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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced they had arrested several members accused of abuses following their capture of El Fasher, as the United Nations demanded urgent investigation into reports of mass killings, sexual...

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(MENAFN) Sudanese military aircraft launched devastating airstrikes against Rapid Support Forces (RSF) installations throughout central Sudan's North and West Kordofan regions, media reported Saturday.

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(MENAFN) Emerging reports of large-scale killings in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher have led human rights and aid groups to describe the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the national army as a "continuation...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo — widely known as Hemedti — has acknowledged that his troops committed “some violations” against civilians during the recent capture of Al-Fashir, the capital of...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reportedly holding six healthcare workers in the city of Al-Fashir, demanding a ransom of $1 million for their release, according to statements from a local doctors’ network.

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(MENAFN) Sudan on Tuesday ordered two top officials from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to leave the country within 72 hours, according to a news agency.

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(MENAFN) At least 7,455 individuals were forced to flee the besieged city of El-Fasher in western Sudan in a single day as a result of assaults by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), raising the cumulative total to 33,485 over the past...

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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses its deepest sorrow over the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) volunteers in Bara, North Kordofan State.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s government has accused the European Union Council of misinterpreting the realities of the country’s civil war, claiming the bloc’s recent conclusions ignore militant actions and could hinder peace efforts.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday pledged to reclaim El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, after his forces withdrew from the city, which has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claim to have captured the army’s headquarters in Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under blockade for over a year.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s army chief and Transitional Sovereignty Council chairman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced Monday that the military has withdrawn from El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, to prevent further “systematic destruction and...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s top military leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, announced that the army’s withdrawal from El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, was intended to prevent further civilian massacres and destruction amid escalating clashes with...

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(MENAFN) Brutal assaults in western Sudan near the Chadian frontier have claimed the lives of over 103 civilians and left 88 wounded, while razing entire communities and forcing more than 18,000 families to flee, a relief organization reported...

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(MENAFN) Khartoum International Airport welcomed its first civilian flight on Wednesday, marking the end of a 2.5-year shutdown, according to Sudanese authorities.

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(MENAFN) Families across Sudan are being driven to the edge by ongoing “brutal conflict” and worsening famine, as the World Food Program has cautioned that its critical relief operations are under serious threat due to an acute lack of funding....

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(MENAFN) The International Criminal Court (ICC) reported Monday that evidence points to war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region, highlighting repeated atrocities in El Fasher and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of...

International Committee of the Red Cross

Geneva (ICRC) – For over two and a half years, civilians in Al Fasher have been trapped in a besieged city where they have endured relentless fighting and an extreme deprivation of food, medical care and the essentials for survival.

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(MENAFN) Khartoum International Airport welcomed its first civilian passenger flight on Wednesday, bringing an end to a closure that lasted for two and a half years, according to Sudanese officials. “The Badr Airlines flight landed moments ago at...

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(MENAFN) Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority announced on Monday that Khartoum International Airport will resume domestic flights starting Wednesday, ending a closure that lasted for 30 months due to the ongoing conflict in the country.