RSF attacks main hospital in Sudan’s al-Fashir, says health official
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked the main still-functioning hospital in al-Fashir, in Sudan’s North Darfur state on Friday, killing nine people and injuring 20, according to a local health official and activists. A drone fired four missiles at the hospital overnight, destroying wards, waiting areas and other facilities, said state health […]
At least 127, mostly civilians, killed in two days in Sudan bombardments
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates/London, UK Reuters At least 127 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said. The 20-month-old war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been turning increasingly bloody as ceasefire efforts have […]
Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam camp comes under fire, say residents and MSF
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp has been struck by shelling from the Rapid Support Forces, volunteers and medical aid agency MSF said, as the paramilitary group seeks to tighten control of the Darfur region in the country’s war. The RSF denied attacking the camp, hitherto a safe haven from devastating fighting in […]
Sudanese Christians stay at home from services amid attacks on churches
Nairobi, Kenya Evangelist James Kuwa is unable to continue his ministry in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, as his church, along with hundreds of others, has faced ongoing attacks. “We are unable to gather for services and worship God due to attacks on places of worship,” he stated. He pointed out that even mosques have […]
Cholera suspected as cause of mystery deaths in besieged Sudan town
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Dozens of escaped residents of the besieged town of al-Hilaliya in Sudan’s El Gezira state have tested positive for cholera, a medical source told Reuters, in a development that provides a likely explanation for the reported deaths of hundreds there. While local activists say that more than 300 people […]
Sudan conflict: War deaths are likely much higher than recorded, researchers say
NAFISA ELTAHIR and EL TAYEB SIDDIG, of Reuters, report on evidence suggesting the death toll in the conflict is significantly higher than previously recorded…
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 […]
UN Security Council considers action on Sudan war
United Nations Reuters The United Nations Security Council is discussing a British-drafted resolution that demands Sudan’s warring parties cease hostilities and calls on them to allow safe, rapid and unhindered deliveries of aid across front lines and borders. War erupted in April, 2023, from a power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid […]
Dozens die of mysterious illness in besieged Sudan town
Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Cairo, Egypt Reuters At least 73 people have died of mysterious causes in the Sudanese town of al-Hilaliya, besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Doctors Union said late on Wednesday. It is one of dozens of villages that have come under attack in eastern El Gezira state since the […]
Sudan’s RSF chases civilians out of villages in violent raids
New Halfa, Sudan Reuters Salwa Abdallah was recuperating from a caesarean section and tending to her one-month old baby when soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces barged into her home in Sudan’s eastern El Gezira state late last month. They accused her of loyalty to the army and its allies, their rivals in an 18-month […]