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Peace in Sudan depends on justice for the Darfur genocide

I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan investigating reports of violence. What I saw was a genocide unfolding on my watch.

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UN urges Sudan's warring parties to honor 7-day cease-fire that began Monday night

The U.N. envoy for Sudan is urging the country's warring generals to honor a seven-day cease-fire

The Independent UK

No escape, no aid as fighting intensifies in Sudan’s West Darfur

While attention has focused on the conflict in Khartoum, an uptick in violence in el-Geneina is terrifying residents.

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Sudan: Desperate civilians take up arms to defend themselves against militias in Darfur

As clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue to rock Sudan, Janjaweed fighters – affiliated with the RSF – have been spreading terror in West Darfur, particularly in the city of Geneina. Several waves of attacks have been reported, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties,…

France 24

A second exile: Sudanese refugees flee again to destitute Chad

Fleeing the village to escape from attackers, crossing a desert border, building a shelter from straw and rags, waiting for food aid: these are familiar hardships for Halime Adam Moussa, who has fled Sudan for Chad with her family for a second time.

Reuters

Fighting rages in West Darfur as Sudan marks one month of warfare

Human rights groups and civilians say another wave of deadly attacks has hit West Darfur’s capital, el-Geneina.

Al Jazeera

Sudan is awash with weapons: how the two forces compare and what that means for the war

Armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has escalated following an outbreak of violence in April 2023. There is intensive fighting in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, neighbouring Omdurman and elsewhere, including Darfur.

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Why is the Darfur region so central to fighting in Sudan?

Rapid Support Forces faction likely to fall back to lawless stronghold if fight with regular army fails in capital

The Guardian - UK

Communal violence and civilian deaths in Sudan fuel fears of widening conflict

Fighting reported in far south and communal clashes in Darfur, amid power struggle between generals

The Guardian - UK

Sudan deepens crisis in Africa as UN sees 5 million more needing aid

When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to take her five children and run.

Reuters

‘An imminent catastrophe’: Healthcare disaster looms in Darfur

Following a week of fighting and looting, civilians are left with no access to drinking water, food and healthcare.

Al Jazeera

How the latest conflict in Sudan began

The US believes there is little chance of a ceasefire in Sudan as neither side has an incentive to stop warring.

The Week

UN admits diplomatic 'failure' as fighting continues in Sudan

Gunfire and explosions could be heard in Khartoum for a 20th straight day on Thursday after the latest ceasefire expired on Wednesday. Earlier, UN chief Antonio Guterres acknowledged the international community had "failed" Sudan. The UN refugee agency also reiterated calls for donors to help support the thousands of civilians…

Radio France Internationale

Sudan: the longer the conflict lasts, the higher the risk of a regional war

The 2019 Sudan uprisings that ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir and installed a military-civilian transitional government gave hope that the northern African country could finally transition to democratic rule. The country has been ruled by the military for most of its independence since 1956.

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Could an old tribal foe undercut Sudan’s Hemedti?

The RSF could be more vulnerable in its stronghold in Darfur, where a rival foe is challenging Hemedti.

France 24

How to stop it? Sudan's neighbours feel spillover of deadly showdown

If the international community secretly hoped it could stay out of the crisis in Sudan, and that maybe one of the country's two warring generals could settle their long-simmering rivalry with a quick blow, it's now time to face reality. With no clear winner in sight, nearly three weeks in,…

Al Jazeera

What does fighting in Darfur mean for Sudan’s western frontier?

The power vacuum in western Darfur state risks drawing in fighters and weapons from Libya, CAR and Chad, analysts say.

The Guardian - UK

Civilians attacked in Darfur region as Sudan fighting escalates

UN refugee agency ‘extremely concerned’ about effect on ‘fragile’ region, as evidence emerges of widespread destruction

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Mass exodus from Sudan as deadly fighting enters third week

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have fled Khartoum and the Darfur region to seek refuge in neighbouring countries amid ongoing deadly clashes between Sudan’s army and the rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). But the violence that grips the country is making it hard for them to leave.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Clashes Rock Sudan Despite Truce as Ex-PM Warns of ‘Nightmare’

Heavy fighting again rocked Sudan's capital Sunday as tens of thousands have fled the bloody turmoil and a former prime minister warned of the "nightmare" risk of a descent into full-scale civil war. Army forces clashed with paramilitaries in downtown Khartoum as deadly hostilities have entered a third week despite…

Reuters

Sudan risks long conflict as entrenched rivals struggle for control

Sudan's warring factions are locked in a conflict that two weeks of fighting shows neither can easily win, raising the spectre of a drawn-out war between an agile paramilitary force and the better-equipped army that could destabilise a fragile region.

Reuters

A race to the border after childbirth as fighting forces Sudanese to flee

As armed militias attacked and pillaged her village near the town of El Geneina in the western Darfur region of Sudan, pregnant 23-year-old Zamzam Adam was stranded, in labour, and alone, as neighbours fled across the border into Chad.

Al Jazeera

UN raises Darfur alarm as battles rage in Sudan despite truce

The fighting has reawakened a two-decade-old conflict in the western Darfur region where many have died this week.

Radio France Internationale

Fierce fighting rages across Sudan despite ceasefire extension

Sudanese fighter jets pounded paramilitary positions in Khartoum on Thursday while deadly fighting and looting flared in Darfur, despite the army and a rival force agreeing to extend a ceasefire deal.

Reuters

How Sudan's military factions set path to war as mediation stalled

Alarmed that movements of rival military factions in Sudan could bring bloodshed, a group of mediators pushed for last-ditch talks between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo two weeks ago.

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