Al-Daein, March 12 (Darfur24) The Ministry of Education in East Darfur State has begun registering secondary school students in preparation for exams that the parallel government, Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS), plans to hold in areas under its control next June. The alliance, headed by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander MohamedContinue Reading
Nyala, March 12 (Darfur24) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) released 260 detainees on Tuesday from Daqris prison, west of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur State, marking the first mass release from one of the largest prisons run by the forces in western Sudan. Informed sources told Darfur24 that allContinue Reading
Al-Junaynah, March 12 (Darfur24) The Ministry of Health in West Darfur State announced that 34 health centers have ceased providing medical services in several localities over the past two months, following the suspension of donor-funded support. The Director General of the health ministry, Dr. Mohamed Musa, told Darfur24 that theContinue Reading
Adré, March 11 (Darfur24) The Adré border crossing between Sudan and Chad witnessed severe congestion on Wednesday after authorities briefly opened it, prompting large numbers of traders and truck drivers to rush to cross before security forces intervened to disperse the crowds, leaving several drivers injured, according to eyewitnesses andContinue Reading
Port Sudan, March 11 (Darfur24) Massad Boulos, adviser to the U.S. president for the Middle East and Africa, said that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had trained and supported fighters linked to the Al-Bara’ bin Malik Brigade, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan. Boulos wrote in aContinue Reading
West Darfur, March 11 (Darfur24) Authorities in West Darfur State have formed an investigation committee to review conditions in prisons and detention centers following the circulation on social media of photos showing an inmate with apparent signs of torture. Sources told Darfur24 that the photos show a man in hisContinue Reading
Port Sudan, March 11 (Darfur24) The Sudanese government on Tuesday called for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to be designated a terrorist organization, while offering no clear position on the recent U.S. decision to include the Islamic Movement in Sudan on its terrorism list. In a statement issued on Tuesday,Continue Reading
Nyala, March 10 (Darfur24) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are continuing to detain at least four women in the city of Nyala, South Darfur State, for more than two weeks without formal charges, according to local sources and relatives of the detainees. Sources told Darfur24 that the forces arrested humanContinue Reading
Nyala, March 10 (Darfur24) Tension and unrest continued on Monday in the city of Nyala in South Darfur State, as armed groups gathered in search of those responsible for the killing of a trader last Friday. Tijani Abu Bakr was shot dead by unknown gunmen while stopping at a gasContinue Reading
Washington, March 10 (Darfur24) The United States Department of State announced on Monday that it has added the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists, as part of steps toward formally designating the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, with the decision set to take effectContinue Reading