(MENAFN) Sudan has reiterated its demand for the international community to halt arms shipments to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and to officially classify the paramilitary group as a “terrorist organization.” The appeal was made during a press...
(MENAFN) Sudan’s UN ambassador in Geneva on Tuesday described the situation in El-Fasher as genocidal, warning that civilians are facing famine-like conditions due to the blockade imposed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). "The humane tragedy...
(MENAFN) A Sudanese military cargo aircraft went down late Tuesday in West Kordofan state, southern Sudan, the army reported. According to a military statement, the plane “suffered a technical malfunction in its right wing, which led to a loss of...
(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of accumulating numerous corpses inside residences in Bara city, located in North Kordofan state. “Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes...
(MENAFN) Sudan’s defense minister called Tuesday for broad public mobilization against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as fighting continues in Darfur and Kordofan. Hassan Kabroun described the military response to the RSF as a...
(MENAFN) Warfare has escalated dramatically in Sudan's North Darfur region after the Rapid Support Forces captured El Fasher, the state capital, UN humanitarian officials reported Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the recent massacres of civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher on Monday, emphasizing that the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty must be upheld, according to reports. “No one who...
(MENAFN) At least 40 people were killed in a drone strike targeting a funeral outside el-Obeid in North Kordofan, Sudan, as mourners gathered in a tent, according to officials and aid groups. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been...
(MENAFN) Russia is demanding the International Criminal Court strip away its authority over the Darfur investigation, denouncing the tribunal for political manipulation and operational failure, according to a Tuesday statement from the Russian...
(MENAFN) Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has strongly denounced the atrocities committed by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city of El-Fasher, emphasizing that only a political settlement can end the prolonged bloodshed in...
Sudan's community kitchens, which have played a vital role in feeding the country's famine-stricken population since the current war began in April 2023, are on the verge of collapse, according to a new report by Islamic Relief. The charity has...
Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, and so far, several rounds of peace talks have been of no avail in bringing an end to the horrific, ongoing conflict. Two generals who were aligned in bringing about the coup of 2021 are now the leaders of...
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After 18 months of siege, on 26 October, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured El Fasher, igniting a new wave of unspeakable atrocities in Sudan. As horrors unfold in Darfur and across Sudan, ARTICLE 19 calls for an immediate ceasefire,...
THE Rapid Support Force (RSF), a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said today it has agreed to a humanitarian truce proposed by a US-led mediator group. The RSF’s agreement to the proposal comes...
The announcement by the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) that it is issuing a new SDG 2,000 banknote – and entirely new denomination – , as well as the issuance of a new SDG 500 banknote, reflects “a dual and contradictory monetary policy”, says...
To receive the weekly Africa File or triweekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Contributors: Femi Omotayo Key Takeaways: Sudan. The Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces...
When the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized el-Fasher in Darfur, Egypt did not just see another battle in Sudan’s war, it saw a potential breach in its own defences. As RSF fighters subject the people of el-Fasher to a litany of...
…The Contradiction Between Public Rhetoric and Covert Support The conflict in Sudan is no longer an internal struggle; it has become a theatre where regional interests clash in their most brutal pragmatic forms. An analysis of the roles of states...
10 New details of the incident have emerged. A group of the Rapid Reaction Force (RFS), which was already operating with the support of mercenaries of the private military company Wagner, shot down a Sudanese Air Force Il-76 military transport...
