Kadugli, April 24 (Darfur24) At least 11 tuberculosis patients have died in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State, during the first quarter of this year, amid a near-total collapse of healthcare services and the prolonged closure of the city’s specialized TB unit, medical sources told Darfur24. A medical sourceContinue Reading
Al-Farshaya/Sarf Umra, April 24 (Darfur24) Civilians were killed and injured in a series of drone strikes and armed attacks across South Kordofan and North Darfur, as violence continues to escalate in conflict-affected areas of western Sudan. In South Kordofan, two women were killed on Thursday in a drone strike believedContinue Reading
Nairobi, April 24 (Darfur24) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti,” has ordered the suspension of a committee investigating conditions at Daqris prison in Nyala, South Darfur, amid allegations of detainees being released in exchange for money, multiple sources told Darfur24. Sources saidContinue Reading
Kordofan, April 24 (Darfur24) Approximately 115 people from Al-Hamra village in Bara locality, North Kordofan State, have been displaced to Omdurman in Khartoum State due to escalating insecurity, according to the International Organization for Migration’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report on Thursday. DTM field teams said the displacement began onContinue Reading
Port Sudan, April 24 (Darfur24) More than 10 civilians were killed in a drone strike on the town of Um Dukhun in Central Darfur State, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said, expressing alarm over escalating violence in the region. According to OCHA, the attackContinue Reading
Special Report, April 22 (Darfur24) Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has offered a top administrative post in North Darfur to Al-Nur Al-Qubba, a former RSF commander who recently defected, according to multiple sources familiar with a meeting held in Dongola. Al-Qubba defected from the RSF last week and arrivedContinue Reading
Singo, April 23 (Darfur24) An air strike targeting the Agbesh gold mine in the town of Singo, South Darfur State, on Tuesday killed four people and injured six others, as a wave of aerial attacks continues across parts of Darfur. Local sources told Darfur24 that the strike hit a marketContinue Reading
El Fasher, April 22 (Darfur24) The International Organization for Migration’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reported on Wednesday that approximately 115 people were displaced from Damra al-Qubba in Al-Waha locality, North Darfur State, last Sunday due to escalating insecurity. In its latest report on displacement in Sudan, reviewed by Darfur24, theContinue Reading
Um Ruwaba, April 22 (Darfur24) Elements affiliated with the Sudanese army carried out a raid on camps of nomadic herders near Um Ash and Abu Sharqila, southeast of Um Ruwaba in North Kordofan State, on Sunday, resulting in alleged abuses and looting, according to eyewitnesses and local sources. The raidContinue Reading
Tawila, April 22 (Darfur24) The Sudanese Red Crescent Society has distributed humanitarian assistance to displaced families in the “Dabba Nayra Al-Jadeeda” camp, south of Tawila in North Darfur, with support from the World Food Programme (WFP). A coordinator with the Red Crescent told Darfur24 that the aid included cooking oilContinue Reading