Darfur region Stories

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-...

Scribbled lines of life - hunger and hope in a Darfur city
XINHUA  |  Aug 19, 2025

The conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, devastating the country's infrastructure, killing tens of thousands, displacing millions, and creating a...

Libya linked to Sudan’s RSF military camp as UN condemns arms flow amid ongoing Darfur conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 11, 2025

A video report released by the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience used satellite imagery, online videos, and photographs to trace vehicles fro...

Sudan cholera outbreak kills 80, infects over 2,100 in Darfur states
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 03, 2025

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the outbreak is rapidly intensifying in conflict-hit areas like Tawila, North Darfur, where...

MSF warns of rising sexual violence in Darfur, urges urgent protection, medical support
Mary Wambui  |  May 29, 2025

Data from MSF Sudan shows that the organisation responded to 659 survivors of sexual violence in South Darfur between January 2024 and March 2025.

Sudan to allow aid agencies to use Adre border crossing for three more months
Reuters  |  Feb 18, 2025

The government had last year restricted the use of the crossing, which is crucial to reaching famine-stricken parts of the Darfur region, saying that...

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