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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 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 holds thousands of civilians in El-Fasher, preventing evacuation

(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of detaining thousands of civilians in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, and preventing them from escaping the city, according to reports issued Sunday. In a...

UNICEF says thousands flee El-Fasher on foot, lacking food, water

(MENAFN) Thousands of Sudanese families have fled the city of El-Fasher in North Darfur, walking more than 60 kilometers without access to food or water to escape escalating violence, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “In Tawila, North...

Over Forty Migrants Saved Off Libya’s Tobruk Coast

(MENAFN) A total of 45 undocumented migrants were rescued off the coast of the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, a Libyan newspaper reported Saturday. The migrants, comprising 23 Egyptian nationals and 22 Sudanese nationals aboard a rubber boat, were...

RSF detains thousands of civilians inside El-Fasher

(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization reported on Sunday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are holding thousands of civilians in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, while preventing their evacuation, according to reports. The...

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...

Sudan’s capital gets targeted by drone attacks

(MENAFN) Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, was targeted by a series of drone attacks on Wednesday, lasting several hours, according to eyewitnesses and a military source. The strikes, which targeted two army bases in the city’s northwest, were mostly...

Drones hit Sudan’s main airport hours before flights were to resume

(MENAFN) Sudan’s main airport in Khartoum came under drone attack just hours before it was scheduled to reopen for domestic flights for the first time in more than two years, local sources reported on Tuesday. Residents said they heard explosions...

Sudan: Journalist killed by paramilitary group in El Fasher

Al Nour Suleiman dies following drone strike Editor and presenter Al Nour Suleiman has died following a drone strike on his home by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The NUJ adds its voice to that of the International Federation...

Sudanese Armed Forces Kill Over 100 RSF Members in El Fasher Clash

(MENAFN) The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced Sunday that more than 100 members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were killed during a major clash in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, amid a dramatic escalation in fighting....

Sudanese Forces Reclaim Critical Military Installations in El Fasher

(MENAFN) The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced Tuesday that they have reclaimed critical military installations in El Fasher, North Darfur, amid ongoing violent confrontations with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who reported...