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October 12, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army has made significant advances in central and southern Khartoum, military sources said on Saturday, coinciding with a breakthrough near the Signal Corps base in Khartoum North.

October 12, 2024 (KASSALA) – Sudan’s health ministry on Saturday reported a surge in cholera cases in the central states of Sennar, Al Jazirah, and White Nile, bringing the total number of infections to 23,736.

October 12, 2024 (UNITED NATIONS) – Sudan on Thursday renewed its accusations against the United Arab Emirates of supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the ongoing conflict, urging the UN Security Council to take action against what it called “continuous aggressive activities.

October 11, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified attacks on army-held areas in Al Jazirah and Khartoum states on Friday, just two days after RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemetti” ordered a general mobilization of his troops.

  October 11, 2024 (SHENDI) – Sudan’s political coalition Tagadum on Friday said it holds the military intelligence in Shendi city, the River Nile state, responsible for the safety of detainees from the Nuba Mountains region following reports of mass arrests.

October 11, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said on Friday that he had rejected bribes from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and a backer to join their side in the country’s conflict.

October 10, 2024 (EL FASHER) – A women’s rights group warned on Thursday of a looming genocide threat in Sudan’s El Fasher as escalating violence traps civilians and cuts off essential aid.

October 10, 2024 (EL FASHER) – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday it had been forced to halt treatment for 5,000 malnourished children in Sudan’s Zamzam camp, including 2,900 with severe acute malnutrition, after running out of supplies.

October 10, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The Trauma Recovery Organization – Sudan (TRO-Sudan) on Thursday sounded alarm over a deepening mental health crisis fuelled by the country’s devastating 18-month war and called for increased international support.

  The Stance of the Revolutionary Forces on the question of the army By Yasir Arman 1. The current debate on the army: The current debates on the army these days are as tricky as a rooster trying to sleep on a rope.

October 9, 2024 (CAIRO) – Egypt’s foreign ministry late on Wednesday denied accusations by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo that it was supporting the Sudanese army in the country’s ongoing conflict.

October 9, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemetti, on Wednesday accused Egypt of joining military operations in support of the Sudanese army. He announced an escalation in response, pledging to mobilize one million fighters and move to what he described as “Plan B.

October 9, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan rejected on Wednesday the U.N. Human Rights Council’s decision to extend the mandate of a fact-finding mission investigating human rights abuses in the country, accusing it of bias against the army.

October 9, 2024 (CAIRO) – The Freedom and Change Coalition’s Democratic Bloc said on Wednesday that any dialogue with Islamist factions hinges on their comprehensive self-critique of their past rule. This statement comes as Islamist groups, notably the dissolved National Congress Party (NCP), are increasingly active amid the ongoing conflict.

Mohamed Salih M. YASSIN (PhD)  The Human Rights Council of the United Nations, as pillar mechanism mandated by the General Assembly will adopt the resolution A/HRC/57/L.22 entitled “Responding to the human rights and humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing armed conflict in the Sudan” sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Romania, and United States of America as members of the Human Rights Council Andorra, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as non-members of the Human Rights Council in its 57th regular session draft issued version of 7th October 2024.

October 8, 2024 (EL FASHER) – The Joint Force, allied with the Sudanese army, accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of summarily executing two of its captured fighters in North Darfur.

October 8, 2024 (DAMAZIN/KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army said on Tuesday it had retaken a town in the southeastern Blue Nile state from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group while fighting intensified in the capital, Khartoum.

October 8, 2024 (AL-DAMAZIN/KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army retook a town in southeastern Blue Nile state from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday, the military said, as fighting between the warring factions intensified in parts of the capital Khartoum.

October 8, 2024 (EL OBEID) – At least 20 people were killed and others wounded in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday on the village of Al-Damukiya, east of Khor Taqat area in Shikan locality, in the countryside of El Obeid, North Kordofan state.

October 7, 2024 (PORT SUDAN)—Energy and Oil Minister Muhyiddin Naeem Mohamed Saeed said on Monday that Sudan is renegotiating oil cooperation agreements with China. Speaking to reporters in Port Sudan, Saeed said the talks aim to revive and expand cooperation with China, a key partner in Sudan’s oil sector.

October 7, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s acting prime minister has ordered officials to cease direct communication with foreign embassies and diplomatic missions and channel all contact through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or designated representatives.

October 7, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has begun withdrawing from the East Nile district of Khartoum state as the Sudanese Army launched its first major ground offensive to retake control of the capital, Khartoum.

October 6, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – At least 13 children were killed and four others injured in airstrikes by the Sudanese army in Al Kuma, North Darfur, on October 4, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.

October 7, 2024 (NAIROBI) – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North Revolutionary Democratic Current (RDC) has called for sweeping changes to the Coordination of the Democratic and Civilians Forces (Tagadum), a key civilian alliance, to bolster its efforts to end the country’s devastating war.

October 6, 2024 (OUMDURMAN) – The Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces (Tagadum), a coalition of Sudanese political and civil society groups, condemned war crimes committed by both sides in Sudan’s ongoing conflict and called for renewed peace efforts in a statement issued on Sunday.

October 6, 2024 (EL FASHER) – Significant military reinforcements have arrived in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, a spokesperson for the joint force of armed groups aligned with the Sudanese army said on Sunday.

 October 5, 2024 (EL OBEID) – At least 30 people were killed in air strikes by Sudan’s military in the Hamra al-Sheikh area of North Kordofan state on Saturday, lawyers said. The strikes targeted Hamra al-Sheikh and Abu Zuama, two areas through which roads run connecting the capital, Khartoum, to the Darfur region.

October 5, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – Trapped residents of Tuti Island in Khartoum are pleading for urgent evacuation as fighting intensifies and conditions worsen, with reports of rampant looting and intimidation by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

October 5, 2024 (SENNAR City) – The Sudanese army said on Saturday it had retaken the strategic Jebel Moya mountain range in Sennar state after days of heavy fighting with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).