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Foreign support, drones fuel Sudan war and possible war crimes, UN probe says

September 3, 2026 admin

Foreign weapons, military technology, fighters and logistical networks are helping sustain Sudan’s conflict and expanding the warring parties’ ability to strike distant civilian areas with drones, ⁠a UN fact-finding mission said on Thursday (September 3, 2026). Sudan’s war, which erupted in April 2023 following a power struggle between the military and the Rapid Support Forces…

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More than 300 children killed or injured in Sudan war in 6 months, UNICEF says

July 6, 2026 admin

Displaced children from el-Fasher playing at a camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan. File. | Photo Credit: AP More than 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the UN…

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UN issues ‘red alert’ over ‘catastrophe’ in Sudan’s El-Obeid

July 3, 2026 admin

UN rights chief Volker Turk issues a “red alert” on Friday (July 3, 2026) on the unfolding “catastrophe” in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, where the United Nations fears an imminent paramilitary assault. Addressing an urgent debate at the UN Human Rights Council, Mr. Turk urged world leaders to take immediate action to prevent atrocity…

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Amnesty says RSF committed ethnic cleansing in Sudan

July 1, 2026 admin

Graves line a street in the Salha neighbourhood after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) barred local residents from burying their dead in the main cemeteries in the Salha area, south of Omdurman, Sudan. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their attack…

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Sudan’s military accuses Ethiopia, UAE of drone attacks, recalls its ambassador

May 5, 2026 admin

File image of Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo. File | Photo Credit: AP The Sudanese government accused Ethiopia of being behind recent drone attacks on sites, including Khartoum airport, and recalled its ambassador on Tuesday (May 5, 2026). A Military Spokesperson in Sudan said the government…

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UN votes to cut the peacekeeping force in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000

May 1, 2026 admin

United Nations Security Council. | Photo Credit: Reuters The UN Security Council voted on Thursday (April 30, 2026) to reduce the ceiling for the peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000 troops with a mandate to prevent a return to civil war in the world’s newest nation. The vote on the U.S.-drafted…

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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’s top General rejects U.S. led ceasefire proposal, calling it ’the worst yet’

November 24, 2025 admin

Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sudan’s top General rejected a ceasefire proposal provided by U.S. led mediators as “the worst yet,” in a blow to efforts to stop a devastating war that has gripped the African country for over 30 months. It created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with over…

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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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Rapid Support Forces shell besieged Darfur city, killing 24, wounding 55: Sudan Doctors Network

August 28, 2025 admin

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: AP “A paramilitary group fighting against Sudan’s military shelled a besieged city in the western region of Darfur, killing at least 24 people,” a medical group said on Thursday (August 28, 2025). “The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled the densely populated areas of the central market and Awlad…

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