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Sudan Massacre: 300 Women Killed by RSF in Just Two Days

(MENAFN) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly killed 300 women within the first two days of entering El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, Sudan, according to Sudanese Minister of State for Social Welfare Salma Ishaq, who spoke to...

Sudanese Minister Reports Mass Killings in El-Fasher

(MENAFN) Sudanese Minister of State for Social Welfare, Salma Ishaq, disclosed to a news agency on Saturday that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible for the deaths of 300 women during their initial two days after entering El-Fasher,...

Sudan’s RSF arrest fighters amid UN probe into El Fasher atrocities

(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced they had arrested several members accused of abuses following their capture of El Fasher, as the United Nations demanded urgent investigation into reports of mass killings, sexual...

RSF starts mass kill, sexually assault three hundred women

(MENAFN) Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly killed 300 women and raped at least 25 others within the first two days of entering El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, according to Sudanese Minister of State for Social Welfare Salma...

FMs of Jordan, UK, Germany urge for truce in Sudan

(MENAFN) The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Jordan have issued a joint call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, amid alarming reports of atrocities and widespread human rights violations in the war-torn Darfur region....

UK Announces Additional USD6.6M in Humanitarian Aid for Sudan

(MENAFN) The United Kingdom announced an additional £5 million ($6.6 million) in humanitarian aid for Sudan, as UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that global responses are “currently failing to deal with the humanitarian crisis and the...

UK vows to send more humanitarian aid for Sudan

(MENAFN) The United Kingdom has announced an additional $6.6 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan, with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper cautioning that international efforts are “currently failing to deal with the humanitarian crisis and the...

UN Warns RSF Atrocities in Sudan May Constitute "Numerous Crimes”

(MENAFN) The UN human rights office issued a warning on Friday that atrocities carried out by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the vicinity of El-Fasher and Bara could qualify as "numerous crimes under international law." "More details are...

Hundreds of women get killed by RSF in El-Fasher—Sudanese minister

(MENAFN) Sudan’s Minister of State for Social Welfare, Salma Ishaq, has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 300 women within the first two days of seizing El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, according to reports. “The RSF killed...

Sudan systematic killings reports evoke memories of past atrocities

(MENAFN) Emerging reports of large-scale killings in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher have led human rights and aid groups to describe the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the national army as a "continuation...

Sudan Army Pledges to Reclaim El Fasher After Retreat

(MENAFN) Sudan’s military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday pledged to reclaim El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, after his forces withdrew from the city, which has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since...

Sudan Warns EU Misreading of Civil War Could Undermine Peace

(MENAFN) Sudan’s government has accused the European Union Council of misinterpreting the realities of the country’s civil war, claiming the bloc’s recent conclusions ignore militant actions and could hinder peace efforts. In a Wednesday...

Sudan’s RSF says it captured army’s headquarters

(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claim to have captured the army’s headquarters in Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur, which has been under blockade for over a year. The UN has documented widespread attacks on civilians...

AU Voices "Deep Concern" Over Sudan's El Fasher Violence

(MENAFN) African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has issued a forceful condemnation of the escalating violence in El Fasher, western Sudan, following its seizure by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement released...

EU calls for easing of violence in Sudan after El-Fasher seizure

(MENAFN) The European Union expressed serious concern over the takeover of El-Fasher, Darfur’s capital, by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), describing the event as a “dangerous turning point” in the ongoing conflict. In a joint...

Chad: Psychosocial support heals the invisible wounds carried by Sudanese refugees

Since 2024, the ICRC has been working with the Red Cross of Chad to put in place a psychosocial support programme in transit centres in the provinces of Ouaddaï, Sila and Wadi Fira. The programme aims to support people who have been left...

RSF kills civilians based on ethnicity, loots health facilities

(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of carrying out ethnically targeted killings and plundering health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, amid escalating violence in the region....

RSF Targets Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has been accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity and looting health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan, according to a local medical...

RSF Commits “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan’s El-Fasher, Doctors Say

(MENAFN) In a critical escalation of the Sudanese conflict, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of executing a massacre in El-Fasher, the North Darfur capital, targeting residents based on their ethnicity and simultaneously looting...

RSF Targets Civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) The paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has been accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity and looting health facilities in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan, according to a local medical...