August 28, Nairobi — The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, revealed new details about the Geneva talks on Tuesday, in a broadcast with Darfur24. The U.S. led talks were hoping to negotiate a ceasefire and improve access to humanitarian aid across Sudan. The talks concluded last week, andContinue Reading
August 27, Port Sudan — On Monday, surging waters burst through a dam, wiping out at least 20 villages and killing at least 30 people in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday. Many are unaccounted for and stuck in villages in the mountains without food or medicine, localContinue Reading
August 27, El Fasher — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bombed the Police Hospital in El Fasher, capital of north Darfur, wounding six hospital workers and destroying the building and those surrounding it, on Sunday and Monday. The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in El Fasher since May.Continue Reading
August 27, El Fasher — At least 25 civilians were killed and dozens others were injured on Monday, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) renewed artillery shelling on the market of Abu Shouk camp for displaced people in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur State. The RSF has been fighting theContinue Reading
August 26, Khartoum — An armed group abducted Alaa El-Din Abu Harba in an area controlled by the Rapid Supports Forces (RSF) in Khartoum on Friday, the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate reported on Sunday. The kidnappers initially demanded a ransom of one million Sudanese pounds ($365), and after receiving it, demandedContinue Reading
August 26, El Fasher — The Sudanese army and its joint forces have established strict security measures to regulate the movement of people and trade in the border triangle between Sudan, Libya and Egypt, in an effort to stop any supplies reaching the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Hundreds of travelersContinue Reading
August 26, Adre — There are no medical services in a makeshift camp for Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad, health workers and refugees have told Darfur24. More than 70,000 Sudanese refugees currently reside in the makeshift camp in Adre city for Sudanese refugees, where they are waiting to be relocated.Continue Reading
August 25, El Daein — On Sunday, a Sudanese army warplane launched an airstrike on the city of El Daein, capital of East Darfur State. This was the second airstrike of its kind in the city in less than a week. Eyewitnesses told Darfur24 that an Antonov aircraft dropped threeContinue Reading
August 23, Ghabish — Senior Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Brigadier General Faiz Hamid, was killed in fighting in Ghabish town in West Kordofan on Thursday, a source told Darfur24. The clash between the Central Reserve Forces, who were fighting alongside the Sudanese army, and the RSF allegedly lasted sixContinue Reading
August 23, El Fasher — Famine is looming in El Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur State. The city, considered the stronghold of the Sudanese army in Darfur, has been under Rapid Support Forces (RSF) siege since last May. Saddam Ishaq, an El Fasher resident, told Darfur24 that theContinue Reading