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ICRC president: World leaders must act to end the indiscriminate killing in Sudan

The appalling abuses of the rules of war we are witnessing in Sudan are indefensible. No patient should be killed in a hospital, and no civilian shot while trying to flee their home. These horrific attacks must stop and international humanitarian...

Sudan’s RSF admits fighters committed violations against civilians

(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...

Sudan’s RSF demands big ransom for release of healthcare workers

(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. The...

Sudan systematic killings reports evoke memories of past atrocities

(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...

Sudan: ICRC Statement on the Situation in Darfur

Pursuant to its protection mandate, the ICRC wishes to remind all parties to the conflict that civilians and all those who no longer take part in the hostilities must be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law (IHL). The ICRC...

International Relations and Cooperation condemns Sudan atrocities

South Africa condemns the abhorrent attacks deliberately targeting civilians and essential civilian infrastructure, including hospitals. We firmly assert that there must be no impunity for the serious violations of international humanitarian law...

UN Seeks Explanation After Sudan Expels WFP Officials

(MENAFN) The United Nations announced on Wednesday that it is "seeking clarification" from Sudanese authorities following the government's removal of two senior World Food Program (WFP) officials, without providing any reasons. "You saw the...

IOM states thousands of Sudanese people were displaced in single day

(MENAFN) At least 7,455 people were forced to flee the besieged city of El-Fasher in western Sudan in a single day due to attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), raising the total displaced to 33,485 over three days, according to...

UN wants explanation after Sudan expelled two senior WFP officials

(MENAFN) The United Nations said Wednesday it is seeking clarification from Sudanese authorities after the government expelled two senior World Food Program (WFP) officials without providing a reason. "You saw the reports from Sudan that two of...

33,485 Forced to Flee Sudan’s El-Fasher Due to RSF Attacks

(MENAFN) At least 7,455 people were forced to flee El-Fasher in western Sudan in a single day as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified assaults, pushing the three-day displacement total to 33,485, the International Organization for...

Sudan: Civilians fleeing and remaining in Al Fasher must be spared from harm, get access to aid

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. As the fight...

Sudan Army Pledges to Reclaim El Fasher After Retreat

(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...

Sudan’s RSF says it captured army’s headquarters

(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. The UN has documented widespread attacks on civilians...

RSF Targets Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has been accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity and looting health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan, according to a local medical...

RSF kills civilians based on ethnicity, loots health facilities

(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of carrying out ethnically targeted killings and plundering health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, amid escalating violence in the region....

RSF Targets Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has been accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity and looting health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan, according to a local medical...

RSF Targets Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has been accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity and looting health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan, according to a local medical...

RSF Commits “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan’s El-Fasher, Doctors Say

(MENAFN) In a critical escalation of the Sudanese conflict, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of executing a massacre in El-Fasher, the North Darfur capital, targeting residents based on their ethnicity and simultaneously looting...

RSF Announces Control Over Military HQ in Sudan's El Fasher

(MENAFN) Sudan's Rapid Support Forces declared Sunday they seized the military headquarters in besieged El Fasher, potentially marking a pivotal shift in the nation's brutal civil war. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced control...

RSF alleges that it has seized Sudan army headquarters in El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has announced that it captured the army headquarters in el-Fasher, signaling a major shift in the country’s ongoing civil war. According to statements on social media, the RSF...