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Sudan: RSF accused of killing hundreds of people from the Masalit community in the Darfur region
It’s seven months since fighting erupted in Sudan. Away from the world’s attention, the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, are still battling for control of the capital, Khartoum. But the RSF now controls most of the Darfur region, where they’re allegedly waging a new campaign of killing and rape. They and allied Arab…
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Bombs and drone attacks around Sudanese capital as battles intensify
Intense battles have been raging around the Sudanese capital Khartoum between government troops and the paramilitary Rapid support forces.
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‘There are families that are surviving on eating leaves’, says UN expert on human rights in Sudan
We spoke to Radhouane Nouicer, the UN’s designated expert on human rights in Sudan
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Could Sudan conflict lead to full blown civil war?
It’s been three months since war broke out and Sudan’s capital Khartoum is still bombarded by airstrikes and ground battles.
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Life in Khartoum: Sudan’s ‘ghost town’ capital as seen via drone
Last night we brought you evidence of a mass killing in Darfur in Sudan – where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces stand accused of summarily executing dozens of ethnic Masil-eet people, in a school compound in May.
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‘Eyewitnesses established the RSF were actively participating in the killing’, says Human Rights Watch researcher on Sudan massacre
We spoke to Mohamed Osman, the author of a Human Rights Watch report on killings that took place in the Western Darfur town of Misterei. We put it to him that the Rapid Support Forces had issued a statement saying none of this ever happened – and asked him if their denial was credible?
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Sudan massacre: Dozens reportedly killed in one day in one town by RSF and Arab militia
For three months, Sudan’s Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in a fierce battle around the capital Khartoum. But their conflict has also rekindled ethnic violence in Darfur – echoing the atrocities of 20 years ago.
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‘What’s happening in Sudan has all characteristics of genocide,’ says former UN co-oridinator
We spoke to Mukesh Kapila the former UN Humanitarian coordinator in Sudan in 2003, when the conflict in Darfur began.
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Thousands of Sudanese flee West Darfur to Chad
The United Nations Human Rights office says it has ‘credible information’ that the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces or RSF – which is currently fighting the Sudanese army – is responsible for a mass grave in West Darfur.
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Sudan conflict: Not much ‘hope’ for ‘peaceful resolution’, says OHCHR country office chief in Sudan
We spoke to Gillian Kitley, Head of the Office of the UN’s high commissioner for human rights in Sudan.
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Chad: Inside the border town home to thousands of Sudanese fleeing war
Thousands of people have been killed and millions more have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan – since brutal fighting erupted in April between the country’s army and the rebel Rapid Support Forces. Sudan’s health ministry said an air strike on Saturday, which the army denies, killed at least 22 people in Omdurman.…
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Sudan: At least a thousand people killed in two months
In Sudan, fighting continues to rage between government troops and rebel militia forces, reaching a grim, two-month milestone this week. In that time, thousands have been killed and more than two million people displaced. Neighbouring Chad is the destination for an increasing number of them, and there are fears that in West Darfur, the war…
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US and Saudi officials announce 24-hour ceasefire in Sudan
US and Saudi officials say both sides in Sudan’s bitter armed conflict have agreed to a 24-hour, countrywide ceasefire starting tomorrow.
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Sudan: 19 killed and more than 100 injured after shelling in Khartoum
Nineteen people have been killed and 106 injured after a market in Khartoum was shelled using heavy artillery, according to the Sudanese Doctors Trade Union.
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Sudan-Chad border: ‘Almost 90% of new arrivals are women and children’ says UNHCR spokesperson
We spoke to Eujin Byun from the UNHCR, who has just come back from Sudan’s border with Chad.