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
December 10, Nairobi — The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias carried out war crimes, including killings, rapes and abductions of ethnic Nuba residents in South Kordofan state, said a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday. The non-governmental organizational detailed abuses carried about between DecemberContinue Reading
December 9, Nairobi — A drone strike on a petrol station in a southern suburb of Khartoum killed 28 people and injured 37 others, the Southern Belt Emergency Room said on Saturday. The strike at New Soug Sitta in the Mayo neighborhood left people with burn and shrapnel injuries, theContinue Reading
December 9, Nairobi — Fighting intensified in Gezira state over the weekend. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) captured Wad al-Haddad in the south on Saturday. The next day, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recaptured the village of Um al-Qura in the east, which the SAF had seized a week earlier. SAFContinue Reading
December 6, Nairobi — The United States Department of State released a statement on Thursday condemning in the “strongest terms” the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks this week on Zamzam internally displaced persons camp in North Darfur. “The United States calls on the RSF, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and alignedContinue Reading
December 5, Nairobi — There have been serious problems in the United Nation World Food Program’s (WFP) response to the Sudan crisis, hampering the organization’s ability to provide food aid and receive donations, an internal report seen by Reuters said. The WFP is the UN’s main food-aid distributor and theContinue Reading