December 25-Kabkabiya – Darfur2 The official spokesman for the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees in Darfur, Adam Rijal, announced the displacement of a number of residents from the city of Kabkabiya, 155 km west of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, to Sortoni IDP camp southContinue Reading
December 24, Nairobi — Over 5,000 people have crossed into South Sudan each day since the beginning of December as fighting escalates near the border in Sudan’s White Nile, Blue Nile and Sennar states. The influx of people has overwhelmed already scarce resources, leaving displaced people in crisis, Doctors Without BordersContinue Reading
December 24, Nairobi — The Sudanese government withdrew its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to show famine spreading across the country. In a letter on Dec. 23, the agriculture minister said that the government is halting its participation in the IntegratedContinue Reading
December 23, Nairobi — Hundreds of families have been displaced from the White Nile State, after flooding completely submerged their towns and homes. The flooding comes after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the Jebel Aulia Dam, around 40km from Sudan’s capital Khartoum. The dam regulates the flow of theContinue Reading
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