International mediators broker three-month halt to civil war as further evidence emerges of mass civilian killings A Sudanese paramilitary group accused of killing thousands of unarmed civilians in an ethnically motivated massacre has agreed to a truce. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is facing mounting criticism over apparent war crimes committed by its fighters … Read more
After mass killings in El Fasher and four years on from a coup, UAE now admits its Sudan policy has gone wrong The United Arab Emirates’ diplomatic machine is for the first time admitting to mistakes in its Sudan policy after suffering reputational damage over its support for the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese paramilitary … Read more
António Guterres calls for the violence to end but there appears little appetite for ceasefire proposed by US The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said the war in Sudan is spiralling out of control as he called for a halt to the fighting and an end to the violence. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), … Read more
My colleague Declan Walsh writes about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur — and how the world is now largely looking away.
International Organization for Migration says refugees are heading to Tawila, which is already sheltering 652,000 displaced people More than 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region east of Darfur since Saturday, the UN’s migration agency has said, a week after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the city of El Fasher. The strategic … Read more
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured the city from the army after an 18-month siege – but who are they and what do they want? Another devastating chapter in Sudan’s brutal civil war has taken place as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured El Fasher from the army after an 18-month siege that trapped tens of … Read more
Reports of indiscriminate violence and ethnic targeting in El Fasher have led to growing global outrage Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim to have arrested several of their fighters after outrage over the extent of killing in the city of El Fasher continues to build. But the paramilitary group’s move has been greeted with scepticism … Read more
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF Diplomats and senior UN figures speaking at the UN security council have condemned mass killings by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher after the Sudanese city “descended into an even darker hell” following the paramilitary group’s … Read more
Rapid Support Forces, which claimed control of El Fasher on Sunday, reportedly killed at least 460 people ‘in cold blood’ Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher, according to the World Health Organization and the Sudan Doctors Network, after the paramilitary group claimed control of the … Read more
Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan confirmed that Sudan’s military had retreated from El Fasher, a decisive shift in control of the country’s sprawling Darfur region.