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Nearly 700 reported killed in Sudan drone strikes this year: UN

April 14, 2026 admin

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Nearly 700 civilians have been reported killed in drone strikes in Sudan since January, the United Nations said Tuesday (April 14, 2026), detailing the devastation and humanitarian catastrophe wrought by the brutal civil war. Now entering a fourth year, the war between Sudan’s army…

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Sudan army breaks siege on key southern city Kadugli: army sources

February 3, 2026 admin

Sudanese army forces broke on Tuesday (February 3, 2026) a paramilitary siege on the South Kordofan state capital Kadugli, two army sources told AFP. “Our forces have entered Kadugli and lifted the siege,” one said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief the media. Kadugli, where the United Nations confirmed a…

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UN chief says six peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan

December 13, 2025 admin

“Attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law,” said Mr. Guterres, who called for those responsible for the “unjustifiable” attack to be held accountable. | Photo Credit: AP A drone strike hit a UN facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday (December 13, 2025), killing six peacekeepers, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The…

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UN human rights body holds special session on Sudan after hundreds killed in Darfur’s el-Fasher

November 14, 2025 admin

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. | Photo Credit: AP The U.N.’s top human rights body was holding a one-day special session on Friday (November 14, 2025) to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region and other atrocities committed last month by paramilitary forces fighting the army. The Human…

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Indian national captured by RSF militia in Sudan; New Delhi in touch with authorities to secure release

November 7, 2025 admin

Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan. | Photo Credit: AP An Indian national has been captured by the anti-government Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan and India is in touch with authorities and international organisations…

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No end to Sudan fighting despite RSF paramilitaries backing truce plan

November 7, 2025 admin

An end to fighting in Sudan still seems far off despite the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, fighting the army for more than two years, endorsing a truce proposal. The government, backed by the army, has yet to respond to US-led international mediators, and explosions rocked the army-controlled capital Khartoum on Friday (November 7, 2025). Experts…

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Sudan’s paramilitary group agrees on truce proposed by U.S.-led mediator group

November 6, 2025 admin

The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said on Thursday (November 6, 2025) it has agreed to a humanitarian truce proposed by a U.S.-led mediator group known as the Quad. The agreement to the proposal comes more than a week after the…

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UAE supplying weapons to Rapid Support Forces: Sudanese Ambassador to India Eltom

November 3, 2025 admin

This image grab taken from handout video footage released on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Telegram account on October 26, 2025, shows RSF fighters holding weapons and celebrating in the streets of El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur. | Photo Credit: FP Sudan is not in a state of civil war and is confronting attacks from…

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Fears grow for thousands trapped in Sudan’s el-Fasher as few reach safety

November 2, 2025 admin

Only a few thousand Sudanese have reached the nearest camp for displaced in the days since Sudan’s paramilitary forces seized el-Fasher city, raising fears over tens of thousands who might still be trapped as survivors described killings and other atrocities, an aid group said on Sunday (November 2, 2025). The Rapid Support Forces took control…

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Top diplomats from Germany, Jordan and UK call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan war

November 1, 2025 admin

Displaced families from el-Fasher at a displacement camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan, October 31, 2025. (The Norwegian Refugee Council via AP) | Photo Credit: AP The Foreign Ministers of Germany, Jordan and the United Kingdom jointly called on Saturday (November 1, 2025)…

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