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‘Dangerous escalation’: Six UN staff killed in drone strike in Sudan’s Kordofan; government blames RSF

At least six people were killed after a strike hit a United Nations facility in Sudan’s southern Kordofan region, a medical source told news agency AFP on Saturday.“Six people were killed in a bombing of the UN headquarters while they were inside the building,” the medical source at Kadugli’s hospital said. Witnesses said that the […]

Sudan: One-sided truce prompts calls for humanitarian aid

File photo: A woman who fled el-Fasher, after Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people in the western Darfur region, rests at a camp in Tawila, Sudan. (Pictire credit: AP) Until Thursday, violence by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against Sudanese civilians was ongoing.However, on Thursday afternoon, the paramilitary group led by General Mohammed Hamdan […]

Sudan: After RSF takeover, atrocities feared in Darfur

Satellite image shows part of the Daraja Oula neighborhood of el-Fasher (Image credits: AP) Around 260,000 civilians are trapped in El Fasher, half of them children. For months, the city has been besieged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and cut off from the outside world. For a long time now, food has not […]

‘Access to about $1.0bn’: IMF, Pakistan agree on new deal; $200m tranche cleared under RSF

Pakistan has secured a $1.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. IMF on Tuesday said that it has reached a staff-level agreement with the South Asian country under its ongoing loan program, paving the way for Islamabad to access $1.2 billion pending approval from the Fund’s Executive Board.According to the official statement issued by […]

Sudan says may halt South Sudan oil exports after RSF attacks

Representative Image (AI-generated) Sudan’s army-aligned government has told energy firms to prepare to stop handling crude oil from South Sudan, which relies on its neighbour for exports, after attacks on key facilities, according to a letter seen by AFP.In the letter dated Friday, the Sudanese energy and petroleum ministry informed its South Sudanese counterpart that […]

Global Press Freedom at ‘all-time low’ in 2025, RSF says

Representative Image (AI) Global press freedoms were at an “all-time low,” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual ranking report on Friday, particularly noting a deterioration under US President Donald Trump.“More than half of the world’s population lives in countries with a ‘very serious’ situation,” the France-based, non-profit organization said in its report, released […]

RSF Paramilitary Chief Withdrawal: RSF paramilitary chief admits forces withdrew from Sudan capital

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) CAIRO: The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum, which rival army forces have retaken.The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo came three days after the group said there would be […]