‘UAE has encircled Sudan in a ring of fire’ research team tells US Congress and links Kenya and Ethiopia to Darfur killings
Tiny in size but enormously wealthy, the Emirates supports a network of factions across the region to spread its influence. In long-divided Libya, the UAE has supported forces of the military strongman Khalifa Hifter against Islamist and other militias based in the capital, Tripoli.
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.
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.
Rights defenders welcome first conviction by world court on past atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur
Conflict now rages in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – born out of the Janjaweed militias – and Sudan’s military. Tensions erupted in 2023 between the two previous allies that were meant to oversee a democratic transition after a 2019 uprising.
Sudan: Landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains
Hundreds of people die every year in seasonal rains that run from July to October. Last year’s heavy rainfall caused the collapse of a dam in the eastern Red Sea Province, killing at least 30 people, according to the UN.
Rapid Support Force rebels leave tales of horror in after attack on village in Sudan’s Kordofan region
In this photo released by the NGO Mercy Corps, Sudanese families displaced by RSF attacks in Kordofan take shelter in a football stadium in Kadugli, South Kordofan province, on May 27, 2025.
