Geneva — Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Hassan Hamid, in his capacity as Coordinator of the African Group on Migration Affairs, delivered the African Group’s statement during the 116th session of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Council, outlining the continent’s migration priorities and challenges. He expressed deep appreciation for…
NGO documents accounts of atrocities during paramilitary force’s April assault on the North Darfur facility. Rights group Amnesty International has called for a war crimes investigation into an assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a displaced persons camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state earlier this year. A report issued by the NGO…
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Nichola Mandil,Juba and Basillioh Rukanga Reuters Benjamin Bol Mel has been under US sanctions South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir has dismissed one of his vice-presidents, Benjamin Bol Mel, who had been tipped as his possible successor. Kiir stripped Bol Mel of his military rank of general and dismissed him from the national security service. He…
In reaction to the publication of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reports on Sudan and South Sudan, Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Regional Director said: “The confirmation of famine in Sudan by the IPC Famine Review Committee, alongside the latest IPC report on South Sudan, paints a deeply alarming picture for the region….
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses deep concern over the escalating violence and reported atrocities in El Fasher, following its takeover by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Chairperson condemns in the strongest terms the grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including alleged war crimes and…
Damian Zane and Danai Nesta Kupemba Reuters Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes because of the ongoing conflict Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has taken control of the western city of el-Fasher, marking a turning point in the civil war. The group said in a statement…
At least 13 people have been killed after an attack on one of the last remaining hospitals in el-Fasher, a Sudanese city trapped under siege. Sixteen others, including a doctor and nurse, were injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled Saudi hospital several times on Tuesday night, a source there told the BBC….
A Sudanese militia leader has been found guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity more than 20 years ago in the Darfur region. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, led the Janjaweed, a government-backed group that terrorised Darfur, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Kushayb is the first person to…
