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More than 200 children, some as young as one, raped in Sudan, UNICEF says

Report says rape is ‘being used as a tactic of war’ in violation of international law and and laws protecting children.

Al Jazeera · Mar 4, 2025

UN condemns RSF's parallel government in Sudan as 'hellscape' emerges

Members of the United Nations Security Council condemned the creation of a parallel government in Sudan by the militia group, Rapid Support Forces, and its allies. A UN envoy told them that “relentless conflicts [had] turned Sudan into a hellscape”.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 27, 2025

UN Halts Aid In Sudan's Zamzam Camp Amid Intensifying Conflict

Conflict in Sudan's Zamzam camp disrupts aid distribution, risking a humanitarian crisis. International efforts underway to address the situation.

Sudan's army breaks siege of key city as RSF moves to form parallel government

The Sudanese army has broken the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces’ two-year siege of the strategic city of el-Obeid after the paramilitary group signed a charter paving the way for a breakaway government with its allies.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 24, 2025

Surprise Rebel Alliance Could Give Sudan's Beleaguered RSF A Boost

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have signed a charter paving the way for a parallel government with its allies, including a former foe who analysts say could offer crucial territory, fighters and border access.

International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025

Sudan's RSF, Allies Sign Charter For Rival Government: Sources

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to set up a parallel government, sources said Sunday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country.

International Business Times · Feb 23, 2025

Sudan recalls ambassador from Kenya, as Nairobi hosts meeting with rivals RSF

Sudan's military-led government has recalled its ambassador from Kenya, in protest at Nairobi's hosting of meetings aimed at forming a rival Sudanese government backed by the Rapid Support Forces.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 22, 2025

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Sudan war is world's 'worst humanitarian crisis', the African Union says

African Union officials have described Sudan's civil war the "worst humanitarian crisis in the world" and warned it was leaving hundreds of thousands of children malnourished. This as the organisation's annual summit is set to open this weekend.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 12, 2025

As Sudan’s RSF surrounds Darfur’s el-Fasher, ethnic killings feared

The Rapid Support Forces are waging all-out war to conquer the state capital and cement control over all of Darfur.

Al Jazeera · Feb 3, 2025

Sudan war: ethnic divisions are being used to cover up army failures – peace scholar

Sudan’s civil war has devastated the country and strained relations with neighbouring South Sudan. Events in January 2025 have stirred up xenophobic feelings in Sudan and outrage in its southern neighbour, heightening the risk of regional instability.

The Conversation · Feb 2, 2025

Peace in Sudan: a fresh mediation effort is needed – how it could work

Intense fighting has ravaged Sudan since 15 April 2023. The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and its erstwhile comrades-in-arms, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Famine, displacement and mass atrocities are wreaking havoc in the country.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

Sudan’s army battles RSF for control of oil refinery near Khartoum

Sudan plunged into conflict in April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between RSF and the army broke out.

Al Jazeera · Jan 23, 2025

2024 witnessed ‘absolute failure’ of west to lead fight for human rights, says watchdog

Leading democracies have stood by while allies have committed atrocities or supported perpetrators, Human Rights Watch chief says ahead of annual World Report

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025

Sudan army says its forces enter Wad Madani in push to retake city from RSF

The military says it is working to ‘clean up the remaining rebel pockets’ inside the capital of Gezira state.

Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2025

Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from RSF rebels, dealing them a major blow

Sudanese officials says the military and its allies had taken back the strategic city of Wad Medani more than a year after the Rapid Support Forces seized it

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025

‘If you are black, you are finished’: the ethnically targeted violence raging in Sudan

Refugees tell of attacks on darker-skinned people and non-Arab groups by Rapid Support Forces and its allies in Darfur

International Business Times · Jan 7, 2025

US Says Sudan's RSF Committed 'Genocide' In Darfur

The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had "committed genocide" and imposed sanctions on the paramilitary group's leader.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 25, 2024

Sudanese women filmmakers defy war with stories of resilience

Far from the frontlines of Sudan's devastating war, a new generation of amateur women filmmakers is gathering in the formerly sleepy city of Port Sudan to explore the untold stories of their troubled country.

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Al Jazeera · Dec 14, 2024

At least nine killed in drone attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur

The Rapid Support Forces have been blamed for an attack on the last remaining hospital in the city of el-Fasher.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 11, 2024

Sudan war sparks 'biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded' - IRC

Sudan has become the "biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded" after 20 months of devastating war between rival generals, the International Rescue Committee said in a report released Wednesday, as the war continues.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024

Airstrike on North Darfur market kills more than 100, says Sudan lawyers’ group

Hundreds injured in Sudanese military attack in Kabkabiya during town’s weekly market day, group says

Al Jazeera · Dec 4, 2024

Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur

Displaced people are taking up arms to defend themselves against the paramilitary and the atrocities it is known for.

The Conversation · Nov 21, 2024

Sudan’s national treasures have been stolen – we spoke with the director of museums

In September, amid the ongoing war in Sudan, reports began to surface of the looting of the Sudan National Museum in the capital, Khartoum. The museum is internationally celebrated for the breadth of its collection. It illustrates powerful and unique African kingdoms from the ancient and medieval past in a…

Radio France Internationale · Nov 15, 2024

French weapons found in Sudan war zone despite arms embargo, says Amnesty

French-made military equipment fitted to armoured vehicles from the United Arab Emirates is reportedly being used by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in violation of a UN arms embargo in the Darfur region.

UAE Armored Vehicles Equipped With French Systems Captured In Sudan

Amnesty International reports UAE-made armored vehicles with French systems seized in Sudan civil war, violating UN arms embargo.

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