Many lives lost as Sudanese militia take control of final hospital in Darfur
This week, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese rebel militia, reportedly seized control of the city of al-Fashir, attacking the last operational hospital and resulting in hundreds of deaths and the displacement of thousands. In 2021, Sudan’s transitional civilian government was toppled through a coup led by General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan of the Sudanese […]
CNN’s Clarissa Ward details her crew being held captive in Darfur by a militia group
CNN's chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward shares the harrowing experience she and her crew had when they were captured by militias in Darfur. “We came to Darfur to report on the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and we had no intention of participating in it. But the moment we were captured by a paramilitary group led […]
UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack
The United Nations said Friday that Sudanese militias were besieging Darfur’s only unoccupied capital, warning that an attack would have “catastrophic consequences” for the city’s 800,000 residents. . At the same time, the United Nations said the rival Sudanese military “appears to be entrenching its position.” Sudanese conflict expands into major humanitarian safe zone U.N. […]
First U.N. food supplies arrive in Sudan’s Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations on Friday began distributing food for the first time in months in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur state following two successful border crossing operations, but the United Nations is still distributing food for the first time in months unless more aid arrives. It said residents still faced widespread hunger. . […]
Army bombings sow more terror in Darfur as rival force cements control | Global development
THe began bombing in the middle of the night. Sudanese warplanes struck an industrial area in El Dein, the capital of East Darfur state, then the city’s main market and at least two other nearby areas, locals said. The attack early Tuesday morning killed at least 10 people, including two refugees from South Sudan and […]