Port Sudan, November 9 (Darfur24) Sudan’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Welfare, Mutasim Ahmed Saleh, said on Saturday that the poverty rate in Sudan has risen from 21% to 71% as a result of the ongoing war. Speaking at a press conference held by the Sudan News Agency inContinue Reading
Al-Tina, November 9 (Darfur24) Local sources in Al-Tina, on the border between Sudan and Chad, reported escalating security tensions on Saturday, amid widespread concerns about a possible Rapid Support Forces attack on the area. The heightened fears have led to the closure of most shops in the town’s main market,Continue Reading
Nyala, November 8 (Darfur24) Residents of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur State, reported a noticeable decline in the number of flights landing at Nyala International Airport following the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) takeover of El Fasher late last month. Nyala Airport resumed operations on September 24 last year, whenContinue Reading
Khazan Jadid, November 8 (Darfur24) The Khazan Jadid area in the Sha’iriya locality of East Darfur State has received a new wave of families displaced from the city of El Fasher, amid worsening humanitarian conditions. According to humanitarian estimates, around 81,000 people were displaced from El Fasher in North DarfurContinue Reading
Nyala, November 8 (Darfur24) The displaced population of Kalma Camp, east of Nyala in South Darfur, reported a rise in incidents of violence targeting women and girls during October. Hanan Hassan, the camp’s Women’s Affairs Officer, told Darfur24 that several women and girls were subjected to beatings and intimidation whileContinue Reading
Tawila, November 8 (Darfur24) The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says displacement from the city of El Fasher is continuing, with approximately 300 people arriving in Tawila, North Darfur, on Thursday, November 6, according to field reports. MSF has renewed its call to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) toContinue Reading
Nairobi, November 8 (Darfur24) Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has temporarily withdrawn its medical team from the hospital in Al-Tine, on the Sudan–Chad border, following a sharp increase in drone strikes in the area, the organization announced on Thursday. The border towns of Karnoi, Al-Tine, and Um Buru in North DarfurContinue Reading
Nairobi, November 8 (Darfur24) The city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has been completely cut off from phone and internet services since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the city in late October, confiscating all Starlink satellite internet equipment, according to independent sources. Ahmed HassanContinue Reading
Dilling, November 7 (Darfur24) Six civilians, including a child, were killed and 12 others injured on Thursday as a result of heavy artillery shelling that struck residential neighborhoods in the city of Dilling, South Kordofan State, according to the Sudanese Doctors Network. In a statement, the network said the shellingContinue Reading
Khartoum, November 7 (Darfur24) Six people were killed and 17 others injured on Wednesday when a truck overturned while traveling from the town of Soni in eastern Jebel Marra to Nyala, the capital of South Darfur State, according to eyewitnesses. Ahmed Al-Zein, who witnessed the accident, told Darfur24 that theContinue Reading