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Sudan Massacre: 300 Women Killed by RSF in Just Two Days

(MENAFN) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly killed 300 women within the first two days of entering El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, Sudan, according to Sudanese Minister of State for Social Welfare Salma Ishaq, who spoke to...

Sudanese Minister Reports Mass Killings in El-Fasher

(MENAFN) Sudanese Minister of State for Social Welfare, Salma Ishaq, disclosed to a news agency on Saturday that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible for the deaths of 300 women during their initial two days after entering El-Fasher,...

Sudan Doctors: RSF Imprisons Thousands of Civilians in El-Fasher

(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization has leveled serious accusations against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday, alleging the militia is imprisoning thousands of civilians within El-Fasher, North Darfur's capital, while...

Sudan’s RSF arrest fighters amid UN probe into El Fasher atrocities

(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced they had arrested several members accused of abuses following their capture of El Fasher, as the United Nations demanded urgent investigation into reports of mass killings, sexual...

UN Warns RSF Atrocities in Sudan May Constitute "Numerous Crimes”

(MENAFN) The UN human rights office issued a warning on Friday that atrocities carried out by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the vicinity of El-Fasher and Bara could qualify as "numerous crimes under international law." "More details are...

Iran Deplores Massacres Committed Against Civilians in Sudan

(MENAFN) Iran's top diplomat has issued a sharp rebuke following deadly assaults on civilians in Sudan's embattled North Darfur capital, as the nation's civil war reaches a critical juncture. Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister,...

Hundreds of women get killed by RSF in El-Fasher—Sudanese minister

(MENAFN) Sudan’s Minister of State for Social Welfare, Salma Ishaq, has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 300 women within the first two days of seizing El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, according to reports. “The RSF killed...

ICRC Chief Urges Global Leaders to Act Amid Sudan’s Catastrophe

(MENAFN) The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday called on world leaders to take urgent and decisive measures to halt the indiscriminate killing of civilians in Sudan. She described the conditions in...

Iraq Denounces Killings of Civilians in Sudan

(MENAFN) Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a forceful denunciation of the recent wave of attacks and civilian deaths in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State. In an official statement, the ministry condemned the violence...

IOM Reports Over 1,500 Displaced in Sudan Amid RSF Violence

(MENAFN) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Sunday that escalating violence has forced 1,205 people to flee the cities of Bara and Umm Ruwaba in North Kordofan, while another 360 were displaced from Al-Abbasiya and...

FMs of Jordan, UK, Germany urge for truce in Sudan

(MENAFN) The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Jordan have issued a joint call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, amid alarming reports of atrocities and widespread human rights violations in the war-torn Darfur region....

UK vows to send more humanitarian aid for Sudan

(MENAFN) The United Kingdom has announced an additional $6.6 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan, with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper cautioning that international efforts are “currently failing to deal with the humanitarian crisis and the...

Africa CDC Initiates Emergency Response After Sudan Hospital Assault

(MENAFN) The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has initiated an emergency public-health operation following a deadly assault on the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, western Sudan, that left hundreds dead and...

UK Announces Additional USD6.6M in Humanitarian Aid for Sudan

(MENAFN) The United Kingdom announced an additional £5 million ($6.6 million) in humanitarian aid for Sudan, as UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that global responses are “currently failing to deal with the humanitarian crisis and the...

Sudan Military Launches Airstrikes Against RSF Installations

(MENAFN) Sudanese military aircraft launched devastating airstrikes against Rapid Support Forces (RSF) installations throughout central Sudan's North and West Kordofan regions, media reported Saturday. The coordinated assault hit critical RSF...

International Relations and Cooperation condemns Sudan atrocities

South Africa condemns the abhorrent attacks deliberately targeting civilians and essential civilian infrastructure, including hospitals. We firmly assert that there must be no impunity for the serious violations of international humanitarian law...

ICRC president: World leaders must act to end the indiscriminate killing in Sudan

The appalling abuses of the rules of war we are witnessing in Sudan are indefensible. No patient should be killed in a hospital, and no civilian shot while trying to flee their home. These horrific attacks must stop and international humanitarian...

Sudan Orders Two UN World Food Programme Officials to Leave Country

(MENAFN) Sudan on Tuesday ordered two top officials from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to leave the country within 72 hours, according to a news agency. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned WFP Country Director Laurent Bukera and informed...

Sudan’s RSF admits fighters committed violations against civilians

(MENAFN) Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo — widely known as Hemedti — has acknowledged that his troops committed “some violations” against civilians during the recent capture of Al-Fashir, the capital of...

Sudan systematic killings reports evoke memories of past atrocities

(MENAFN) Emerging reports of large-scale killings in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher have led human rights and aid groups to describe the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the national army as a "continuation...