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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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Over 40 killed in central Sudan paramilitary attack on village: medic

November 20, 2024 admin

“The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the army since mid-April 2023, first attacked the village, located 100 km north of Al-Jazira’s capital Wad Madani, on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) evening,” eyewitnesses said. File | Photo Credit: AP An attack by paramilitary forces that began Tuesday (November 19, 2024) evening has left 40…

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In Sudan, Women Forced To Line Up For Sex With Soldiers For Food: Report

July 22, 2024 admin

Several women have come forward sharing harrowing tales of RSF fighters sexually abusing them In war-torn Sudan, women are being forced to have sex with soldiers to get food to feed their families, a report by The Guardian said. Over two dozen women who fled the Sudanese city of Omdurman said that having sex with…

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Over half of Sudanese face ‘acute food insecurity’: U.N.-backed report

June 27, 2024 admin

People line up to register for a potential food aid delivery at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Agari, North Kordofan, on June 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP More than half of Sudan’s population is facing high levels of “acute food insecurity”, a situation exacerbated by the country’s devastating war, said a…

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