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UN human rights council orders investigation into atrocities in Sudan

The United Nations' top rights body on Friday adopted a resolution ordering an independent fact-finding mission to urgently investigate reports of human rights violations in the Sudanese city of El Fasher, where paramilitary forces are accused of mass killings and other atrocities.

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UN human rights body holds special session on Sudan after hundreds killed in Darfur's el-Fasher

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding a one-day special session to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region and other atrocities committed last month by paramilitary forces fighting the army

The Independent UK

Top adviser to Sudan's paramilitary leader says Rubio's comments hinder truce efforts

A senior adviser to the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces says U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments calling for a halt to the flow of military support coming to the RSF from abroad may jeopardize global efforts aimed at reaching a ceasefire

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UN warns aid ‘on the brink of collapse’ in Sudan after paramilitary forces seize major city

Relief groups say hunger and disease are worsening, while survivors describe horrific violence at the hands of the Rapid Support Forces

The Independent UK

G7 foreign ministers show support for Ukraine after talks in Canada, but avoid issues like trade

The G7 ministers said in a joint statement at the conclusion of the two-day gathering that they are increasing the economic costs to Russia and exploring measures against those who finance Russia’s war efforts.

Euronews

Sudan's worsening situation leaves 2 out of every 3 people in need of aid, UN official says

U.N. humanitarian affairs and relief head Tom Fletcher has told The Associated Press that the situation is getting “horrific for civilians” in Sudan

The Independent UK

Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city

Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutrition

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Why has Sudan descended into mass slaughter? The answer goes far beyond simple ethnic conflict

The recent capture of the western Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been followed by allegations of appalling war crimes: massacres, looting and rapes.

The Conversation

Warning issued as Sudan humanitarian operations ‘on the brink of collapse’

The International Organization for Migration said more funding is needed to prevent aid from halting completely

The Independent UK

Sudan medics accuse paramilitary forces of burning bodies in mass graves to ‘conceal genocide’

The Sudan Doctors Network said the RSF had attempted to conceal evidence of mass killings

The Independent UK

Sudan war displaces 2,000 in three days as North Kordofan becomes new flashpoint

More and more people are seeking refuge in overcrowded camps

The Independent UK

Sudan’s civilians flee mounting atrocities as Darfur’s war deepens

Tens of thousands of Sudanese are on the move once again, fleeing reported atrocities after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the key western city of el-Fasher late last month.

Radio France Internationale

Thousands flee to overcrowded camps after Sudan's paramilitary captures el-Fasher

Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled to overcrowded camps to escape atrocities by a paramilitary force since it captured el-Fasher in the Western Darfur region

The Independent UK

Social media videos, satellite images capture snapshot of atrocities in Sudan

New analysis of online videos, satellite images and eyewitness accounts has painted a chilling picture of atrocities committed during the capture of El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. The findings reveal a campaign of violence against civilians that researchers say could constitute war crimes.

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UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide

Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher

The Independent UK

Outside powers' reported backing for Sudan's warring sides helps fuel fighting as atrocities mount

For more than two years, Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force have torn the country apart in a war for power, both digging in against peace efforts even as atrocities mount and starvation spreads

The Conversation

Can the world prevent a genocide in Sudan?

Two years ago, a power struggle erupted between two factions of Sudan’s military. Today, this conflict is spiralling out of control, with thousands being killed in what a United Nations report has called “slaughterhouses”.

The Independent UK

Sudan’s paramilitary forces agree to US proposal for humanitarian ceasefire

The RSF has been accused of atrocities in el-Fasher since taking the city in October

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Sudanese militia group accused of war crimes agrees to a ceasefire

International mediators broker three-month halt to civil war as further evidence emerges of mass civilian killings

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Kidnapped, killed or silenced: Africa's journalists increasingly under threat

Across Africa, journalists are being kidnapped, tortured and killed – often by people whose identities are known but who face no punishment. Reports gathered by RFI and press freedom groups show these incidents spreading from Burkina Faso to Guinea and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where journalists who refuse to…

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Sudan's paramilitary group said it agrees on truce proposed by U.S.-led mediator group

The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said it has agreed to a humanitarian truce that was proposed by U.S.-led mediator group, also known as the Quad

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Fighting spreads to North Kordofan as Sudan’s war turns deadlier

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are battling the army for control of North Kordofan, opening a dangerous new phase in a war that began in April 2023 and has caused what the United Nations has called “the world’s worst crisis”.

The Independent UK

‘The Butcher of El-Fasher’ arrested after bragging on TikTok about slaughtering over 2,000 people

Over 150,000 people have been killed in Sudan in what the UN has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis

Evening Standard

Moment ‘psychopathic’ soldier who filmed war crimes in Sudan arrested

The military commander has been branded a “narcissistic psychopath” by a criminal psychologist evaluating the footage

The Independent UK

Sudan's paramilitary kills at least 40 people as fighting spreads into Kordofan region

Sudan's paramilitary force has attacked the city of el-Obeid, killing at least 40 civilians

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