November 12, 2024 (NEW YORK) – The United Nations Security Council is convening today for a high-level briefing on the escalating crisis in Sudan, where intensifying violence has led to a surge in civilian casualties and widespread human rights abuses.
November 11, 2024 (WAD MADANI) – At least 71 cases of rape, including attacks on minors, have been reported in villages in Sudan’s eastern Al Jazirah state, a source with the Al Jazirah Conference group told Sudan Tribune on Monday.
November 11, 2024 (EL FASHER) – At least nine people were killed on Monday when the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled residential areas of El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, witnesses said.
November 11, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – The governor of Darfur accused United Nations agencies and humanitarian organizations on Monday of complicity with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), alleging they have ignored abuses against civilians and diverted aid to the paramilitary group.
November 10, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – A Sudanese army officer helped the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seize the city of Wad Madani last December, a high-ranking military source said on Sunday, confirming allegations by a former RSF commander.
November 10, 2024 (EL FASHER) – Residents of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, continue to flee their homes amid escalating clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as both sides employ heavy weaponry, including airstrikes and artillery.
November 10, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – A UN Security Council expert panel arrived in Port Sudan on Sunday to investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur.
November 10, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) -The Central Bank of Sudan’s introduction of a new 1,000 Sudanese pound banknote has been met with apprehension. It has raised concerns about financial instability in areas under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and fuelled accusations of a hidden political agenda.
November 10, 2024 (CAIRO) – Egypt is struggling to cope with more than 1.2 million Sudanese refugees who have fled the conflict in their country over the past 19 months, the UNHCR said on Saturday.
November 9, 2024 (DONGOLA) – The family of a Sudanese student sentenced to five years in prison for alleged support of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is demanding his immediate release, denouncing the verdict as a miscarriage of justice.
November 9, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday rejected Chad’s denial of support for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group battling Sudan’s army, and insisted that there was ample evidence of such assistance.
November 9, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – South Darfur Governor Bashir Marsal dismissed several tribal leaders on Friday and ordered legal action against them, accusing them of supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and mobilizing fighters against the government.
November 8, 2024 (AL-HILALIYA) – A civilian group reported on Friday that at least 40 people have died from suspected poisoning in the past 24 hours in Al-Hilaliya, a town in eastern Gezira state under siege by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
November 8, 2024 (BRUSSELS) – Former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok called on the international community on Friday to take urgent measures to protect civilians caught in the country’s ongoing conflict. Speaking at the annual meetings of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Council and the Africa-Europe Foundation Council in Brussels, Hamdok urged the implementation of a no-fly zone over Sudan and the deployment of international protection forces.
November 8, 2024 (UNITED NATIONS) — The United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on Friday against two generals from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for crimes committed during the ongoing conflict with the Sudanese army.
November 8, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army said it seized key areas in north Khartoum Bahri on Friday after heavy clashes with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), while the latter claimed it launched drone strikes against army positions.
November 7, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Thursday of killing 120 people in the town of Al-Hilaliya, in the eastern Al Jazirah state, through a combination of shootings and deliberate food poisoning.
November 7, 2024 (OMDURMAN) – At least one person was killed and five others wounded on Thursday when the Sudanese army clashed with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) near Omdurman, the army said.
November 6, 2024(PORT SUDAN) — Sudan’s military leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met on Wednesday with the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, and expressed reservations about some of the aid organization’s activities in the country.
November 6, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s government on Wednesday disputed U.N. estimates of the number of people displaced by recent violence in eastern Al Jazhirah state, where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of widespread abuses.
November 6, 2024 (AL-HILALIYA) – A siege by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the town of Al-Hilaliya in Al Jazirah state has resulted in at least 67 deaths, including 54 from suspected poisoning and a dire humanitarian situation for trapped civilians, according to a local civilian group.
November 5, 2024 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia has extended a $738 million loan to South Sudan to fund the construction of a road connecting the two countries. The loan, which is repayable over 10 years, seeks to foster stronger economic ties and improve connectivity between Ethiopia and neigbouring South Sudan.
November 5, 2024 (NEW YORK) – Sudan and South Sudan must re-engage in dialogue towards the resolution of Abyei’s political status, a British diplomat told the United Nations Security Council on Monday.
November 5, 2024 (WAD MADANI) – Hundreds of villages in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state have been emptied by residents fleeing retaliatory attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), raising fears of forced displacement and demographic change.
November 5, 2024 (ADDIS ABABA) – An African Union (AU) official on Tuesday called for investigations into alleged human rights violations in Sudan and the prosecution of those responsible, urging an end to the escalating violence.
November 5, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on Tuesday, accusing Chad of providing weapons, ammunition and mercenaries to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
By Mohamed Badawi A number of international community actors, including individuals and organizations, were shocked by the London protest targeting former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Adam Hamdok in front of the Royal Institute on October 30, 2024.
November 3, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – At least 135,400 people were displaced from various locations in Al Jazirah State following a wave of armed violence and attacks on over 30 villages and towns in parts of the state since 20 October, the United Nations said in a statement.