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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 to form new government after regaining Khartoum, say military sources

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters The formation of a new Sudanese Government is expected to happen after the recapture of Khartoum is completed, military sources told Reuters on Sunday, a day after army head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he would form a technocratic wartime government. The Sudanese army, long on the backfoot in its war […]

At least 54 people killed in Sudan market attack, health ministry says

Reuters At least 54 people were killed and 158 wounded on Saturday in a strike by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a market in the city of Omdurman, the health ministry said in a statement. The RSF in a statement denied targeting the market and instead accused the Sudanese army of launching attacks […]

After whirlwind gains, Sudanese military leaders hail “turning point”

Khartoum, Sudan Reuters After a week of whirlwind gains for the Sudanese army and allies in the capital Khartoum, leaders hailed a turning point in the civil war, speaking to reporters from inside the army’s main headquarters that had been besieged since April, 2023. The recapture of the al-Jaili refinery in northern Bahri last week, […]

Sudan army chief visits Khartoum headquarters, vows to defeat RSF paramilitary

Cairo, Egypt Reuters Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited its strategic headquarters in central Khartoum on Sunday in his first appearance there since government forces claimed to have broken a months-long siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Accompanied by senior military leaders, Burhan praised the “resilience and sacrifices” of soldiers who […]

Sudanese army claims major victory in Khartoum; RSF disputes

Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Sudanese army has broken a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of its command centre in central Khartoum, the army said on Friday, in what would be a major victory in the capital after nearly two years of war. The RSF in a statement rejected the Sudanese army’s claims it […]

Sudanese army, paramilitary RSF trade blames for fires at Khartoum refinery

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Thursday accused each other of attacking the Khartoum refinery in Al-Jaili. The army and the forces led by commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo have traded blame since the civil conflict erupted almost two years ago. Plumes of smoke rise during […]

US issues sanctions on Sudanese army chief Burhan

Nairobi, Kenya/Washington DC, US Reuters The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Sudan’s leader, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, accusing him of choosing war over negotiations to bring an end to the conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes. The US Treasury Department said in a […]

Sudan’s army condemns ethnically-targeted killings of civilians in El Gezira

Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Sudanese army on Tuesday condemned what it called “individual violations” in Sudan’s El Gezira in recent days after rights groups blamed the army and its allies for ethnically-targeted attacks on civilians. The attacks largely targeted people from western Sudan living in the central state because of accusations they […]

Celebrations in Sudan’s Wad Madani as army takes over strategic city

Wad Madani, Sudan Reuters Civilians and soldiers celebrated in Wad Madani, the capital of Sudan’s El Gezira state, after it was recaptured by the Sudanese army from the paramilitary Rapid Support Services, marking a possible turning point in a devastating near two-year civil war. “We are so happy, we can’t express ourselves,” said one woman […]