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Sudan: UN's Sudan Envoy Steps Down After Difficulties With Government
VOA, 13 September 2023
The United Nations' top envoy in Sudan is stepping down, four months after being told by the government to leave. In parting remarks, he criticized Sudan's military and the rebel… Read more »
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Sudan: A Fragile Opportunity for Peace in Sudan
allAfrica, 15 September 2023
The long-suffering country of Sudan caught a glimpse of peace late last month. General Mohammed Dagalo (aka Nemeti), head of the paramilitary Rapid Security Force (RSF) whose… Read more »
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Sudan: UN 'Will Never Stay Neutral' Amid War and Human Rights Abuses - Envoy
UN News, 13 September 2023
Both Sudanese Government forces (SAF) and their rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are responsible for abhorrent rights violations as they battle for supremacy, the UN envoy to the… Read more »
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Sudan: Khartoum - Forty-Nine People Killed in Deadliest Weekend Since Conflict Began
MSF, 12 September 2023
Last weekend, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treated over 100 people wounded in two separate locations of Khartoum following deadly attacks. At least 49 people… Read more »
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Sudan: 'Sudan Marks Five Months of Futility' - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Dabanga, 13 September 2023
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) laments that "this Friday, Sudan will mark five months of futility. Five months of futile suffering, death, loss, and… Read more »
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Sudan: Ethnically Motivated Attacks Leave Hundreds Dead in Sudan - UN Rights Chief
UN News, 12 September 2023
Hundreds have died in ethnically motivated attacks by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia in West Darfur, according to the UN's human rights chief. Read more »
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Sudan: Cholera Outbreak and Asylum Struggles Plague Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia
Dabanga, 12 September 2023
As a result of the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan, nearly 80,000 people have sought refuge in Ethiopia, where they face a growing cholera outbreak and challenges maintaining their… Read more »
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East Africa: IGAD Quartet Urges Immediate Action to Resolve Sudan Crisis
Dabanga, 7 September 2023
During the sidelines of the 2023 Africa Climate Summit in Kenya's capital of Nairobi, leaders from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Quartet, led by Kenyan… Read more »
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Africa: Sudan Exposes the AU's Weak Response to Humanitarian Crises
ISS, 7 September 2023
The continental body should focus on coordinating and collaborating with humanitarian actors, rather than new structures and policies. Read more »
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Sudan: RSF Dissolved - Legal Expert Questions Constitutional Decree
Dabanga, 7 September 2023
In a recent interview with Radio Dabanga, legal expert Nabil Adeeb delved into the legal implications of the two constitutional decrees that effectively dissolved the Rapid Support… Read more »
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Sudan: United States Sanctions Senior Rapid Support Forces Commanders
State Department, 6 September 2023
Members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur have committed atrocities and other abuses, inducing ethnically motivated killings, targeted abuses against human rights… Read more »
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Sudan: Foreign Minister Rejects AU Meeting With Rebel RSF Militia Representive
SNA, 5 September 2023
In a press Release it issued Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the meeting of the Chairperson of the African Union Commissions Mr. Mousa Faki Mohamed in Addis… Read more »
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Sudan: RSF Will Fight On to the Last Soldier, Paramilitary Leader Says
Dabanga, 6 September 2023
Commander Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagalo asserts the continued Rapid Support Forces (RSF) presence in Khartoum, emphasising that RSF has "no intention of seeking control over… Read more »
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East Africa: Sudanese and South Sudanese Leaders Meet in Juba
Dabanga, 5 September 2023
Sudan's Sovereignty Council head, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, met with South Sudan's President, Lt Gen Salva Kiir Mayardit, in the South Sudan capital Juba yesterday, "to bolster… Read more »
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Sudan: Fighting Doubles Numbers of Displaced People, to Seven Million, Says UN
allAfrica, 6 September 2023
This year's conflict in Sudan has displaced 3.8 million people within the country, nearly doubling internal displacement, the UN migration agency said Tuesday. Read more »
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Sudan: Call On UNHCR for Independent Mechanism to Investigate Abuses in Sudan
Dabanga, 4 September 2023
117 Sudanese, regional and international human rights organisations have called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to establish an independent mechanism "tasked… Read more »
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Sudan: Ambassador Announces Nearly U.S.$163 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for Sudan
State Department, 6 September 2023
Today, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced nearly $163 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Sudan and neighboring… Read more »
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Sudan: Urgent Call for U.S.$1 Billion to Support Millions Fleeing Conflict
UN News, 4 September 2023
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organisations on Monday appealed for $1 billion to provide essential aid and protection to more than… Read more »
UN Sudan Envoy Steps Down, Blames All Parties for Rights Abuses
The United Nations' top envoy in Sudan is stepping down, four months after being told by the government to leave. Voice of America reports that Volker Perthes criticised Sudan's military and the rebel Rapid Support Forces at a Security Council meeting on Wednesday September 13, 2023.
"This conflict is leaving a tragic legacy of human rights abuses. Indiscriminate attacks against civilians committed by the warring parties constitute gross violations of human rights," he said.
The United Nations says at least 5,000 people have been killed and more than 12,000 injured since fighting erupted between rival generals on April 15. More than 5 million Sudanese are now displaced - more than a million of them as refugees in neighbouring countries.
Of particular concern is escalating ethnically targeted fighting in the Darfur region. The region saw wide-scale ethnic violence and crimes against humanity in the early 2000s, and the UN fears a repeat now. Perthes said hundreds of ethnic Masalit have been killed in El Geneina and other parts of West Darfur. The UN has also received credible information about the existence of at least 13 mass graves in El Geneina and the surrounding areas. RSF and their allied Arab militias have been attacking civilians in this region.
Last weekend, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treated over 100 people wounded in two separate locations of Khartoum following deadly attacks. At least 49 people were killed in the strikes. MSF says this was the deadliest weekend they have witnessed in Khartoum since the beginning of the conflict, five months ago.
