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, El Fasher — On Saturday, the Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, was hit in a drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and is no longer operational. It was the last functioning hospital in the city. At least nine people were killed and 20Continue Reading
December 15, Nairobi — At least 86 flights from the United Arab Emirates have landed at a small airstrip in eastern Chad — that has been known to be used for funneling arms across the border — since the war began in April 2023. Three-quarters of the flights were operatedContinue Reading
December 12, Nairobi — On Monday evening, the city of Nyala, capital of South Darfur, was hit by airstrikes from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), killing dozens of civilians and damaging the airport and former United Nations peacekeeping headquarters. On Tuesday there were violent explosions and fire around the headquarters ofContinue Reading
December 12, Nairobi — Sudan is now the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded, accounting for 10 percent of people in humanitarian need globally despite being home to just one percent of the world’s population, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a report on Tuesday. Sudan is top of the EmergencyContinue Reading
December 11, Nairobi — More than 20,000 crossed from Sudan into South Sudan last week, with the number of daily arrivals tripling compared to previous weeks. The majority of those displaced are women and children. The United Nations issued an alert on the surge on Tuesday. UNHCR spokesperson Olga SarradoContinue Reading
December 11, Nairobi — At least eight people were killed and seven injured on Tuesday following renewed artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in North Darfur. Villages northwest of Zamzam are hosting hundreds of families fleeing the camp, most of whomContinue Reading
December 10, Nairobi — Multiple cases of abduction for ransom were reported in Kalma camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in South Darfur. This is a “new phenomenon” not previously observed in the area, the United Nations said in a report on Monday. Four recently reported abduction incidents include thoseContinue Reading