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The Latest Breaking News from West Darfur

US accuses RSF of genocide, hurting the group’s drive for legitimacy

Paramilitary force’s image tarnished by US genocide designation, say experts, as survivors hope for justice.

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US sanctions RSF commander accused of rights abuses in Sudan’s Darfur

Abdel Rahman Juma Barkalla is accused of leading a campaign marred by sexual and ethnically motivated violence.

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UN Security Council sanctions two generals from Sudan’s paramilitary RSF

Paramilitary group’s head of operations and West Darfur commander have been slapped with travel bans and asset freezes.

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A massacre, an exodus from Darfur and years of rehab for Sudanese refugees

A year ago, RSF forces are accused of massacring Masalit people in Darfur. Survivors are scarred and relearning to walk.

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Starving to death is as scary as the war for Sudanese refugees in Chad

The looming famine in Sudan is pushing thousands of civilians from Darfur to flee to Chad, say refugees and aid groups.

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Call for sanctions amid claims of ethnic cleansing in Sudan's West Darfur

Militias in Sudan killed thousands of people – including children – during a wave of violence last year in West Darfur, the NGO Human Rights Watch said as it accused armed groups of crimes against humanity and genocide.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur

Human Rights Watch says ‘thousands’ killed in attacks last year targeting Masalit tribe and other non-Arab groups.

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Sudan’s war leaves deep scars in Geneina, a city of two massacres

People in West Darfur’s capital still step over residue from the bodies of some of the 10,000 dead, and thousands have fled

The Guardian - UK

‘They told us – you are slaves’: survivors give harrowing testimony of Darfur’s year of hell

With the war in Sudan poised to escalate and the humanitarian crisis growing, traumatised survivors of a blood-drenched summer in West Darfur tell of their ordeal

The Guardian - UK

Rape, murder, looting: massacre in Ardamata is the latest chapter in Darfur’s horror story

Witnesses recall November’s atrocity as the long-running ethnic conflict in Sudan claims more victims

The Guardian - UK

Stories of horror: Investigating a massacre in Sudan's Darfur region

Since the start of Sudan's brutal civil war in April, mass killings of civilians have been perpetrated in the West Darfur region. Our team investigates atrocities committed against the local Masalit ethnic group.

France 24

EU 'appalled' by reports of 1,000 killed in Darfur, fearing ethnic cleansing

The EU said Sunday it was "appalled" by reports of more than 1,000 people killed this month in Sudan's West Darfur in an apparent "ethnic cleansing campaign" by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Radio France Internationale

‘Corpses on streets’: Sudan’s RSF kills 1,300 in Darfur, monitors say

The mass killing might be the largest in the civil war that erupted in April, based on reports from monitors.

Al Jazeera

Sudanese refugee children in Chad face malnutrition and trauma

The conflict in Sudan between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has reignited ethnic violence in West Darfur, where the RSF is accused of committing acts of ethnic cleansing against the Masalit community. More than 400,000 Sudanese have already crossed the border into Chad, most of them women…

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Sudan’s armed rivals fight on another front, international legitimacy

The RSF’s bid for political legitimacy in Sudan takes a hit as US sanctions cripple its quest.

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Darfur victims await justice at ICC as Sudan war rages on

Activists seek justice against former Sudanese Arab militia leader as new crimes are committed in the war-torn region.

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US imposes sanctions on leaders in Sudan’s RSF over ‘extensive’ abuses

Washington accuses paramilitary group’s deputy commander and top general in West Darfur of human rights violations.

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RSF atrocities pile up in Darfur after 100 days of Sudan fighting

The RSF and Arab militias are accused of killing lawyers, human rights monitors, doctors and non-Arab tribal leaders.

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The Independent UK

Calls for UK to act over violence tearing Sudan apart as mass grave found in Darfur: ‘We are doing nothing’

Those who have made it out of West Darfur alive have described it as ‘running from hell’, writes Tara Cobham, as Britain is urged not to sit on its hands over the ethnic killings being compared to the genocide of 20 years ago

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In Sudan's Darfur, a rights group calls for an investigation into mounting atrocities

Human Rights Watch is calling for the International Criminal Court to investigate attacks the rights group says amount to war crimes in West Darfur.

Radio France Internationale

Chad braces for thousands of refugees fleeing 'incredible violence' in Sudan

Since April, more than 170,000 people have fled Sudan across the Chadian border, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. As the conflict in Sudan enters its 13th week with no resolution in sight, the agency's staff in Chad only foresee more people coming.

Al Jazeera

No respite for civilians fleeing Darfur, killed while escaping

Civilians fleeing el-Geneina are being targeted as they cross into Chad, as previous ceasefire is violated.

Bangkok Post

Sudan war uproots 2.5 million, UN says, as bodies line Darfur streets

KHARTOUM - Bodies have lined the streets in Sudan's western Darfur region as the UN said Tuesday that more than two months of fighting have forced over 2.5 million people from their homes.

Bangkok Post

Sudan warring generals agree new truce after fighting intensifies

KHARTOUM - Sudan's warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.

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Fears of ethnic cleansing mount in Sudan’s West Darfur

Multiple ceasefires and international mediation efforts have failed to stop the conflict from escalating.

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