May 8, 2024 (SHENDI) – Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah Wednesday firmly rejected any prospects for negotiation, peace, or ceasefire until the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are decisively defeated and eradicated. In mid-April 2023, fighting erupted in Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Francis G. Nazario Achieving political stability and building lasting peace in South Sudan requires addressing the root causes of conflicts, promoting good governance, and fostering economic development. Unfortunately, South Sudan has been grappling with internal conflicts and political instability since 2005.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 7, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – To combat the ongoing violence against women and girls in shelters, Sudan’s Ministry of Social Development’s Unit for Combating Violence against Children and Women is launching a training initiative for shelter staff.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 7, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudanese female journalists are increasingly targeted with online threats, harassment, and even physical attacks. This has driven some to flee the country, while others bravely continue their work amidst the dangers.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 7, 2024 (AL-OBEID) – In an early morning operation on Tuesday, the Sudanese army retook the Jabal al-Ain military base from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the strategic city of Al-Obeid, capital of North Kordofan State.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
Francis G. Nazario The security services in South Sudan use arbitrary arrests, among other tools, to suppress dissent and instil fear in the population. Most cases of arbitrary arrests that have occurred since 2005 in South Sudan, as reported in the media, lack legal justifications.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 6, 2024 (ABYEI) – The security situation in the Abyei Area has remained tense, with increased casualties associated with intercommunal clashes in southern and central Abyei, the UN Secretary General said in a report to the Security Council.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 6, 2024 (ANKARA) – Sudanese Sovereign Council leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Monday. Al-Burhan has been in Turkey since Saturday, where he attended the funerals of his son, who passed away in a motorcycle accident.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 6, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s Foreign Ministry distanced itself on Monday from comments critical of Saudi Arabia by some Sudanese writers and activists. Tensions rose recently after a video emerged showing Rapid Support Forces (RSF) celebrating military training in southern Saudi Arabia.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 6, 2024 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s First Vice President, Riek Machar on Sunday met with a member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Gen.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 5, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The Khartoum Bahri Emergency Room reported a significant rise in suspected dengue fever cases, nearing 1,000, on Sunday. This surge comes amidst a concerning lack of transparency from the Khartoum State Ministry of Health.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 5, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Fierce fighting has erupted between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Al-Faw axis, east of Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazira State in central Sudan.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 4, 2024 (GEDAREF) – Thousands of Sudanese refugees have fled camps run by the United Nations in Ethiopia in northern Ethiopia, protesting a lack of security, severe food shortages, and inadequate medical care.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 4, 2024 (JUBA) – In a breakthrough development, the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), led by Abdul Aziz al-Hilu, agreed on Saturday to deliver humanitarian aid to conflict-affected areas in South Kordofan State.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 4, 2024 (KAMPALA) – Sudanese journalists are facing a relentless assault as the country’s ongoing conflict between the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to wreak havoc on the media landscape.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 3, 2024 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, met with a Sudanese delegation headed by Lieutenant General Shams al-Din Kabbashi, a member of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, at the presidential palace in Juba Friday.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 4, 2024 (ANKARA) – Mohamed Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, son of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman and Army Commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, passed away on Friday in Turkey. He had been hospitalized since March after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle accident.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 3, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Discussions between Sudan and Russia last week in Port Sudan covered political support, economic and military cooperation, with Russia offering “uncapped” military assistance to the Sudanese army.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 2, 2024 (ATBARA) – Authorities in Nile River State, northern Sudan, have intensified efforts to remove displaced persons from schools and shelters in the city of Atbara. Over the past two days, evacuations have taken place at Al-Humaira and Badr schools in the Al-Hasaya neighbourhood.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 2, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that two of its drivers were killed by gunmen in South Darfur, Sudan on Thursday. Three other ICRC staff members were also injured in the attack.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 2, 2024 (KASSALA) – The situation for the displaced population worsens as the governor of Kassala state, Al-Sadiq Mohamed Al-Azraq, imposed strict restrictions on shelter centers in eastern Sudan. The measures include a ban on activities within the centers.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 30, 2024 (OUMDURMAN) – Resistance committees in Ombada locality, west of Omdurman, reported new deaths on Tuesday, highlighting a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the area. Children, according to the committee, succumbed to hunger while women died during childbirth owing to a lack of access to healthcare services.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 1 2024 (WASHINGTON) – At least 17 human rights organizations are calling on the Unite States government to clarify its legal position on supporting the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into recent atrocities in Darfur.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 1, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The President of Sudan’s Sovereign Council and military leader, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, approved a recommendation from Khartoum State to regulate the presence of foreigners and declare a state of emergency.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
May 1, 2024 (EL FASHER) – The Joint Force of the Armed Movements in Darfur accused the Sudanese army of killing two of its members in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 30, 2024 (LONDON) – A British MP has written to Foreign Secretary, David Cameron on what the UK and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are doing to resolve the deteriorating situation in war-torn Sudan.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 29, 2024 (NEW YORK) – The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, issued a stark warning Monday about the dire situation in El Fasher, Sudan. Speaking to reporters following a UN Security Council meeting on the crisis, she painted a grim picture of a city on the brink of a “large-scale massacre.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 30, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s Foreign Ministry harshly criticized Britain on Monday, accusing it of altering the format and agenda of a closed-door UN Security Council meeting on Sudan. The Ministry views this as complicity in atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 30, 2024 (EL FASHER) – Heavy fighting broke out in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, on Tuesday morning when Sudanese army warplanes launched airstrikes on Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions within the city.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 29, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of White Nile State, Omar Khalifa has imposed penalties against hate speech and racism in the state, under the emergency law. Tensions has been high in Sudan since the outbreak of war between the Sudanese army (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April last year, amid concerns over the total breakdown in service delivery systems.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 29, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov wrapped up his visit to Sudan on Monday, where he voiced Moscow’s support for the military-led government. Bogdanov, who also serves as a special representative for the Middle East and Africa, spent two days in Sudan, where he met with Sudan’s Sovereign Council leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Sudanese army chief.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune
April 29, 2024 (JUBA) – The peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said additional troops have been deployed and urgent integrated patrols launched in at least two hotspots to prevent a rise in intercommunal violence.
- Catégorie : Sudan Tribune