Khartoum, September 05 (Darfur24) UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy to Sudan Pekka Haavisto arrived in Khartoum on Friday for consultations with key Sudanese stakeholders on de-escalation and measures to strengthen civilian protection. UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said Haavisto spoke by phone on Thursday with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed HamdanContinue Reading
Khartoum, September 05 (Darfur24) The Sudanese-Sudanese Dialogue Preparatory Committee will begin official consultations with political forces on Saturday as part of efforts to establish a political path to resolve the country’s conflict, committee spokesman Osman Mirghani said. The 19-member committee launched the Sudanese-Sudanese Dialogue Initiative in Khartoum last Sunday. TheContinue Reading
Zalingei/Qureida, September 05 (Darfur24) Three people were killed in separate suspected armed robbery incidents in Central and South Darfur, while clashes following one of the attacks left additional people injured, according to residents and community leaders. In Deleij town, Wadi Saleh locality, Central Darfur, two brothers, Mohamed and Idris Adam,Continue Reading
Nairobi, September 05 (Darfur24) Families and local sources say armed Chadian men have detained several Rapid Support Forces (RSF) members inside Chad and demanded ransoms for their release, following an airstrike on an RSF convoy near the Sudan-Chad-Libya border. The family of an RSF soldier identified as Ahmed told Darfur24Continue Reading
Kauda, September 04 (Darfur24) Escalating violence in the Kauda area of South Kordofan has killed 453 people, displaced about 53,000, and led to the arrest of 710 others, including 45 humanitarian workers, since March, according to humanitarian sources who spoke to Darfur24. The sources said the displacement followed the killingContinue Reading
El Fasher, September 04 (Darfur24) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied forces have continued reinforcing earthen berms and trenches around El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, while tightening restrictions on civilian movement into and out of the city, eyewitnesses said Thursday. Humanitarian workers and other witnesses toldContinue Reading
Geneva, September 04 (Darfur24) The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has warned that drone warfare and foreign support are expanding the scope of the conflict and increasing risks to civilians, saying there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that a cross-border network has supplied the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) withContinue Reading
Khartoum, September 03 (Darfur24) Teachers’ committees in Khartoum State have threatened gradual and organized action to protest the failure to implement approved salary amendments and increases in teachers’ August 2026 pay. In a statement on Thursday, the Sudanese Teachers’ Committees in the state’s seven localities said the failure to includeContinue Reading
Al-Daein, September 03 (Darfur24) Low rainfall and prolonged dry spells have damaged farms and disrupted grazing in several parts of East Darfur State, raising concerns over agricultural losses, food prices and competition for water and pasture. Local sources told Darfur24 that farms in Buwat al-Khail, Jiqin and Tayba in BahrContinue Reading
El Obeid, September 03 (Darfur24) Four civilians from the same family, including a woman and a child, were killed when Sudanese army warplanes bombed the village of Jafawa, about 50 kilometers southwest of El Obeid in North Kordofan State, on August 31, according to local sources. Sources in El ObeidContinue Reading