Three years into Sudan’s ongoing conflict, the Kordofan region has emerged as the most intense battleground between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, with civilians increasingly caught in a deadly escalation driven by drone warfare. Civilian Areas Under Constant Threat In South Kordofan, residents describe a…
At least 64 people have been killed and 89 others injured following a strike on a hospital in Sudan’s East Darfur region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in one of the deadliest attacks on healthcare facilities since the conflict began. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed that the…
An airstrike has severely damaged Al-Daein Teaching Hospital in Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region, leaving parts of the facility in ruins and raising fears of significant casualties among patients and medical staff. Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic and confusion as munitions struck without warning, hitting the hospital at a time when…
The United States Department of State announced on March 16 that it has formally designated the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The United States cited the group’s “unrestrained violence against civilians” as an effort to undermine peace and advance its violent Islamist ideology. Officials further alleged…
A United Nations flight landed at Khartoum International Airport on Thursday, marking the first such flight since Sudan’s nearly three-year-long war began, the UN humanitarian coordinator for the country said. Denise Brown described the event as “a big deal” for aid workers striving to reach millions of Sudanese in urgent…
Former Chief Justice David Maraga has strongly criticised the alleged issuance of a Kenyan passport to Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa, the younger brother of Sudanese militia leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, warning that the move could plunge Kenya into a serious diplomatic and constitutional crisis if confirmed. Musa is a senior…
Geneva, Switzerland — Humanitarian agencies marked 1,000 days of conflict in Sudan on Friday with a stark warning that the crisis has created the world’s largest hunger emergency and displacement catastrophe. “Every day, civilians are paying the price for a war they did not choose,” said the United Nations Office…
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed to a three-month humanitarian truce, paving the way for peace talks with the Sudanese Army. In a video address on Monday, RSF commander Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo reaffirmed the group’s dedication to the truce and urged international mediators to pressure the military…
Thousands of civilians remain trapped and in grave danger in El-Fasher, western Sudan, after the city’s fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The humanitarian organization described the situation as dire, while Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called it “apocalyptic” amid mounting reports of…
A drone attack early Tuesday morning near Khartoum International Airport has raised fresh concerns over Sudan’s plans to reopen the airport for domestic flights a move that was set to mark a symbolic step toward recovery after more than two and a half years of civil war. Residents in central…