United Nations, United States — AFP The famine in a displaced persons’ camp in war-torn Sudan is a “shameful stain” on the conscience of the international community, which failed to prevent it despite multiple warnings, the United Nations has said. Last week an international committee responsible for assessing food inse...
The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has welcomed the US-backed cease-fire talks in Switzerland next month. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has invited the Sudanese Army and the RSF group to start the mediated negotiations beginning on Aug. 14. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the paramilitary group’s leader, said in a statement...
United Nations, United States — AFP Sudan’s UN ambassador has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of fomenting conflict in his country. Sudan descended into war in April 2023, pitting the regular military under army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his former deputy Mohamed ...
The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) immediately end hostilities and the siege of El Fasher in North Darfur. Its resolution calls for the RSF to lift the siege, halt hostilities, and ensure civilian safety. It also urges adherence to the Jeddah Declaration for civilian protection, as well as calli...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a third complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging war crimes against journalists in Gaza. They have accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of killing eight Palestinian journalists and injuring another between December and May. Israel’s war on Gaza has so far killed more than 100...
Port Sudan, Sudan — AFP Clashes reignited between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries earlier this week in the key Darfur town of El-Fasher, the United Nations has said, killing at least 27 people in one day. Eyewitnesses have reported air strikes, artillery fire and machine gun clashes battering the city since Friday, when an [&h...
United Nations, United States — AFP Senior UN officials have warned the Security Council of the risks of a new front opening in Sudan, around the town of el-Fasher in Darfur, where the population is already on the brink of starvation. After a year of war between the armed forces (SAF) of General Abdel Fattah […]
ANKARA (AA) — The UN on Friday called on the conflicting sides in Sudan to lay down arms and protect civilians during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. “Sudan is barreling toward a full year of war,” Martin Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said on X. “Despite a Security ...
LONDON (AA) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned what it calls the “eradication of journalism and the right to information in Gaza by the Israeli army.” “Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and prevented from working without any possibility of safe refuge,” the Paris-based RSF said in a statement. It called on...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Sudan’s government has announced that it is suspending its membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry in the capital Khartoum, which is loyal to the army led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said the decision is a reaction to the eight-country e...
