‘UAE has encircled Sudan in a ring of fire’ research team tells US Congress and links Kenya and Ethiopia to Darfur killings

‘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.

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Sudan wants UN to sanction Kenya, UAE and other countries suspected of arming RSF rebels

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.

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WHO: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces ‘cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside Saudi Hospital’

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.

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Rapid Support Forces fighters’ takeover of Darfur capital l Fasher, a ‘terrible escalation’ in Sudanese conflict

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.

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Sudan National Army pulls out of key stronghold in North Darfur as paramilitaries go on rampage

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.

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Rights defenders welcome first conviction by world court on past atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur

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.

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Money for Mayhem: Researcher says drones, disinformation and guns-for-hire are redefining African wars

Money for Mayhem: Researcher says drones, disinformation and guns-for-hire are redefining African wars

There are the Chinese private security companies, protecting Chinese investments and citizens in Africa. Their rise mirrors Beijing’s deepening footprint, where it is pouring billions into infrastructure and mining projects. In volatile nations like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and South Sudan, weak and unreliable local security forces have created a vacuum that’s being filled by Chinese security contractors.

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Sudan: Landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains

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.

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Rapid Support Force rebels leave tales of horror in after attack on village in Sudan’s Kordofan region

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.

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Released from prison in neighbouring Sudan, South Sudanese exiles feel lost when they return home

Released from prison in neighbouring Sudan, South Sudanese exiles feel lost when they return home

As a young man in the mid-1980s, Daud Mahmoud Abdullah left his home in Aweil in South Sudan and headed north. It was a time of war. South Sudan was still part of Sudan and was fighting for independence, in a conflict that would claim about two million lives. He...

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