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Attack on Key City in Sudan's Kordofan Region Kills 40

This is Beirut, 05/11 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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An attack on a funeral in the key city of El-Obeid in Sudan's central Kordofan region killed 40 people, the UN said Wednesday, as paramilitaries looked poised to launch an offensive. The United Nations' humanitarian office did not specify when the attack took place or who was behind it but said that the situation in the Kordofan region was ...

Sudan Defense Minister Says Army to Keep Fighting after US Truce Proposal

This is Beirut, 04/11 22:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Sudan's defense minister said on Tuesday that the army would press on with its fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after the country's security and defense council met to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire. "We thank the Trump administration for its efforts and proposals to achieve peace," Hassan Kabroun said in a speech ...

Violence in Sudan's El-Fasher Could Be War Crimes, Says ICC

This is Beirut, 03/11 19:49 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The International Criminal Court warned on Monday that atrocities committed in Sudan's El-Fasher could amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes, as the UN said that thousands had fled a neighboring region where paramilitaries have turned their focus. According to United Nations figures, more than 36,000 civilians have fled towns and ...

Imagery Shows Killings Persist in Sudan as German FM Decries 'Apocalyptic' Crisis

This is Beirut, 01/11 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Satellite imagery suggests mass killings are likely continuing in and around Sudan's El-Fasher, Yale researchers said, as Germany's top diplomat on Saturday described the situation there as "apocalyptic." At war with the regular army since April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces seized El-Fasher on Sunday, pushing the military out of its last ...

Sudan's RSF says Arrests Fighters Accused of Abuses in El-Fasher

This is Beirut, 31/10 14:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they had arrested several of their fighters accused of committing abuses during the capture of the city of El-Fasher, including a man identified by AFP in multiple execution videos. The RSF, at war with the army since April 2023, seized El-Fasher -- the army's last stronghold in western Darfur -- on ...

UN Security Council Condemns Sudanese Paramilitary 'Assault' on El-Fasher

This is Beirut, 30/10 20:06 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The UN Security Council condemned on Thursday paramilitaries' reported "atrocities" in El-Fasher in western Sudan, where an aid group and activists have described a dire situation since the city's fall. The Rapid Support Forces' capture on Sunday of El-Fasher, the last army holdout in the vast region of Darfur, came after ...

Sudan Army-Aligned Group Accuses RSF of Executing 2,000 in El-Fasher

This is Beirut, 28/10 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Sudanese army allies, the Joint Forces, accused paramilitaries of having "executed more than 2,000 unarmed civilians" since taking control of the western city of El-Fasher on Sunday, as alarming reports of atrocities emerge. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the army for over two years, "committed heinous crimes against innocent ...

Drone Attacks in Khartoum for Third Consecutive Day

This is Beirut, 23/10 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Drones targeted the army-held Sudanese capital and its airport on Thursday, witnesses told AFP, marking the third consecutive day of such strikes. "At 4:00 am (0200 GMT) I heard the sound of two drones passing above us," one witness said, adding that the drones were headed towards military facilities. Another witness, meanwhile, said he saw the ...

Drone Attacks Target Khartoum Airport for Second Day

This is Beirut, 22/10 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Paramilitary drone attacks targeted Khartoum International Airport for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, a Sudanese military source told AFP, as authorities attempted to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years. The airport has been closed since April 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese ...

Paramilitary Drones Target Khartoum Airport

This is Beirut, 22/10 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Paramilitary drones targeted Khartoum International Airport on Wednesday for a second consecutive day, a Sudanese military source told AFP. The source, who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to brief the media, said, "Drones targeted Khartoum airport once again at dawn" on Wednesday. He added that army air defenses intercepted the ...

Drone Attack Strikes Sudan Capital

This is Beirut, 15/10 12:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A series of drone attacks targeted the Sudanese capital Khartoum for multiple hours on Wednesday, eyewitnesses and an army source told AFP. A military official said the army had shot down "most of the drones", which targeted two army bases in the capital's northwest. Sudan's army has been at war since April 2023 with ...

Sudanese Struggle to Survive in Cities Starved Under Siege

This is Beirut, 06/10 14:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians trapped in cities under paramilitary siege are struggling to survive, eating leaves with no aid allowed in more than two years into their country's war. AFP spoke to people in three besieged cities still nominally under army control, but which are surrounded by paramilitary forces: North Darfur ...

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