Paramilitary RSF say they have seized Sudan’s second city
Cairo, EgyptReuters The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that have been battling Sudan’s army for control of the country said they had seized Nyala, its second largest city, on Thursday. The seizure of the capital of South Darfur state in the west of the country could mark a turning point in Sudan’s six-month war, and comes […]
Civilians killed in crossfire in Sudan’s second city as war spreads
Reuters As shells rained down on her neighbourhood in Sudan’s Nyala city on 23rd August, Mahla Adam decided to rush home instead of sheltering under a nearby bridge as she and many others had done during countless clashes. But this time, a projectile hit next to the bridge, and when she returned she said she […]
Fighting flares in South Darfur amid fears of expanded civil war
Reuters Violence flared in the western Sudanese city of Nyala and elsewhere in the state of South Darfur on Sunday, witnesses said, threatening to engulf the region in Sudan’s protracted war. The conflict has brought daily battles to the streets of the capital of Khartoum, a revival of ethnically targeted attacks in West Darfur, and […]
Sudan war enters 100th day as mediation attempts fail
Reuters Clashes flared in parts of Sudan on the 100th day of the war on Sunday as mediation attempts by regional and international powers failed to find a path out of an increasingly intractable conflict. The fighting broke out on 15th April as the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces vied for power. Since then, […]
Sudan’s RSF says it seized police base as fighting rages
Reuters Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it had seized the main base of a heavily armed police unit on Sunday as it sought an edge in its war with the army during heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum. The RSF in a statement said it had taken full control of the large base belonging […]
Sudan’s western cities under fire as war spreads
Cairo, EgyptReuters Fighting rocked several cities in western Sudan on Wednesday in an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war as a regional governor was killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on the country’s paramilitary force. The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a humanitarian crisis in […]
Heavy fighting in Sudan’s capital as food aid needs grow; witnesses recount church attack
Khartoum, SudanReuters Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan’s capital on Thursday as clashes flared near a military camp, witnesses said, in fighting that has displaced nearly one million people and left residents of Khartoum struggling to survive. Air strikes by the army targeting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces were heard across several residential […]
Sudanese Christians beaten before release
World Watch Monitor Sudanese police released 10 Darfuri Christians on Sunday after they faced severe pressure for their faith and were beaten, a local source has told World Watch Monitor. The 10 were part of a group of 13 Christians who were taken by security officials from a home they shared in the city of Nyala, southwest […]
In Sudan, 13 Christians arrested in Darfur; another church told to hand over property
World Watch Monitor Sudanese security officials arrested 13 Christians in the western region of Darfur on Saturday. The Christians were taken from a home they share in the city of Nyala, southwest Darfur, by officials belonging to the National Intelligence and Security Services but it is not clear on what charges, a local source told World […]