Port Sudan, December 18 (Darfur24) Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman and Army Commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Wednesday ordered the removal of legal and administrative restrictions preventing citizens from obtaining passports and national identity documents. Al Burhan directed the Ministries of Justice and Interior, along with the Public Prosecution, to implementContinue Reading
Dilling, December 18 (Darfur24) The city of Dilling in South Kordofan State was subjected to heavy artillery shelling from the western direction on Wednesday, reportedly carried out by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N), resulting in deaths and injuries among civilians. Sources told Darfur24 that the shelling began at aroundContinue Reading
Kadugli, December 17 (Darfur24) At least eight women were killed in a drone strike believed to have been carried out by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) and its ally, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), targeting displaced civilians attempting to leave the city of Kadugli in South Kordofan State, localContinue Reading
Khartoum, December 17 (Darfur24) Sources in North Darfur reported that the city of Mellit, the town of Fataberno, and parts of the Wadi Hawr area were targeted by drone strikes on Tuesday, in attacks believed to have been carried out by the Sudanese army. An eyewitness from Mellit, located aboutContinue Reading
Marra, December 17 (Darfur24) Sudanese refugees in Marra camp, eastern Chad, staged peaceful protests to voice their frustration over worsening humanitarian conditions and the lack of basic services, particularly food, healthcare, and clean drinking water. Sources told Darfur24 that more than 30,000 Sudanese refugees are currently living in Marra camp.Continue Reading
Wad Madani / Sennar, December 16 (Darfur24) An investigation by Sudan War Monitor, in collaboration with Lighthouse Reports, has documented organized military campaigns by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied groups against unarmed civilians living in Kanabi settlements in Al-Jazira and Sennar states, following the withdrawal of the RapidContinue Reading
Geneva, December 16 (Darfur24) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed grave concern over the escalating hostilities in Sudan’s Kordofan region involving the Sudanese army, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N). In a statement issued on Tuesday, Türk urgedContinue Reading
Al-Daein, December16 (Darfur24) A senior government official from East Darfur State has died in detention at Degres Prison in Nyala, South Darfur, amid allegations of torture and medical neglect. Adam Ali, the former acting Director General of the Ministry of Finance in East Darfur, died inside the prison, according toContinue Reading
Um Dafuq, December 16 (Darfur24) Authorities in Birao, in the Central African Republic (CAR), have imposed new measures regulating transport and trade with the Um Dafuq area in South Darfur State, Sudan. Mahmoud Al-Tahir, a commercial truck owner, told Darfur24 that the CAR authorities introduced new procedures and fees onContinue Reading
El Fasher, December 16 (Darfur24) At least 15,000 civilians have been killed and thousands more displaced following the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) takeover of El Fasher, according to the North Darfur Ministry of Health. Lana Awad Sabil, the ministry’s communications officer, told Darfur24 on Tuesday that arbitrary arrests, torture, hunger,Continue Reading