Um Sayala, July 25 (Darfur24) Fighting erupted in the Umm Sayala area of North Kordofan State on Saturday after the Sudanese army launched an offensive, ending months of relative calm on the ground. Military sources told Darfur24 that clashes broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and allied Joint ForceContinue Reading
Agencies, July 25 (Darfur24) UN Women has expressed grave concern over escalating violence against women and girls in El Obeid, warning that daytime drone attacks and nighttime sexual violence have left women with no safe time to collect water, in what it said mirrors atrocities documented in El Fasher lastContinue Reading
Khartoum, July 24 (Darfur24) The Sudanese Teachers Committee has accused education authorities in Jabal Awliya locality and several other localities in Khartoum State of continuing to impose what it described as excessive fees on pupils and students under the guise of “unified examination” charges. In a statement issued on Friday,Continue Reading
Damazin, July 24 (Darfur24) Health authorities in Sudan’s Blue Nile State have confirmed 681 dengue fever cases and more than 600 suspected infections in Damazin since June, as officials step up mosquito control efforts amid complaints over the high cost of testing and shortages of some medicines. Bilal Al-Daw Al-Qaja,Continue Reading
The Hague, July 24 (Darfur24) The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber IV on Thursday terminated proceedings against Abdac ah Banda Abakar Nourain and revoked the arrest warrant issued against him, after granting the prosecution’s request to withdraw the charges. The case stems from a 2007 attack on African UnionContinue Reading
Khartoum, July 24 (Darfur24) The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate has condemned arrest warrants and legal measures issued against more than 47 journalists in connection with a case before the Cybercrimes Prosecution Office in Red Sea State, pledging legal and union support for those affected. The Cybercrimes Prosecution Office in Red SeaContinue Reading
Khartoum, July 24 (Darfur24) The Emergency Lawyers Group said dozens of civilians, most of them women and children, were killed or injured in a drone strike that hit a gathering of displaced people in the southern Badia area of Blue Nile State early Wednesday, blaming the Sudanese army for theContinue Reading
Al-Nuhud, July 23 (Darfur24) A six-year-old child was killed and his brother seriously injured after a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) patrol opened fire on a civilian vehicle in the Saq al-Jamal area, west of Al-Nuhud in West Kordofan State, according to medical sources. The source at Al-Nuhud Hospital told Darfur24Continue Reading
Nyala, July 22 (Darfur24) An emergency court in Nyala, South Darfur State, has sentenced two doctors to one year in prison and fined each of them 7 million Sudanese pounds for issuing a medical referral to the wife of a former Rapid Support Forces (RSF) member, according to three localContinue Reading
Khartoum, July 22 (Darfur24) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday that at least two children were killed and six others injured in a drone strike on a market in Al-Rahad, North Kordofan State, warning that children continue to bear the brunt of Sudan’s conflict. In a statement,Continue Reading