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(MENAFN) A drone strike carried out by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck Al-Mazmoum Hospital in Sennar state late Sunday, killing three people and wounding seven others, including a medical worker, according to reports from...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization has reported 32 cases of rape among girls fleeing El-Fasher over the past week, as the city remains under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Fighting has intensified across Sudan’s three Kordofan states as the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) vie for control of strategic areas.

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(MENAFN) The Sudanese army successfully repelled a heavy attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday in Babnousa, West Kordofan, a military source said. “Troops from the 22nd Infantry Division in Babnousa thwarted an RSF...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese human rights organization alleged on Tuesday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) moved hundreds of civilians and captured soldiers from El-Fasher in North Darfur to detention facilities in Nyala, the capital of...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese human rights organization on Tuesday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of relocating hundreds of detained civilians and captured soldiers from El-Fasher in North Darfur to prisons in Nyala, the administrative...

International Committee of the Red Cross

Overview of the humanitarian situation Since mid-April 2023, the conflict in Sudan has forced over 12 million people from their homes – the highest displacement figure ever recorded for a single country.

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(MENAFN) Thousands of patients and wounded individuals in the Gaza Strip are confronting a precarious situation as the territory’s healthcare system nears total collapse, according to reports from medical sources.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s UN ambassador in Geneva on Tuesday described the situation in El-Fasher as genocidal, warning that civilians are facing famine-like conditions due to the blockade imposed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). "The humane tragedy...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of accumulating numerous corpses inside residences in Bara city, located in North Kordofan state. “Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes...

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(MENAFN) Saudi Arabia has called on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to "immediately" end what it described as serious abuses and to uphold their moral and humanitarian responsibilities by allowing aid to reach civilians in urgent...

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(MENAFN) A Sudanese medical organization has leveled serious accusations against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday, alleging the militia is imprisoning thousands of civilians within El-Fasher, North Darfur's capital, while...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced they had arrested several members accused of abuses following their capture of El Fasher, as the United Nations demanded urgent investigation into reports of mass killings, sexual...

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for $1 billion to respond to the world’s most critical health crises in 2026, warning that previous funding cuts have forced thousands of facilities to close and left millions without...

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(MENAFN) Saudi Arabia on Saturday strongly denounced a series of violent assaults carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, which struck a military hospital, a humanitarian convoy, and a bus transporting displaced civilians in North...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reportedly holding six healthcare workers in the city of Al-Fashir, demanding a ransom of $1 million for their release, according to statements from a local doctors’ network.

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(MENAFN) Emerging reports of large-scale killings in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher have led human rights and aid groups to describe the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the national army as a "continuation...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo — widely known as Hemedti — has acknowledged that his troops committed “some violations” against civilians during the recent capture of Al-Fashir, the capital of...

International Committee of the Red Cross

Pursuant to its protection mandate, the ICRC wishes to remind all parties to the conflict that civilians and all those who no longer take part in the hostilities must be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law (IHL). The ICRC...

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday pledged to reclaim El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, after his forces withdrew from the city, which has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since...