With 150,000 people killed and 12 million displaced, Sudan’s Darfur region stares at another genocide
Two-and-a-half years since the war started, the situation is at its most volatile, exacerbating the suffering of the Sudanese people and threatening regional stability. African and international action has been slow. Unchecked, history is doomed to repeat itself.
Sudan wants UN to sanction Kenya, UAE and other countries suspected of arming RSF rebels
Osman Aksha also cited the UN Security Council Panel of Experts report (S/2024/65), which confirms that the United Arab Emirates has supplied the RSF with drones and weapons in violation of the Darfur arms embargo.
Tanzania’s president accuses unnamed foreign nations of sponsoring nationwide post-election violence
Gas stations and grocery shops were still closed on Monday in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, with streets nearly empty. In Dodoma, most people stayed home. The government has postponed the reopening of universities, which had been set for November 3.
Africa election thievery: Paradox of continent with world’s youngest population ruled by oldest presidents
A former vice president who rose to the presidency after the death of predecessor John Pombe Magufuli, Hassan’s emergence as Tanzania’s first female president in 2021, at first brought hopes to millions after the government’s repressive tactics against opposition leaders, civic groups, journalists and others.
WHO: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces ‘cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside Saudi Hospital’
UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee, and others shot as they tried to escape.
Rapid Support Forces fighters’ takeover of Darfur capital l Fasher, a ‘terrible escalation’ in Sudanese conflict
In comments in Malaysia on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the fall of El Fasher marked a “terrible escalation” in the war and called for ceasing foreign military support to the warring parties.
Sudan National Army pulls out of key stronghold in North Darfur as paramilitaries go on rampage
In a statement late Sunday, the HRL reported that it has identified activities likely showing RSF taking prisoners in and around the airfield area, which was the main base of military operations.
Cameroon becomes latest African country to feature on abduction and kidnapping list of opposition figures
Kidnapping has become ha popular method of incumbents upending rivals in election contests. In Kenya, kidnapping and abduction of opposition leaders and their allies have become a preferred style of dealing with opposition.
Ukraine war: Putin tells Trump ‘no self-respecting country and no self-respecting people ever decides anything under pressure’
Putin derided the sanctions as an unfriendly act, saying they would not significantly affect the Russian economy and talked up Russia’s importance to the global market. He warned a sharp supply drop would push up prices and be uncomfortable for countries like the United States.
Killed and displaced with guns, residents of eastern Congo face another crisis: Land grabs and assassinations by M23 rebels in Rutshuru
It is widely believed that Rwanda’s current support for the M23 is driven by geopolitical and economic interests, although the Congolese army has given it a pretext by allying with various militias, including the FDLR, to strengthen its ranks against the rebels.
