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Sudan: Rights Group Calls for Criminal Court to Investigate Sudan War Crimes
allAfrica, 11 July 2023
The escalating conflict between warring military forces in Sudan is overshadowed by media and policy attention to Ukraine. Yet Sudan's location and its humanitarian crisis merit… Read more »
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Sudan: Darfur Town Destroyed
HRW, 11 July 2023
Rapid Support Forces and allied Arab militias summarily executed at least 28 ethnic Massalit and killed and injured dozens of civilians on May 28, 2023, in Sudan's West Darfur… Read more »
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Sudan: Sudan Airspace Closure Extended - 'Humanitarian and Evacuation Flights Only'
Dabanga, 10 July 2023
The closure of Sudan's airspace to all air traffic has been extended until July 31, it was announced today. This will exclude humanitarian aid and evacuation flights 'after… Read more »
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Africa: UN Relief Chief Calls for Continued Support for Crisis Regions
UN News, 7 July 2023
In a wide-ranging briefing on Friday, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths highlighted the need to keep aid flowing into northwest Syria and to allow Ukrainian and Russian… Read more »
Investigate Darfur Killings by Rapid Support Forces - HRW Report
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias summarily executed at least 28 ethnic Massalit and killed and injured dozens of civilians on May 28, 2023, in Sudan's West Darfur state, according to a report issued by Human Rights Watch, adding that many of these abuses committed in the context of the armed conflict in Sudan amount to war crimes.
The report calls on the International Criminal Court to investigate the killings and appeals to the United Nations and African Union to "take meaningful action to address serious violations in Sudan". The protection of civilians and facilitation of aid delivery is the responsibility al all parties to the conflict, HRW says.
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Sudan: Sudan Needs African Union Boots On the Ground
ISS, 21 June 2023
An intervention force to accompany ongoing peace processes could ease the humanitarian crisis and protect critical infrastructure. Read more »
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East Africa: Sudan Conflict Will Have a Ripple Effect in an Unstable Region - and Across the World
The Conversation Africa, 5 May 2023
Sudan, Africa's third largest country by land mass, shares borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This means that Sudan's current conflict will have economic, social… Read more »
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The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Thursday July 13, 2023 that he was investigating fresh allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity Read more »
UN peacekeepers often operate in some of the planet’s harshest environments and Darfur was no different. Dramatic sand storms, known locally as the haboob, were a constant threat.
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The violations include conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced and refugee women and girls. On Wednesday July 5, 2023, various United Nations agency chiefs ... Read more »
