Port Sudan, September 24 (Darfur24) Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected a US State Department statement describing the Sudanese army, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their leaders as lacking legitimate constitutional authority, calling on Washington to engage positively with the Sudanese government. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministryContinue Reading
Nairobi, September 24 (Darfur24) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned of escalating violence, continued displacement and worsening food insecurity across Sudan as fighting intensifies in several states. In its latest humanitarian update, OCHA reported that clashes broke out on September 19 at Al-BorsaContinue Reading
Dilling, August 07 (Darfur24) Unidentified gunmen abducted eight herders, including five children and three girls, after raiding a pastoral area east of Dilling in South Kordofan State on Thursday, according to residents. A resident told Darfur24 that the attackers intercepted the herders near the Janain Markazo area, seized about 50Continue Reading
Nyala, June 02 (Darfur24) New Sudanese banknotes bearing the signature of former Central Bank Governor Jangoul have entered circulation in Nyala and other areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to traders and residents, amid a prolonged cash liquidity crisis across the Darfur region. The development comes asContinue Reading
Nyala, May 20 (Darfur24) Families in Nyala said the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) detained several students while they were traveling to Northern State to sit for the Sudanese Secondary School Certificate Examinations, before transferring them to the Daqris prison detention center west of the city. Four families told Darfur24 thatContinue Reading
Dilling, March 30 (Darfur24) Civilians were killed and injured after forces from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), allied with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), attacked the city of Dilling in South Kordofan on Saturday, local sources said. A nurse at Dilling Hospital told Darfur24 that at least 28 injuredContinue Reading
El Fasher, March 18 (Darfur24) Health sources have reported a measles outbreak in the town of Um Jalbakh, northwest of El Fasher in North Darfur State, with deaths recorded among children as the disease spreads. A medical source told Darfur24 that the town has seen a sharp rise in infectionsContinue Reading
Tawila, February 23 (Darfur24) Medical sources revealed on Sunday that more than 400 women, including minors, were subjected to sexual assault during their journey of displacement from El Fasher to Tawila in North Darfur. Hundreds of thousands of people fled El Fasher after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took controlContinue Reading
Al-Hasahisa, February 04 (Darfur24) The Gezira and Managil Project Farmers Alliance has renewed its rejection of the Gezira Scheme Act of 2005, as amended in 2014, as well as the Agricultural and Livestock Production Associations Law, reaffirming its demand for the establishment of a legitimate and unified farmers’ union asContinue Reading
Khartoum, January 26 (Darfur24) The leader of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Jibril Ibrahim Mohamed, has appointed a figure wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to a senior position within the movement, which has been fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces against the Rapid Support Forces sinceContinue Reading