North Darfur Stories

Sudan medics demand international investigation over El Fasher mass graves
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 09, 2025

Medics accuse Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces of mass killings and body-burnings in El Fasher, calling for urgent international investigations as tens of...

Sudan: One-sided truce prompts calls for humanitarian aid
DW News  |  Nov 07, 2025

Rights organizations are pushing for urgent aid increases as the paramilitary RSF has agreed to a pause in fighting. Hunger, meanwhile, has reached ne...

Sudan accuses foreign powers of arming RSF in what it calls systematic extermination in Darfur
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 05, 2025

Sudan’s envoy in Nairobi says rebels are using advanced foreign-supplied weapons as civilians in El-Fasher face a worsening humanitarian crisis.

Sudan’s pain deepens as RSF accused of drone attack that killed 40 at funeral in Kordofan
DW News  |  Nov 05, 2025

The UN condemns the attack as civilians bear the brunt of Sudan’s worsening conflict between the army and RSF.

Sudan crisis deepens as ICC warns El-Fasher atrocities may be war crimes
DW News  |  Nov 03, 2025

The ICC warns that mass killings, rapes, and other atrocities in El-Fasher may amount to war crimes as Sudan’s civil war devastates Darfur.

Sudan’s war at a deadlock: Why the Quad’s peace plan faces near-impossible odds
The Conversation  |  Nov 03, 2025

As Sudan’s civil war displaces millions and fuels famine, deep divisions between the army, paramilitary forces, and international mediators make lasti...

Famine declared in Sudan as war, economic collapse push millions to the brink
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 03, 2025

A UN-backed food security panel has confirmed famine in parts of Darfur and Kordofan, warning that millions of Sudanese are facing starvation as war,...

Only a few civilians escape as RSF violence ravages Sudan’s El-Fasher, leaving thousands trapped
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 02, 2025

Survivors describe executions, beatings, and terror as only a few civilians manage to flee while tens of thousands remain stranded in El-Fasher.

Sudan war: Could involved foreign powers stop the war there?
DW News  |  Nov 01, 2025

Sudan's warring factions depend on external support. What do Egypt, the UAE, Iran and Turkey want in Sudan? And could they exert enough influence to s...

Sudan's RSF fighters reportedly arrested for 'violations'
DW News  |  Oct 31, 2025

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said several of its fighters had been detained as videos of mass executions and atrocities in el-Fasher circ...

UN warns of ‘darker hell’ in El-Fasher after RSF seizes city
Mwangi Maina  |  Oct 31, 2025

The Security Council previously sanctioned RSF commanders for violence and human-rights violations.

Explainer: What does strategic Darfur city's fall mean for Sudan's deadly civil war
XINHUA  |  Oct 31, 2025

In El Fasher, civilians endured months of intense bombardment during a siege. Sudanese officials said on Wednesday that more than 2,000 civilians have...

‘Blood on the sand, blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls
UN News  |  Oct 31, 2025

Nearly 500 patients and their companions were reportedly killed in the Saudi Maternity Hospital, one of numerous health facilities targeted in the fig...

Tawila overwhelmed as El Fasher exodus deepens Darfur crisis
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 29, 2025

The sudden influx is overwhelming local systems, leaving thousands of newly displaced people without essential support.

IGAD demands action to protect civilians as Sudan conflict escalates
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 28, 2025

Al Fashir, the last stronghold of the Sudanese military in Darfur, has been under siege for over a year, with nearly a million people facing famine as...

IOM urges immediate aid as Khartoum returnees surpass one million
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 22, 2025

Majority of the individuals who returned were recorded across Khartoum (40 per cent), Aj Jazirah (37 per cent), Sennar (7 per cent), Blue Nile (7 per...

Inside El Fasher: A city under siege as hospitals and civilians face relentless attacks
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 11, 2025

The UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights documented at least 53 civilians killed between October 5-8 alone in attacks across the El Fa...

UN Rights Chief appalled by continued killing of civilians in Sudan
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 11, 2025

The UN Human Rights Office has confirmed that at least 46 civilians were killed in artillery and drone strikes in the Abu Shouk and Daraja Oula neighb...

Over 60 killed or wounded in two days of Sudan's RSF shelling on civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 09, 2025

On Wednesday, reports indicate that RSF artillery struck a packed displacement shelter within a mosque in El Fasher's Abushouk al-Hilla area, leaving...

ICC renews call for the arrest of former Sudan President Omar al-Bashir
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 07, 2025

Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan announced that the investigation on the situation in Darfur remains active and that all responsible for atrociti...

ICC convicts Darfur militia leader Ali Kushayb of 27 war crimes and crimes against humanity
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 06, 2025

In a historic ruling—the first ICC conviction linked to the Darfur conflict—the three-judge panel found Ali guilty of planning and personally particip...

Sudan army accuses RSF of deadly drone strikes on civilians in North Kordofan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 05, 2025

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said the RSF carried out suicide drone attacks on Saturday evening in El Obeid, North Kordofan’s capital, damaging Al-...

UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur
UN News  |  Oct 04, 2025

Aid groups warn that 260,000 civilians remain trapped without safe exit routes as the RSF reportedly builds berms to block movement and supplies. Mine...

Sudan: RSF drone strikes leave dozens dead, injured in El Fasher
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 02, 2025

According to the Sudan Doctors Network, the attacks were deliberate rocket and drone strikes targeting innocent civilians.

Satellite images show rapid RSF drone buildup in South Darfur
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 30, 2025

36 launchers were visible in the latest imagery, with 20 of them newly installed since the September 26 observation. According to researchers, the com...

Sudanese army makes first supply airdrop to besieged El Fasher base in five months
XINHUA  |  Sep 30, 2025

An eyewitness reported seeing an Antonov aircraft fly over the city on Monday morning, dropping boxes inside the base. The plane was not targeted by a...

Harrowing tales of SGBV in North Darfur as Sudan's conflict rages
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 27, 2025

According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), many victims and survivors reported brutal assaults by multiple armed perpetrators while attempting to fl...

Sudan accuses paramilitary forces of mosque bombing in El Fasher that killed over 70
XINHUA  |  Sep 20, 2025

It said the attack was a "flagrant violation of religious norms and international conventions" protecting civilians and places of worship.

Sudan: Dozens killed in RSF drone strike on Darfur mosque
DW News  |  Sep 19, 2025

The Rapid Support Forces rebel group struck a mosque at a displaced persons camp in Darfur. The UN has warned that civilian deaths are increasing as t...

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