Two Darfur Rebel Groups Join Army in Fight Against RSF
After seven months of negotiations, the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) and the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) announced they would end their neutrality and fight the Rapid Support Forces with the army; the two groups have long had fraught relations with the army, but rebel leaders said the alliance is necessary to protect civilians from RSF atrocities (BBC)
Sudan Asks UN to End Political Mission in the Country
The government said the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), which had been established to help aid a political transition after mass protests in 2018, has been “disappointing” while the country has been engulfed in a civil war since April (Reuters)
UN: Attacks Killed At Least 800 Sudanese in Darfur Earlier This Month
Local monitors say the death toll is closer to 1,300, while 2,000 were injured and 8,000 fled to Chad; the killings were reportedly perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Arab militias against the Masalit community for several days after they seized a key army base in West Darfur on November 2 (AP;Al Jazeera)
UN: Spate of Killings in Sudan’s West Darfur Targeted Ethnic Masalit Community
Arab militias allied with the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces have killed hundreds of members of the non-Arab Masalit community in Sudan’s West Darfur region in recent days, witnesses said (BBC)
A UN spokesperson said that the Masalit had been targeted and faced “serious human rights violations;” thousands of people have fled the region amid fears of ethnic cleansing (Bloomberg)
Warring Sudanese Factions Agree on Humanitarian Access but No Cease-Fire
The Sudanese army and rebel fighters agreed to work with the United Nations to ensure the delivery of aid but fell short of agreeing to a cease-fire at the latest round of their talks in Saudi Arabia, Saudi officials said (AFP)
Egypt and South Sudan Request Inclusion in Sudan Peace Talks
The leaders of the two countries met in Cairo and said they should be involved in talks because they understand “the nature of the crisis and its tribal complexities” (Sudan Tribune)
Meanwhile, the UN said the war in Sudan has “put on hold” talks over the disputed Abyei region that showed signs of progress earlier this year (UN)
WHO Warns of Disease Outbreaks in Sudan
A World Health Organization official said the “health system in Sudan is stretched to breaking point,” with 70 to 80 percent of health facilities non-functional in conflict hotspots amid rising malnutrition and disease spread (VOA)
Sudan’s Army Accepts Invitation to Attend Talks on Pausing War
The talks are due to occur in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the site of previous U.S.- and Saudi-mediated talks that failed to stem fighting at the outset of the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (Reuters)
UK Minister: Violence in Western Sudan Bears All Hallmarks of Ethnic Cleansing
It marks the first time that the British government has used the term to describe events in the Sudanese war that began in April; armed militias have set at least sixty-eight villages on fire in Darfur (BBC)
South Sudan’s President Says He Will Host Warring Sudanese Parties for Peace Talks
The press office of President Salva Kiir Mayardit said yesterday that the talks would occur next week in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, but did not mention who will attend (BBC)
UN Approves Fact-Finding Mission to Investigate Abuses in Sudan
The UN Human Rights Council narrowly adopted the resolution by the United States, Norway, and the United Kingdom based on allegations of human rights abuses in Sudan’s conflict, which has killed over nine thousand people (AP)
Iran and Sudan Agree to Re-establish Diplomatic Ties
The decision comes seven years after Sudan broke off diplomatic relations due to the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran and three months after the countries’ foreign ministers met (Reuters)
Ten Civilians Killed in Paramilitary Shelling in Khartoum
The bombardment by the Rapid Security Forces reportedly hit homes, a medical center, and a mosque (AFP)
NYT: UAE Is Arming Rebel Fighters in Sudan’s Conflict
By providing arms and medical care for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, the UAE is reportedly fueling the continuation of Sudan’s conflict; the support, which the UAE says is saving refugees, is being funneled through a Chadian airfield across the Sudanese border in an operation Emirati officials say is purely humanitarian (NYT)
WHO Reports Cholera, Dengue Outbreaks Amid Sudan War
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the outbreaks in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are staying in crowded camps as the war between the country’s military and a paramilitary force persists (AP)
Fighting Breaks Out in Port Sudan
The conflict in Sudan has mostly spared the northeastern part of the country, but tribal militia clashed with the military for the first time; some tribes fear that the military’s dominance in the region threatens tribal control of land, and recruitment drives could reignite local disputes (Al Jazeera)
Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Addresses UN General Assembly
While Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, issued a video address from an undisclosed location (Reuters)
Dagalo said that his forces were ready for a cease-fire and talks to end the conflict; Burhan called for other countries to denounce the RSF as a terrorist group (Al Jazeera)
Ukraine Special Forces Target Wagner-Backed Rebels in Sudan
A Ukrainian military source indicated that Ukrainian special forces were behind at least eight drone strikes and a ground operation targeting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) near the Sudanese capital of Khartoum (CNN)
Meanwhile, UN agencies continue to raise the alarm over Sudan’s health crisis as more than 1,200 children have died of suspected measles and malnutrition in Sudanese refugee camps (Reuters)
Landmarks in Khartoum Engulfed in Flames
Landmark buildings, including the Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company tower and the Ministry of Justice, were engulfed amid the country’s ongoing civil war; a committee of pro-democracy lawyers said dozens of civilians have been killed since Friday (The Guardian)
Looting Spreads in Khartoum as Homeowners Flee
With no functioning police force and ongoing fighting, criminal gangs and people in need are looting homes, stores, and factories in the capital as law and order breaks down (BBC)
Drone Strike on Open Market Kills At Least Forty-three People
The drone struck in a neighborhood south of Sudan’s capital, the Sudan Doctors’ Union said; more than four thousand people have been killed since fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force in April, according to the United Nations (AP)
Sudan Army Chief: Sudan Will be Divided If Conflict Not Resolved
General Abdel Fattah Burhan has sent mixed messages on his willingness to negotiate, talking about the importance of resolving the conflict quickly after giving a speech ruling out reconciliation with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and vowing to defeat them (AP)
Sudanese General Holds Talks With Egypt’s President
It is the first trip out of the country for Sudan’s top military officer, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, since a conflict with a rival paramilitary force broke out in April; Egypt has been one of many countries trying to mediate an end to Sudan’s civil war (AP)
RSF Leader Claims Group Open To Cease-fire With Sudanese Army
The country is in its twentieth week of fighting (Reuters)
UN Says Sudan War Is ‘Spiraling Out of Control’ With One Million Refugees
After four months, the conflict in Sudan is “spiraling out of control,” UN agencies said yesterday in a joint statement; more than one million people have now fled to neighboring countries, while over three million are displaced within Sudan’s borders, according to the International Organization for Migration (Reuters)
While the United Nations has called on parties involved in the conflict to end their fighting, repeated efforts by the United States and Saudi Arabia to broker a long-lasting cease-fire have failed; the United Nations estimates that more than four thousand people have been killed so far during the war, with many victims also facing sexual violence (UN News)
Humanitarian aid groups have struggled to access parts of the country, while aid workers have been targeted. Many Sudanese who have remained in the country are running out of food and are cut off from access to healthcare (Guardian)