Press Releases

South Africa Demands Immediate Halt to Hostilities in Sudan

(MENAFN) South Africa has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and renewed efforts for both parties to re-enter negotiations, highlighting the urgency of an "inclusive dialogue" to resolve the ongoing conflict that has persisted since April...

UN Rights Chief Calls Sudan’s Darfur Crisis “Catastrophic”

(MENAFN) The UN human rights chief delivered a stark warning Monday about the escalating crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region, describing conditions as “catastrophic” and highlighting rampant atrocities amid fierce clashes between the army and...

UN Rights Chief Warns of Catastrophe in Sudan’s Darfur

(MENAFN) The UN’s top human rights official on Monday described the conditions in Sudan’s Darfur area as “catastrophic,” cautioning of large-scale atrocities as clashes escalate between the national army and paramilitary factions. Addressing the...

Sudan accuses UAE of funding Colombian mercenaries in civil war

(MENAFN) Sudan’s government has presented “irrefutable” proof that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is funding foreign mercenaries, including Colombians, who are fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s ongoing civil conflict....

S. Africa demands truce in Sudan as situation is escalating

(MENAFN) South Africa has urged Sudan’s warring sides to immediately lay down their arms and return to peace talks, stressing that only “inclusive dialogue” can end the conflict that has continued since April 2023. Clashes between the Sudanese...

Dozens Pass Away Amid Ongoing Conflict in Sudan’s Darfur

(MENAFN) Shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) resulted in the deaths of at least 18 individuals and left over 100 others wounded in El-Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State in western Sudan, according to local...

Eighteen people get killed, others harmed by RSF shelling in Sudan

(MENAFN) At least 18 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled residential areas in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, local medics said Tuesday. The Sudan Doctors Network accused...

Cholera Outbreak Ravages Sudan’s Darfur

(MENAFN) A rapidly escalating cholera outbreak is ravaging Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region, where the collapse of healthcare infrastructure and worsening humanitarian conditions have left civilians without critical treatment or preventive...

UN Chief Calls for Halt to Sudan’s El Fasher Violence

(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urgently called for a halt to hostilities in and around El Fasher, Sudan, as fighting intensifies in North Darfur, his spokesperson announced Friday. The UN leader expressed deep shock over the...

UN Chief Denounces RSF Assaults in Sudan’s El Fasher

(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urgently condemned the intensifying violence in Sudan’s North Darfur, highlighting the persistent and brutal assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the city of El Fasher. “The...

UN Condemns Violent Attacks in Sudan’s North Darfur

(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced deep concern on Friday regarding the rising violence in Sudan's North Darfur, condemning the ongoing assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher. "The Secretary-General is appalled...

Sudan’s RSF Bloodbath Leaves 27 Civilians Dead

(MENAFN) At least 27 civilians lost their lives and 43 more were seriously injured after an assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck a village in Sudan’s West Kordofan region, local medical professionals reported on Thursday....

Hundreds Flee Darfur After RSF Massacres

(MENAFN) At least 642 individuals have reached Sudan's Northern State after escaping brutal violence in El-Fasher, the North Darfur State capital, following what local medical authorities described as a harrowing trek through dangerous terrain,...

UN Secretary-General is concerned about violence in Sudan

(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern Friday over escalating violence in North Darfur, condemning ongoing assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the city of El Fasher. "The Secretary-General is appalled by...

RSF Shelling Leaves 24 Dead, 55 Injured in Sudan’s El-Fasher

(MENAFN) At least 24 people lost their lives and 55 others were wounded in a deadly attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, medics reported Thursday. The Sudan Doctors...

Devastating Floods Claim 14 Lives in Sudan

(MENAFN) Heavy rains and flooding have claimed the lives of at least 14 people across northern and southeastern Sudan, local media reported Wednesday. Media confirmed that six fatalities occurred in northern River Nile State after homes collapsed...

Starvation in Sudan takes lives of forty-six people

(MENAFN) At least 46 individuals, the majority being women and children, have lost their lives to malnutrition in Sudan’s South Kordofan state over the past two months, according to medical reports, as hunger and shortages of healthcare worsen in...

People in Sudan’s South Kordofan Battle Starvation

(MENAFN) In the conflict-ravaged region of South Kordofan, Sudan, at least 46 individuals—primarily women and children—have lost their lives due to severe malnutrition over the last two months, according to Sudan’s Doctors Network. The...

Hunger Crisis: Malnutrition Claims at Least 46 Lives in Sudan

(MENAFN) A worsening hunger crisis in Sudan’s South Kordofan has claimed the lives of at least 46 people—mostly women and children—over the past two months, amid intensifying conflict and medical shortages, Sudan’s Doctors Network said on...

Local doctors state RSF killed thirteen people, including women, children

(MENAFN) Thirteen Sudanese civilians were executed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur, according to a local medical organization. The victims included “5 children, 4 women, and 4 elderly individuals,” the Sudan Doctors...