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Sudan: Sexual Violence Used As Weapon of Terror Against Women and Girls
UN News, 2 April 2025
Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is warning that over 12 million women and girls - and… Read more »
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UNFPA, 2 April 2025
In late 2024, armed men forced their way into Layla's* home in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, while she was alone with her children. "They arrested my son and took me to a… Read more »
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Sudan: Sudan On Brink of Famine As Fighting Ravages Darfur, UN Warns
UN News, 1 April 2025
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is spiralling as rival militaries continue to battle for control of the country, with the UN expressing profound alarm on Monday over escalating… Read more »
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Sudan: A New Phase in Sudan's Civil War
Independent (Kampala), 31 March 2025
On March 26, Sudanese army forces reclaimed control over the presidential palace in central Khartoum, dislodging the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and claiming a major new… Read more »
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Sudan: Sudan's RSF, Pushed Out of Khartoum, Says War Is Not Over
RFI, 31 March 2025
The leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces said Sunday that its war with the army was not over, even after the paramilitary group was driven out of the capital last week. Both… Read more »
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Sudan: Sudan Junta Head El Burhan Defiant in Uncompromising Eid El Fitr Message
Dabanga, 30 March 2025
The President of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lt Gen General Abdelfattah El Burhan, has stated that "there will be no… Read more »
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Sudan: Sudan Army Clears Last Pockets of RSF From Khartoum
Dabanga, 28 March 2025
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) says yesterday they cleared the last remaining pockets of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and freed dozens of prisoners from… Read more »
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Sudan: Two Years of Conflict in Sudan Marred By Global Failure to Protect Civilians
HRW, 28 March 2025
Joint NGO Letter to HRVP Kaja Kallas and EU Foreign Ministers Read more »
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Egypt: Egyptian, Sudanese FMs Discuss Latest Developments in Khartoum
Egypt Online, 28 March 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration, Badr Abdelatty, met with his Sudanese counterpart, Ali Youssef El-Sherif, on the evening of Thursday, March 27, in Cairo to discuss… Read more »
Famine Looms, Women Tell of Horrific Rapes During Sudan War
There have been increasing and alarming reports of rape being used as a weapon of terror during the two-year battle between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - both of whom made up an interim government - while the UN is "gravely alarmed" by intense fighting around El Fasher in Darfur which killed civilians.
After losing control of the capital, Khartoum, the RSF leadership has called being driven out of the city a "tactical decision" to allow it to "reposition in Omdurman" - a nearby city that the RSF used previously to launch its attacks.
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The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has announced the recapture of the main airport and surrounding areas as they continue to press on with their advance against the paramil Read more »
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African Union officials have declared Sudan's civil war, which began in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the "worst humani Read more »
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Human rights groups have warned against the use of the courts as a political tool of reprisal as the authorities begin mass trials of suspected collaborators of the paramilit Read more »
Displaced children and families in the Tambasi centre in El Fasher, North Darfur. With the recent clashes in El Fasher, many families continue to flee, with children paying the highest price. The clashes are endangering the lives and well-being of 750,000 children in El Fasher and potentially millions more.
