Sudan’s RSF attacks famine-stricken camp as battle lines harden

Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have attacked the famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp, residents and medics say, as the paramilitary tries to tighten its grip on its Darfur stronghold while losing ground to the army in the capital, Khartoum. The latest fighting has hardened battle lines between the two forces in […]
Sudan extends opening of Adre crossing for aid delivery

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s sovereign council said on Wednesday it would extend the use of the Adre border crossing with Chad, seen as essential by aid agencies for the delivery of food and other supplies to areas at risk of famine in the Darfur and Kordofan regions. Experts determined earlier this year that […]
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…
MSF suspends support to famine-stricken camp in Sudan’s Darfur

Reuters Medical charity MSF says it has been forced to suspend work in the vast camp for displaced people where famine has been confirmed in Sudan’s North Darfur region, putting thousands of malnourished children at risk of death. MSF said it had to halt activities in Zamzam camp following the obstruction of aid around nearby […]
Analysis – Sudan’s war to intensify as rainy season draws to a close

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters After almost 18 months of war, fighting in Sudan is escalating as seasonal rains end with the army using intensified airstrikes and allied fighters to shore up its position ahead of a likely surge by the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF). An uptick in fighting will aggravate an already dire […]
Sudanese army chief says army will support peace if it ends RSF “occupation”

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s army launched artillery and air strikes in Sudan’s capital on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground there since early in its 17-month war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses and military sources said. The push by the army, which lost control of most of the capital […]
Sudan conflict: Unruly RSF fighters sow chaos in farming heartland

NAFISA ELTAHIR and KHALID ABDELAZIZ, of Reuters, report on witness accounts of the looting, kidnapping and killing that have taken place after the Rapid Support Forces seized most of the state of El Gezira in December…
UN appeals for Security Council help to combat famine in Sudan

United Nations Reuters Senior United Nations officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for help in getting humanitarian aid access in Sudan “across borders, across battle lines, by air, by land” to fight famine that has taken hold in at least one site in North Darfur. The United States last month suggested that the […]
Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam camp hit by devastating floods

Zamzam Camp, Sudan Reuters A famine-stricken camp in Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region is facing a significant new influx of displaced people while floods threaten to contaminate water and sanitation facilities, according to satellite imagery published on Friday. The findings from Yale Humanitarian Research Lab show that toilets and nine out of 13 water points have […]
Global food monitor says famine has taken hold in Sudan’s Darfur

Cairo, Egypt Reuters The war in Sudan and restrictions on aid deliveries have caused famine in at least one site in North Darfur, and have likely led to famine conditions in other parts of the conflict region, a committee of food security experts said in a report on Thursday. The finding, linked to an internationally […]