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Civil War in Sudan

“Alarming Number” of Rapes in Sudan Draws UN Condemnation

  • Aid agencies said girls as young as twelve have been subject to abduction and rape as the UN reported a “marked increase” in gender-based violence (Al Jazeera; Reuters)

Iran and Sudan Plan to Restore Diplomatic Ties

  • Acting Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Sadeq thanked Iran for humanitarian aid amid the ongoing conflict after the two sides announced plans to re-establish relations as soon as possible (Reuters)
  • Meanwhile, the Africa director of the Red Cross said the humanitarian situation is worsening, with 70 percent of the capital’s hospitals destroyed (France 24)

Sudanese Army Tries to Cut Off RSF Supply Lines

  • Residents said fighting in Omdurman was the worst they have seen as the army bombards Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions, and the RSF claimed to have shot down an army jet; the RSF has been bringing reinforcements from Darfur and Kordofan into Omdurman and across bridges to Khartoum, which the army hopes to stop (Al Jazeera)

Fighting Intensifies as Sudan Enters Twelfth Week of Conflict

  • Attacks have continued in the air and on the ground around the capital, with the army focusing on air assaults and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) dominating on the ground, where it has been accused of looting and sexual assault (Reuters)

Rapid Support Forces Release 125 Sudanese Soldiers

  • The deal was brokered by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the humanitarian group said (AP)

RSF Announces Seizure of Khartoum Police Base

  • The paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces said it seized a major police base in the capital, Khartoum, on Sunday and posted videos of its fighters inside the facility; witnesses also reported violence escalating in Sudan’s western Darfur region (Reuters)

Sudan’s Warring Sides Escalate Attacks After Three-Day Cease-Fire Ends

  • Rival military groups have been fighting in Sudan for over two months, and cease-fires have been repeatedly broken; the United States and Saudi Arabia said they could stop holding talks if the warring sides continue to violate such truce agreements (Reuters)

International Donors Raise $1.5 Billion for Sudan War

  • A Sudan-focused conference yesterday in Geneva raised only half of what the United Nations says is necessary to aid the war-torn country; the United Nations estimates twenty-five million people, more than half of Sudan’s population, are in need of aid (Bloomberg)

Governor of Sudan’s West Darfur State Killed After Appealing for Civilian Protections

  • Hours before Khamis Abdallah Abkar was assassinated yesterday, he gave a telephone interview accusing the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other militias of killing civilians, and made an appeal for international intervention; the Sudanese army issued a statement saying that the RSF had arrested and assassinated him (Sudan Tribune)

UN: War in Sudan Has Displaced Nearly Two Million People Since April

  • Refugees fleeing the war in Sudan are part of some 110 million people who are forcibly displaced around the world, the UN refugee agency said in a new report (AP)

Lapse of Ceasefire Leads to Heavy Fighting

  • A cease-fire that lasted twenty-four hours between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces on Saturday allowed some humanitarian aid to be delivered; soon after, witnesses reported some of the most intense fighting since the conflict erupted eight weeks ago, with heavy gunfire heard in the capital, Khartoum (Reuters)

Sudan Truce Expires With No New Deal Set to Take Its Place

  • Fighting intensified in several areas of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and in North Darfur state yesterday after a cease-fire between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) expired on Saturday; talks on Friday to extend the cease-fire failed to yield any progress (Reuters)

United States Imposes Sanctions Following Failed Ceasefire

  • The United States sanctioned parties from both warring sides in Sudan’s conflict after they broke a previously negotiated cease-fire (AFP)

Sudanese Official Says Army Suspended Cease-Fire Talks

  • Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan pulled out of talks that had guaranteed a tenuous truce for just over a week, a Sudanese official said; the cease-fire between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had been extended on Monday for an additional five days after being repeatedly violated (AFP)

Ceasefire Grants Khartoum Reprieve

  • Residents of the capital, Khartoum, said there has been relative calm in the city amid a seven-day cease-fire between Sudan’s warring military factions, though some fighting was reported shortly after the truce began on Monday night (BBC)

Clashes Continue in Sudan Despite Seven-Day Cease-Fire

  • Witnesses saw fighter jets flying over Sudan’s capital of Khartoum and heard clashes in the city today despite a weeklong cease-fire that was scheduled to begin at 9:45 local time last night; shortly before the truce was due to take effect, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group shared a video that thanked the United States and Saudi Arabia for mediating the group’s peace talks with rival military forces but told RSF fighters that “we will not retreat” (Reuters)
  • A UN envoy to Sudan warned the UN Security Council yesterday that the “ethnicization” of the conflict risked prolonging the violence (Reuters)
  • More than seven hundred people have been killed in five weeks of fighting, he said; over one million others are internally displaced (VOA)

Sudan’s Warring Factions Agree to Cease-Fire Mediated by U.S., Saudi Arabia

  • The seven-day truce is set to go into effect this evening and will be enforced by an “international-supported ceasefire monitoring mechanism,” the United States and Saudi Arabia said (BBC)

Air Strikes Batter Khartoum

  • Air strikes pummeled the capital, Khartoum, and the adjoining city of Bahri as fighting between rival military factions entered its fifth week (Reuters)

UN Calls for $3 Billion in Humanitarian Aid to Sudan, Neighbors

  • As fighting in Sudan enters its second month, the United Nations estimates that twenty-five million people, or more than half of the country’s population, need aid and protection (AFP)

Sudan’s Military Chief Orders Freeze on Financial Assets of Opponent

  • General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ordered the freeze on accounts linked to the rival military faction known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Burhan replaced Sudan’s Central Bank governor over the weekend (AP)

Warring Sides Agree to Protect Civilians

  • As part of peace talks brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia, Sudan’s warring military factions agreed to protect civilians and allow humanitarian aid into the country, but did not say they would stop fighting (Al Jazeera)

Western Nations Urge UN Rights Body to Monitor Abuses in Sudan

  • A grouping of mostly Western countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, called for the UN Human Rights Council to increase its monitoring of abuses in Sudan’s conflict during an emergency meeting of the council today; the Sudanese ambassador to the body opposed the suggestion, saying the conflict is an internal matter (Reuters)

IOM: Number of Internally Displaced People in Sudan Doubled in One Week

  • Fighting between rival militaries has left more than seven hundred thousand people displaced within Sudan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said; last Tuesday, that number stood at 340,000 (UN News)

One Hundred People Killed in Darfur, Hundreds of Miles From Sudan’s Capital Clashes

  • A Sudanese doctors’ union said at least one hundred people in the Darfur region died in clashes last month following the outbreak of fighting between military factions in Khartoum, a sign that the violence in Sudan’s capital could be spreading elsewhere in the country (AP)

Clashes in Sudan Continue Despite Fresh Cease-Fire Effort

  • Heavy fighting was reported across Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, despite both of Sudan’s warring parties agreeing to begin a seven-day truce today; more than five hundred people have been killed since the fighting broke out last month, Sudanese authorities said (Reuters)