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
Jebel Marra, April 22 (Darfur24) Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Wednesday that its teams, in coordination with Sudan’s Ministry of Health, vaccinated about 56,000 children in areas south of Jebel Marra in Central Darfur during an emergency campaign conducted between April 1 and 6. The campaign was launched inContinue Reading
Nyala, April 21 (Darfur24) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the resumption of measles vaccination campaigns in South Darfur State amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the Darfur region. In a statement posted on its official platforms, UNICEF announced that measles and rubella vaccination campaignsContinue Reading
Khartoum, April 21 (Darfur24) Pakistan has halted a $1.5 billion arms and aircraft deal with Sudan after Saudi Arabia requested its cancellation and withdrew financial backing, according to diplomatic and security sources. Reuters reported in January that the deal was in its final stages and had been brokered by Riyadh,Continue Reading
Abu Matariq, April 20 (Darfur24) Two members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were seriously injured and their weapons stolen after gunmen attacked commercial trucks traveling from the Al-Raqibat border crossing with South Sudan toward Darfur, eyewitnesses said on Monday. The attack took place in the Tutlutu area of BahrContinue Reading
Adré, April 20 (Darfur24) Frustration is mounting among Sudanese students and their families in eastern Chad after the Sudanese consulate in Abéché made refugee registration a condition for sitting the alternative Sudanese Secondary School Certificate exams scheduled for May. The decision threatens to exclude more than 5,000 registered students, particularlyContinue Reading
El Fasher, April 20 (Darfur24) The Sudanese Revolutionary Awakening Council announced on Sunday that Major General Al-Nur Ahmed Adam, known as “Al-Qubba,” has arrived in regions controlled by the Sudanese armed forces after defecting from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement seen by Darfur24, the council said Al-QubbaContinue Reading
Khartoum, April 20 (Darfur24) Hassan and Hussein Othman Mani arrived at their examination center with barely an hour to spare. After 13 days on the road—crossing deserts, checkpoints, and regions fractured by war—the 18-year-old twins from Nyala stepped into a Sudanese Secondary School Certificate examination hall in River Nile StateContinue Reading