November 22, Nairobi — U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has presented a bill to suspend American weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The bill aims to demand assurances that the UAE is not supply weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan. The legislation challenges a recentContinue Reading
November 21, Nairobi — War in Sudan is being fought on the bodies of women, said a top United Nations human rights investigator on Thursday. Women and girls have been subjected to large-scale sexual violence, gang-rape, abduction and detention akin to sexual slavery. “This is a shameful story, to beContinue Reading
November 21, El Fasher — The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have changed their combat tactics in El Fasher, North Darfur. They have been withdrawing from bases to lure in Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters before attacking them, sources told Darfur24. This comes as RSF continue to try and takeover theContinue Reading
November 21, Nairobi — An estimated 35 households were displaced from Al Koma town, North Darfur, due to airstrikes, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. There were also reports of deaths and injuries among civilians. “The situation remains tense and unpredictable,” IOM said. Al Koma has been hostingContinue Reading
November 20, Nairobi — About 28,400 cases of cholera and 836 associated deaths have been reported in Sudan since August. “The public health situation in Sudan is at a crisis point,” the the United Nations said on Tuesday. In August, Sudanese authorities officially declared a cholera outbreak, which continues to spreadContinue Reading
November 19, Port Sudan — On Monday, the U.S. Special Envoy Tom Perriello met Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and the Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssef in Port Sudan for the first time since the war began in April 2023. The meeting focused on strategies to end the warContinue Reading
November 19, Nairobi — In a survey published by the United Nations Refugee Agency on Monday, 95 percent of respondents reported that children were highly exposed to abuse and harm during their journey in Sudan. 84 percent of refugees said they had witnessed death in Sudan and 70 percent hadContinue Reading
November 18, Nairobi — Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) called for an immediate ceasefire to end the ongoing conflict in a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday. The paramilitary claimed they had engaged seriously in all peace initiatives, and said that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have constantly undermined peaceContinue Reading
November 17, Nairobi — Hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, have performed 22,000 operations to remove bullets, a health official said on Saturday. Over 33,000 people have been treated for war injuries. Mohamed Ibrahim, head of the Health Emergency Committee, said that 31 out of 54 government hospitals are currently operatingContinue Reading
November 15, Nairobi — Since October 20, fighting in Gezira state has driven more than 343,000 from their homes in Gezira state, the International Organization for Migration said on Thursday. The vast majority have fled to Gedaref, Kassala and River Nile states. Over 15,100 were already internally displaced persons (IDPs)Continue Reading