At least 124 killed after Sudan’s RSF attack village, activists say
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 124 people in a village in El Gezira State on Friday, activists said, in one of the deadliest incidents of an 18-month war and largest in a spate of attacks in the state. Following the surrender of high-ranking RSF officer […]
Essay: Sudan’s brutal war has become many wars, making peace even harder to reach
JUSTIN WILLIS and SHARATH SRINIVASAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the state of play in the Sudan conflict…
Sudan’s warring parties say they are open for peaceful solutions
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they are open for peaceful solutions to a war that has been ongoing for more than 17 months, in response to US President Joe Biden’s call on warring parties to re-engage in talks. Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Wednesday the […]
Sudan peace talks begin in Switzerland despite army’s no-show
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Talks aimed at ending Sudan’s shattering 16-month-old civil war began on Wednesday in Switzerland although the absence of the military dampened hopes for imminent steps to alleviate the country’s humanitarian crisis. UN officials have warned that Sudan is at “breaking point” and that there will be tens of thousands of preventable deaths […]
Sudanese political factions meet in Cairo with little prospect of peace
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Rival Sudanese political factions formally attended reconciliation talks in Cairo on Saturday, the first since a conflict in the country began almost 15 months ago, but admitted there was little prospect of quickly ending the war. During the conference the Democratic Bloc, which is aligned with the army, refused to hold joint […]
Sudan army vows harsh response to RSF attack on village, UN calls for probe
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s army said on Thursday it would deliver a “harsh response” to an attack a day earlier on a village by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that pro-democracy activists said killed more than 100 people. The attack was the largest in a string of dozens of attacks by […]
Sudan’s Burhan says “no reconciliation” with paramilitary RSF
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Friday vowed to continue a nine-month war between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, rejecting the latest peace efforts. RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo agreed earlier this week to a ceasefire proposed by civilian groups, contingent on the military agreeing also. But observers […]
Sudanese paramilitary leader Hemedti meets civilian leaders on tour
Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Cairo, Egypt Reuters The leader of Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo met on Monday with civilian pro-democracy politicians in Addis Ababa, the latest stop in a foreign tour as his troops take the upper-hand in a devastating nine-month war. The meeting comes as General Dagalo, known as Hemedti, has […]
African mediators claim progress in efforts to end Sudan’s war
Cairo, Egypt Reuters An African regional body involved in efforts to mediate over the war in Sudan says it has secured a commitment from warring parties to implement a ceasefire and to hold a political dialogue aimed at resolving the conflict. There was no immediate comment from Sudan’s army or the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, […]
Amal Clooney, international leaders call for accountability in Sudan war
New York, US Reuters Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and world leaders on Thursday pleaded for more attention to be paid to the war in Sudan and for accountability in fighting that has killed thousands and displaced millions of civilians. “There are survivors around the world who see robust and concerted action on Ukraine, and […]