Darfur

Last Updated: April 21, 2023, 00:28 ISTSmoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum in Sudan on April 15, 2023. (Image: AP)More than 300 people have been killed since fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan's army…

Sudan has been gripped by intense fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries who disagree over a plan to restore civilian rule 18 months after a military coup.The putsch upended a democratic transition begun after the ouster of…

Issued on: 13/04/2023 - 12:18 The Sudanese army said on Thursday that the mobilisation in the capital Khartoum and other cities of a paramilitary force headed by General…

Nearly 200 civilians were killed over the past six days alone in renewed clashes between the Arab Rzeigat and African Masalit communities, around the town of Kereneik.  Two health facilities were also attacked, and thousands of displaced…

Issued on: 27/04/2022 - 16:55 At least 213 people were killed in three days of violence between Arab and non-Arab groups in Sudan's West Darfur, the state governor said,…

The violence is the latest in an uptick of such incidents in the war-weary region.Western Darfur is home to many of the people displaced by the early-2000s conflict in the region, which saw the government put down armed rebels with help…

By midnight, the streets had emptied as residents stayed home, worried about what would come next. “All the people are waiting,” he said. “There is some patrolling of security forces in the streets. We don’t know what will happen in the…

They were known as the janjaweed, the armed militia men who came racing on camels and horses at dawn, moving fast to kill and rape, burning huts and leaving another village destroyed in the Darfur region of Sudan’s impoverished far…

Issued on: 05/04/2022 - 07:59 A former Sudanese militia leader becomes the first person to go on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes in Darfur, a…

KHARTOUM: At least 17 civilians have been killed in Sudan's Darfur region, officials said Friday, in the latest violence between rival ethnic groups that has left dozens dead this week alone. Recent fighting has seen heavily armed forces…