The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) immediately end hostilities and the siege of El Fasher in North Darfur. Its resolution calls for the RSF to lift the siege, halt hostilities, and ensure civilian safety. It also urges adherence to the Jeddah Declaration for civilian protection, as well as calli...
United Nations, United States – AFP The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to the siege of El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region, where fighting between government and paramilitary forces has provoked a humanitarian crisis. War has raged for more than a year between the regular military under army chief Abdel Fattah al-Bu...
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has called for cooperation in investigating grave international crimes in Darfur, Sudan. Khan urges victim groups, civil society, and international partners to provide evidence of ongoing atrocities, including in Al Fasher. Khan emphasizes the urgent need for action, citing ongoing investigat...
UN human rights chief Volker Türk is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe if the Sudanese town of Al-Fashir comes under attack. The capital of North Darfur is currently facing escalating violence with arbitrary killings, village burnings, and a tightening siege cutting off aid and trade. The ongoing conflict between military and paramilitar...
Port Sudan, Sudan — AFP Clashes reignited between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries earlier this week in the key Darfur town of El-Fasher, the United Nations has said, killing at least 27 people in one day. Eyewitnesses have reported air strikes, artillery fire and machine gun clashes battering the city since Friday, when an [&h...
United Nations, United States — AFP Senior UN officials have warned the Security Council of the risks of a new front opening in Sudan, around the town of el-Fasher in Darfur, where the population is already on the brink of starvation. After a year of war between the armed forces (SAF) of General Abdel Fattah […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK has announced sanctions against three businesses over “funding the military groups behind the conflict in Sudan.” The newly imposed measures include asset freezes on companies associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), curtailing their financial capabi...
United Nations, United States – AFP After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for lack of action. Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since ...
ANKARA (AA) — The UN on Friday called on the conflicting sides in Sudan to lay down arms and protect civilians during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. “Sudan is barreling toward a full year of war,” Martin Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said on X. “Despite a Security ...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has warned that there is a “gaping hole” in effective dialogue towards ending the war in Sudan, where a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since last April has led to thousands of killings, displacement and shortage of food and other essentials. [&...
