Sudan: Rapid Support Forces Besiege North Kordofan Capital, Raise Levies

The humanitarian situation is worsening in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, reportedly as a result of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) siege imposed on the city. RSF soldiers… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Armed Forces - 'Two Drones Shot Down Over River Nile State'

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) claim to have shot down drones over Shendi in River Nile state on Tuesday. Widely circulated videos show the drones flying above Shendi, while… Read more »

Sudan: UAE Objects to UNSC Over 'Spurious' Accusations By Sudan

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has objected to what it calls "baseless allegations" made by the Permanent Representative for Sudan, El Haris Idris, to the 9,611th meeting of the UN… Read more »

Sudan: Cameron Hudson On Sudan War - 'I Do Not Expect Anything From the Jeddah Negotiations'

After the US special envoy to Sudan, Tom Periello, told Radio Dabanga that the Jedda negotiations will resume in May, Cameron Hudson, a senior fellow in the Africa Program at the… Read more »

Sudan: Battles Between the Army and the RSF Continue Unabated in Sudan

Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its paramilitary counterpart, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), continue in various parts of the country. Artillery shelling led… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Displaced Renew Call to the World to Save Them

The displaced in Darfur camps again appealed to the international community to help them by sending urgent humanitarian aid, as security and health conditions are worsening and the… Read more »

Sudan: UAE Pledges $100 Million to Aid Humanitarian Efforts in Sudan

The United Arab Emirates has pledged a further $100 million to support humanitarian efforts in Sudan and neighbouring countries. The pledge was made by Sheikh Shakhbut bin Nahyan,… Read more »

Sudan: President El Burhan Fires Foreign Minister, Governors

Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and head of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, has dismissed and replaced Foreign Minister-designate… Read more »

Sudan: Canada Sanctions Individuals and Entities Affiliated With Sudan Warring Parties

Yesterday, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced sanctions against two individuals and four entities affiliated with the army and the Rapid Support Forces… Read more »

Sudan: Exclusive - US Special Envoy for Sudan Says 'Priority Is to End the War'

The aspirations of the Sudanese people are not just for the absence of war, but for the restoration of the revolution and the return to a constitutional transition that the people… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Media Forum - 'One Year of Devastation: Sudan in the Grip of War'

One year ago today, on April 15, 2023, a brutal conflict erupted in the heart of Sudan's capital, Khartoum. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdelfattah El Burhan,… Read more »

Sudan: Who Laments 'Huge Human Cost' of Sudan Conflict

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the crisis in Sudan has become one of the most severe and largest crises in the world, at a huge human cost, after a year of… Read more »

Sudan: Investigation Launched Into Drone Attack On Sudan's El Gedaref

Security services in Sudan's El Gedaref state are probing the drone attack that targeted the military base of the Security and Intelligence Services in Al Fao, that was struck and… Read more »

Sudan: Violent Battles and Aerial Bombardment in El Gezira

Violent battles continued between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF in areas controlled by the paramilitary force in El Gezira yesterday, with sources of Radio Dabanga… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - 'Over 100 Dead' in South Kordofan Attacks

Villages in the Qurdud Nyama region of South Kordofan have been left reeling after armed militias, reportedly allied with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, launched brutal… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Lawyers Meet US Special Envoy to Sudan in Cairo

A delegation from the Darfur Bar Association (DBA), met with the US Special Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, in Cairo in Egypt on Wednesday. During the meeting, which was requested… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Air Force Conduct Further Airstrikes Across Darfur

Reports state the Sudanese Air Force launched airstrikes targeting various sites in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, as well as the areas of Mellit and Zirug in North Darfur… Read more »

Sudan: South Darfur Sakali Camp Residents 'Left to Suffer Alone'

Displaced residents at Sakali camp in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, are urgently appealing to the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) and aid organisations to expedite… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan War - RSF Deny Accusations of Ramadan Killings in El Gezira

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have refuted allegations levelled by the resistance committees of Wad Madani, capital of El Gezira, as well as the specific allegation… Read more »

Sudan: UK Parliamentarians Call for 'Immediate Ceasefire in Sudan, End to UAE Funding'

The Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Sudan and South Sudan, Conservative Party MP Rt Hon Vicky Ford, alongside her colleagues, issued a call for urgent action… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan War - RSF-Minawi Forces Clash in Omdurman

Fierce fighting took place west of the Wad El Bashir fly-over in central Omdurman in the past days, where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ambushed combatants of the Sudan Liberation… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - El Gezira Resistance Committees Accuse RSF of Killing 43 'During First Five Days of Ramadan'

The El Hasahisa resistance committee yesterday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of launching attacks on 28 villages in El Gezira during the first five days of… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Humanitarian Forum - Slm-Aw Calls for 'Declaration of Famine'

The preparatory forum for the Conference on Humanitarian Issues in Darfur region, scheduled to take place in May, kicked off in the Kalma camp in South Darfur on Monday.… Read more »

East Africa: IGAD Appoints South Sudanese Diplomat As Special Envoy for Sudan

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) yesterday announced their appointment of Hon. Lawrence Korbandy, a South Sudanese diplomat and lawyer, as Special Envoy for… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Envoy to Sudan Hopes SAF-RSF Talks Will Resume After Ramadan

US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello has expressed his hope that talks between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) will resume following the Eid… Read more »