Tag: Sudan
FSR launches unprecedented attack against El-Fasher
In recent days, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which have surrounded the capital of North Darfur for four months, have launched an unprecedented offensive on the city. El-Fasher is the…
South Sudan further extends political transition, postpones elections until late 2026
The announcement came on the evening of Friday, September 13. The government of South Sudan, during a meeting of the presidency composed of President Salva Kiir and his five vice-presidents,…
In Sudan, the looting of the national museum in Khartoum confirmed by the authorities
After a long silence, Sudanese officials in the museum and archaeology sector have officially confirmed the looting of the National Museum in Khartoum, the most important in Sudan, which houses…
Abra’s five brothers murdered – concerns of ethnic cleansing in Sudan
Since last April, Sudan has been torn apart by a brutal war and a growing famine. In the western part of the country – in the Darfur region – there…
25 million are now at risk of starvation in Sudan
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screenSudan has been hit by floods, which worsens the situation in the country even more. File photo from the city of Meroe on August 27 this…
South Sudan to implement post-civil war transitional justice
In South Sudan, the president is expected to sign two bills soon that would establish transitional justice bodies. Passed last week by parliament, the bills include the creation of a…
Shootings attributed to FSR paramilitaries leave at least 21 dead in the south-east of the country
Twenty-one people were killed on Sunday, September 8, in shootings attributed to paramilitaries in a market in Sennar, in the south-east of Sudan, a day after the country’s leaders rejected…
Sudan rejects UN call for ‘impartial’ intervention force
Sudanese authorities – now based in Port Sudan, in the east of the country – vigorously rejected on Saturday evening the United Nations proposal for the deployment of an “impartial”…
South Sudan braces for worsening flooding after Nile dams open
Experts are warning that flooding in South Sudan will worsen, with September and October expected to be the worst months. Large areas of the country have already been submerged since…
Fighting resumes near Khartoum around the Hattab military base
In Sudan, hundreds of families, or thousands of people, fled the town of Bahri, in the northern suburbs of the capital Khartoum, on Saturday, September 7. Since last Wednesday, this…