In a new twist in Sudan’s civil war, a notorious tribal chief has re-emerged from obscurity to support the army. Named Musa Hilal, he is the original leader of the nomadic (also referred to as “Arab”) tribal militias, known as the Janjaweed, responsible for atrocities during the Darfur War that…
Domestic rivalries and external players pollute the Sudanese information space. A year into the civil war in Sudan, the humanitarian costs have been staggering – but the news coverage has been minimal. A conflict on this scale should top the news agenda but it has been relegated to the back…
Attack on al-Fashir would have ‘devastating consequences’ for civilians in area already on brink of famine, UN says. The United Nations has sounded the alarm about a possible imminent attack on al-Fashir, in Sudan’s North Darfur, as the global body seeks to reduce tensions in the last major city in…
Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to United Nations agencies and development groups. Extreme weather events and economic shocks added to the number of those facing acute food insecurity, which…
Lawmakers say Hemedti’s and the RSF’s activities and abuses make them deserving of sanctions from the United States. United States senators have written an open letter to US President Joe Biden, calling on him to recognise Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its leader, General Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, as…
Aid deliveries follow talks to reopen humanitarian corridors from Chad amid warnings that millions face acute hunger. The United Nations has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region for the first time in months amid warnings of impending famine caused by a yearlong war and lack of access to…
In Sudan’s war, even making food for the poor is dangerous. On March 23, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrested activists from the Sharq al-Nile neighbourhood in the war-torn capital, Khartoum, while they were supervising soup kitchens feeding thousands of hungry people every day. The recent arrests in Khartoum…
One year after the start of the war in Sudan, children are dying of hunger and sick people are not buying medicine so that they can afford food as the population slips towards famine. In mid-April last year, a rivalry between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the head of…
Griffiths has worked as the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs for three years. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who has played a key role in pressing for aid to the Gaza Strip and led earlier efforts for Yemen, has announced he will step down due to ill health. Griffiths, who…
UN aid chief says 730,000 Sudanese children are thought to suffer from ‘severe’ malnutrition. Nearly five million people in Sudan are at risk of “catastrophic” hunger in the coming months, the United Nations has warned, calling for the country’s warring parties to allow aid deliveries. In a note to the…
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