White Nile, January 15 (Darfur24) Food distribution in Rabak, White Nile State, descended into heavy overcrowding this week, prompting security forces to intervene to disperse large crowds gathered to receive humanitarian aid, witnesses told Darfur24. Residents said hundreds of citizens rushed to the Saudi humanitarian organization distributing food baskets, leadingContinue Reading
Damazin, January 15 (Darfur24) Security authorities in Damazin, Blue Nile State, have tightened restrictions on civilian movement and public activity, with a joint security cell expanding arrests under emergency law, sources said. An informed source, speaking to Darfur24 on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said the security cell, comprisingContinue Reading
Kordofan, January 15 (Darfur24) Sources told Darfur24 that extrajudicial killings linked to looting and robbery have claimed four lives in the past ten days in Al-Nahud locality, West Kordofan State, amid a sharp deterioration in security. According to sources, two murders were recorded in Al-Nahud city since the beginning ofContinue Reading
Um Dafuq – Darfur24 Russian forces deployed in the Central African Republic (CAR) have launched a recruitment campaign targeting Sudanese herders living in border regions near Sudan, a local administration leader told Darfur24. The source stated that Russian officers held meetings in late December with sheikhs and chiefs of theContinue Reading
Al-Daein, January 15 (Darfur24) New fees imposed by the civilian administration in East Darfur on trucks crossing at the Al-Raqibat border with South Sudan have led to rising drug prices, worsening the already fragile healthcare situation in the state, sources said. The owner of a pharmaceutical agency in East DarfurContinue Reading
Port Sudan, January 14 (Darfur24) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, arrived in Port Sudan on Wednesday to begin a two-day official visit to Sudan, focusing on the country’s humanitarian and human rights situation. Türk was received at the airport by the Undersecretary of the MinistryContinue Reading
Tine, January 14 (Darfur24) A Sudanese refugee girl was found dead inside her family’s home in the Chadian border city of Tine on Tuesday, in an incident that has shocked the local community. A relative told Darfur24 that the girl, identified by the initials (M.A.K.), was discovered shortly after herContinue Reading
Nyala, January 14 (Darfur24) Medical staff at Nyala Teaching Hospital have launched a partial strike over unpaid salaries, leaving the internal medicine department closed for the past two months, residents and hospital sources confirmed on Wednesday. Medical sources told Darfur24 that doctors and nurses in the department have notContinue Reading
Kosti, January 14 (Darfur24) A drone strike targeting the headquarters of the 18th Infantry Division in Kosti, White Nile State, caused panic in the city on Tuesday, according to multiple local sources. Three identical sources told Darfur24 that the drone, believed to belong to the Rapid Support Forces, launched missilesContinue Reading
Al-Dabba, January 14 (Darfur24) A court ruling against five commercial truck owners in Al-Dabba, Northern State, has triggered widespread anger among traders and residents after the men were convicted under the Emergency Law for allegedly transporting goods to areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur and Kordofan. OnContinue Reading