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Death, disease and despair as fighting closes in on besieged Sudanese city

Darfur is on the cusp of another massacre as fighting intensifies around El Fasher, the last city in the region not controlled by the Rapid Support Forces

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2024

'Constant Terror' In Key Darfur City As Fighting Closes In

Sudanese shop owner Ishaq Mohammed has been trapped in his home for a month, sheltering from violence in El-Fasher, the last major city in the country's vast Darfur region not under paramilitary control.

International Business Times · May 9, 2024

UN warns of possible imminent attack on city in Sudan’s North Darfur

Attack on al-Fashir would have ‘devastating consequences’ for civilians in area already on brink of famine, UN says.

Al Jazeera · Apr 26, 2024

‘Real hell’: Deadly fighting escalates in Sudan as truce expires

New outburst of violence in North Darfur state has left at least 40 people dead, activists and residents say.

Al Jazeera · Jun 4, 2023

Supplies running out at Sudan’s remaining hospitals as healthcare disaster looms

In El Fasher, in North Darfur, only one hospital remains functional, with bomb damage, power cuts and only weeks until lifesaving equipment and drugs run out

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023

US Congress Delegation Visits Sudan’s Darfur

US ambassador to Sudan, John Godfrey arrived in North Darfur on Saturday at the head of a Congress delegation. This was the first visit by an American ambassador to the Sudanese region since tensions between Khartoum and Washington led to their lowering of diplomatic representation in the 1990s. The delegation…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 11, 2022

Violence in Sudan’s Darfur Lays Bare Deepening Crisis

Attacks on UN facilities, a surge in tribal clashes, lootings, rape, and anti-coup protests -- Sudan's Darfur region is reeling from a widening security gap after last year's coup. Sudan is one of the world's poorest countries but the vast, arid Darfur region has for years suffered more than its…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 19, 2022

Sudan's Burhan Says Army Will Only Hand Over Power to Elected Gov’t

Head of Sudan’s Sovereign Transitional Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in controversial statements from Darfur that the army will only hand over power to an elected civilian government or if a national consensus is reached. His remarks were made on Wednesday while presiding over a meeting of the Permanent…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022