, said 25 other migrants were rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Kerkennah Islands on Wednesday. He sai...
