Ethiopia: In Ethiopia, Sudanese Trapped By Exorbitant Fines

After an exemption that lasted eight months, the Ethiopian authorities are once again demanding monthly visa fees from Sudanese refugees. Most cannot pay the colossal sums demanded… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Army, Islamists, and the Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade

As the army seized control of the Republican Palace in the capital, Khartoum, last Friday, one armed faction appeared prominently in all the social media videos documenting the… Read more »

Sudan: RSF's Military Alliances Reshape the Map of Sudan's War

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have formed the largest military coalition in Sudan's history, incorporating six armed factions, including the Sudan People's Liberation… Read more »

Sudan: Army Retakes the Presidential Palace - What's Next?

The Sudanese army retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum after 72 hours of intense fighting, with tanks now patrolling the area, but the RSF continued to attack with drones,… Read more »

Sudan: More Military Upgrades, Alliances - More War Ahead

Sudan's army is in the process of purchasing both fighter jets and air defence systems from China and Russia, according to multiple sources. The same sources confirmed that the… Read more »

Sudan: Increasing Insecurity - Critical Aid Volunteers Leave South Khartoum

Ahmed* must move carefully around the southern area of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, looking both ways before surreptitiously entering the door to their kitchen. Ever since the… Read more »

Sudan: Eastern Sudan Reactions to Calls for a Government Formation in RSF Controlled Areas

For the second time, voices in Sudan have risen to discuss forming a government in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). While justifications for establishing such a… Read more »

Sudan: Five Areas in Sudan Face Famine, Five Other Areas in North Darfur May Soon Follow

Kawthar Adam sits with her children inside a building constructed with local materials in Abu Shouk camp for the displaced, north of El Fasher city, North Darfur state. Since 24… Read more »

Sudan: Foreign Mercenaries and the RSF - Colombians Misled Into Battle

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of recruiting foreign mercenaries since the Sudanese war began 20 months ago. Many local and foreign observers have… Read more »

Sudan: South Kordofan - Widespread Rape of Women in the Nuba Mountains

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan's South Kordofan State, according… Read more »

Sudan: RSF, SAF Conduct Recruitment Drives Across Darfur As Fighting Intensifies in El Fasher

As fighting intensifies in El-Fasher, North Darfur State, both warring parties have conducted mass recruitment campaigns across the Darfur region. Read more »

Sudan: Two Towns in North Darfur - Permanent Targets for Sudan's Airstrikes

Since March this year, the Sudanese army's air force has conducted multiple airstrikes on the towns of Al-Koma and Kabkabiya in North Darfur State. Constantly targeted from the… Read more »

Sudan: More Fighting, More Pressure On Zamzam Camp

On 26 September, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed his worries over the increased fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its supporting ethnic militias… Read more »

Sudan: Artillery Shelling Threatens to Shut Down the Last Functioning Hospital in El Fasher

The continuous artillery shelling and blockage of medical supplies in El Fasher may lead to the closure of the only functioning hospital, Saudi Hospital, according to the medical… Read more »

Sudan: Torture and Murder - the Horrors Endured By Military Prisoners in Sudan's War

Due to the extensive military operations in Sudan, hundreds of military personnel from both sides have been captured. Since the war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces… Read more »

Sudan: Mary's Story - Displaced and Displaced Again

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Africa: Anger As Xenophobic Waves Against South Sudanese Sweep Sudan

Anger, anxiety, and betrayal are how one can describe the mood among South Sudanese following the growing xenophobic attacks and arrests in Sudan as the army-controlled areas… Read more »

Chad: Displaced Again - Sudanese Refugees Forced Out of Adré Refugee Camp, Chad

Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April last year, a steady stream of Sudanese from Darfur have fled across the border into Chad. Over 579,000 Sudanese refugees have escaped to… Read more »

Sudan: Experts Ask for a New Civilian Protection Force in Sudan

Considerations for implementing a new civil protection force are on the rise as the international community loses hope over a peaceful resolution to Sudan's conflict, now over 14… Read more »

Sudan: The Al-Bara Ibn Malik Brigade - a Lifeline to the Army or a Lifelong Challenge

After a week's detention, Saudi Arabian authorities released Al-Misbah Abuzeid Talha, the leader of the Al-Bara Bin Malik Brigade, an Islamist paramilitary allied with the Sudan… Read more »

Sudan: A Senior RSF Commander Killed in North Darfur

The commander of Rapid Support Operations in the Darfur region of western Sudan, General Ali Yaqoub Jibril, was killed in battles that took place between his forces and the army… Read more »

Ethiopia: In Ethiopia, Sudanese Refugees Are Ready to Return to Bombs

On 1 May, several hundred Sudanese refugees deserted the camps in Ethiopia, where they were surviving in deplorable security and humanitarian conditions. If their request to be… Read more »

Sudan: A Country of the Displaced -- Startling Figures of the Conflict-Displaced in Sudan

Last year marked the highest level of conflict-related internal displacement ever recorded in the world, with 68.3 million people--with Sudan contributing the highest percentage to… Read more »

Sudan: The Army's First Offensive in North Kordofan and Mediations in South Kordofan

For the first time, Sudan's army took the offensive in El-Obeid, North Kordofan State, on Monday after the largest military battle took place between the army and Rapid Support… Read more »

Sudan: Drought or Drowned - Sudanese Continue the Risky Journey to Libya, Europe

With residents of El Fasher and its surrounding areas under siege, those who have the means are fleeing the area to make the perilous journey to Libya and beyond. Read more »