December 23, Nairobi — Three staff members of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) were killed in Yabus, Blue Nile state, after their field office was struck by an airstrike on December 19. Those killed in southeastern Sudan were the head of the field office, a program associate andContinue Reading
December 20, Nairobi — Since the beginning of December, there has been increasing escalation of conflict across El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. This has included repeated shelling of Zamzam camp for internally displaced people, which houses approximately one million people. In a report released on Friday the UnitedContinue Reading
December 20, Nairobi — The United States announced approximately $200 million in food, shelter and healthcare aid to Sudan on Thursday. At the United Nations Security Council in New York, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made the annoucement and said that Sudan was the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The aidContinue Reading
December 19, Nairobi — On Wednesday, Sudan demanded an official apology from Uganda over “offensive and dangerous” comments by the Ugandan army chief of staff and son of the president, who threatened to invade Khartoum, Sudan’s capital. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba posted two posts on X on Tuesday, threatening “to capture Khartoum”Continue Reading
December 19, El Fasher — At least 19 civilians were killed and over 20 injured on Wednesday after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled El Fasher, capital of North Darfur. Witnesses told Darfur24 that the RSF launched a violent attack on residential areas in the southern and western parts ofContinue Reading
December 18, Kabkabiya — Hundreds of citizens demonstrated in Kabkabiya, North Darfur, on Monday, protesting against recent air strikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on the town, which left dozens dead and injured. Airstrikes on the local market on December 9 killed over 100 people and was described asContinue Reading
December 18, Nairobi — The lack of international funding to support the emergency response in Sudan has left humanitarian organizations struggling to cope, the aid agency Concern Worldwide said on Monday. “While the humanitarian community, and Concern, are doing what we can, there is too little funding and too few resourcesContinue Reading
December 17, Nairobi — The European Union Council sanctioned four Sudanese individuals for “threatening the peace, stability and security of the country,” on Monday. The sanctions were placed on two leaders from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and two from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On the SAF side, theContinue Reading
December 17, Nairobi — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have raped girls scores of women and girls, including those as young as seven, and in the context of sexual slavery, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday. The atrocities were documented in South Kordofan whereContinue Reading
December 16, Nairobi — The United States Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, confirmed that the joint forces affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) had militarized Zamzam camp for displaced persons, 15km south of El- Fasher. In an interview with Darfur24 in Nairobi, Perriello warned of the deterioratingContinue Reading