November 4, Nairobi — General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sovereign Council and Sudanese army commander, appointed a new foreign minister and three others on Sunday in a cabinet reshuffle, according to state media reports. Ambassador Ali Youssef Ahmed al-Sharif will be the new foreign minister, replacing Hussein Awad Ali,Continue Reading
November 4, Al Kufra — The number of Sudanese refugees arriving in the Libyan city of Al-Kufra, which borders Sudan, has been steadily increasing, following the escalation of fighting in North Darfur and Gezira state. Allegedly around 300 people are arriving weekly in the town. Al-Fatih Abulgasim Mahmoud, a Sudanese refugeeContinue Reading
November 4, Nairobi — Disturbing reports continue to be received from Sudan’s Gezira state, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. They condemned attacks on six hospitals by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the state. In a post on X, WHO said they were “appalled” to learn of theContinue Reading
November 3, El Fasher — On Saturday, at least two civilians and five others were injured from artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher, capital of North Darfur. The shells hit residential areas and the Saudi hospital. On the same day in Kutum, a town locatedContinue Reading
November 1, Nairobi — At least 18 people have been killed in the eastern Gezira state in the last 48 hours in continuing retaliatory attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), reports say. The RSF launched a large-scale attack on villages in eastern, northern, and western El Gezira after AbuContinue Reading
November 1, Al-Dinder — Forces fighting with the Sudanese Army allegedly killed over 250 civilians in the city of Al-Dinder and villages east of Sennar. Most were from the Hausa tribe and were killed under the pretext of cooperating with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Thursday, the Hausa Youth Gathering,Continue Reading
October 31, Nairobi — The U.S. Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, accused the Sudanese authorities affiliated with the army of blocking or delaying the arrival of 90 percent of emergency relief. In a post on social media site X, Perriello said that last month, Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) only allowedContinue Reading
October 31, Nairobi — Several women have taken their lives in Gezira state after being raped by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers, activists said. The BBC reported three suicides of women over the last week in the central Gezira state. Two were allegedly in the village of Al Seriha and aContinue Reading
October 30, Nairobi — The war in Sudan has displaced more than 14 million people, or about 30% of the population, since it broke out in April 2023, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. In a press briefing from Port Sudan, Amy Pope, director-general of the IOM, saidContinue Reading
October 30, El Obeid —The city of El Obied, capital of North Kordofan, is experiencing an increasingly catastrophic humanitarian situation. The city, which is under the control of the Sudanese army, has been under siege by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since June, resulting in a lack of electricity andContinue Reading