August 13, 2023
Sudan: Sudan's RSF to Launch Own Relief Agency
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Lt Gen Mohamed 'Hemedti' Dagalo states that they will establish an agency called the Sudan Agency for Relief and Humanitarian… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan MSC Overrules Proposed Fuel Price Increase
A member of Sudan's Sovereignty Council (MSC), Lt Gen Shamseldin Kabbashi, has overruled a decision by the acting Minister of Energy to increase fuel prices in the war-torn… Read more »
August 11, 2023
Sudan: Eastern Sudan Prosecutors Dismiss Charges Against 'Islamist Hardliners'
The public prosecutor in Kassala in eastern Sudan has cancelled the arrest warrants against former leaders of the defunct Omar Al Bashir regime. In neighbouring El Gedaref, the… Read more »
Sudan: Emergency Lawyers to Sudan Intelligence - 'Activists Are Not the Enemy'
A lawyer, a teacher, and a civil servant were held by military intelligence officers in the north and the south of the country this week. Army commanders should realise that 'their… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Armed Forces Continue Offensive Against RSF Militia
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) continued its offensive on sites occupied by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum state this morning. Areas near Hamrat El Sheikh in North… Read more »
August 10, 2023
Sudan: Unitams Seeks Safety Measures for Civilians
Sudan's United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) humanitarian coordinator Clementine Nkweta-Salami, expressed concern on Wednesday about the… Read more »
Sudan: War Leaves Sudan Media in 'Turmoil'
The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS) highlighted the severe toll of the conflict on journalism, revealing that 13 newspapers have ceased operations. They add that FM radio… Read more »
Sudan: U.S. Rep to UN 'Appalled' - Govt Threats to Expel Unamid 'Outrageous and Unacceptable'
The US ambassador to the United Nations says she is "appalled" after UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, was prevented from delivering his… Read more »
Sudan: Ministry of Education - Students to Go to Next Grade Despite Cancellation of Exams
Sudan's Ministry of Education issued a decision on Wednesday to cancel the final exams for primary, intermediate, and secondary education in all war-affected states in the country… Read more »
Sudan: Doctors - South Darfur Running Short of Med Supplies
Blood transfusion bags, anaesthesia, gauze, solutions, and suture threads are among the medical supplies that are in critically short supply in the South Darfur capital of Nyala,… Read more »
August 09, 2023
Sudan: Plan to Combat Smuggling Along Sudan's Eastern Border
The security committees of Kassala and Red Sea states announced upcoming collaboration plans to specifically target cross-border crimes and smugglers along Sudan's eastern border,… Read more »
Sudan: Shelling in Omdurman Kills 20, Two Dead in Nyala
Fierce fighting in Omdurman, sister city of Khartoum, claimed at least 20 lives yesterday. The army reported an extensive combing operation across Omdurman, while the Rapid Support… Read more »
Sudan: Save the Children Warns of Cholera Outbreak in Sudan Capital
Thousands of corpses are reported to be decomposing on the streets of Khartoum, with mortuaries at breaking point due to power outages and insufficient capacity to store the… Read more »
Sudan: Journalists Condemn Targeting of Professionals and Volunteers
The Sudanese Journalists Network (SJN) is gravely concerned about the increasing number of assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against civilians, in particular journalists,… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Sudan: Airstrikes in Khartoum, Forced Evacuations Continue
The Sudanese air force continued to bombard multiple areas of Khartoum state on Monday. Residents of Abrof neighbourhood in Omdurman were forcibly evacuated by the army and the… Read more »
Sudan: Chad Summit Strives for Ceasefire
The first meeting of the Ministerial Mechanism of Sudan's neighbouring countries concluded in the Chadian capital N'Djamena on Monday, with agreement among the delegates for a… Read more »
Sudan: Images of Destroyed Darfur Villages Evoke 'Scorched Earth' Campaigns
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported "massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba" in West Darfur in late July this year, shown in satellite data collected by the advocacy… Read more »
Sudan: Kordofan - Strikes and Power Cuts As Water Prices Rise in Sudan
Medical staff in El Obeid hospitals in North Kordofan entered the fifth day of strikes yesterday, as the city experienced a three-day power cut. Drinking water costs between SDG… Read more »
Sudan: 'Nearly 14 Million Children in Need of Aid'
According to UN agencies, at least 24 million people across Sudan require aid, which is more than half of the population. The majority is facing severe hunger and six million… Read more »
August 07, 2023
Sudan: Non-Aligned Parties Reject Malik Agar's Calls to Support SAF in Sudan War
The Vice President of the Sovereignty Council, Malik Agar, dismissed neutrality as a solution to halt the ongoing war in Sudan, advocating for Sudanese to "rally around the Sudan… Read more »
Sudan: Lawyers 'Outraged' As Three Human Rights Defenders Slain
The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) released a statement condemning the murder of prominent human rights defender Ahmed 'El Lord' Abdallah and advocate Adam El Rab in Nyala on Friday.… Read more »
Sudan: Calls to Address Sexual Violence in Darfur, El Burhan Orders Investigation Into 'War Crimes'
The Women's Future Organisation has recorded 103 incidents of rape in South and West Darfur since the outbreak of war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)… Read more »
Sudan: Airstrikes On Republican Palace, Civil Servants Await Salaries While Oil Ministry Raises Fuel Prices
Fighting between the Sudan Armed forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified on Sunday, with the air force attacking the Republican Palace in central Khartoum. Six… Read more »
July 31, 2023
Sudan: Battles Continue Around Khartoum, RSF Accused of Forcibly Displacing Civilians
Battles continued between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman and Khartoum North (Bahri) yesterday. In Khartoum, the situation was… Read more »
August 03, 2023
Sudan: IOM - '4 Million Now Displaced in Sudan'
The United Nations' International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has issued a report on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan, which states the number of displaced people… Read more »