Rapid Support Forces Stories

Sudan’s RSF seizes Heglig oilfield in major strategic blow to army amid escalating conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 08, 2025

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have seized the Heglig oilfield in South Kordofan, the country’s largest oil hub, in a major setback for the army amid a...

WHO calls for ceasefire after deadly attacks on civilians in Sudan kill 114, including 63 children
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 08, 2025

WHO confirms drone strikes in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 114 people, including 63 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital. The agency urges a...

Sudan puts Russian Red Sea naval base plans on hold to focus on domestic crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Sudan has frozen plans for a Russian naval base on the Red Sea, a senior military official says, contradicting reports of progress as the war-torn cou...

Children killed in Sudan’s South Kordofan drone attacks as humanitarian crisis worsens
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Drone strikes on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 79 people, including 43 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital a...

From protesting tyranny to saving lives: How Sudan’s networks are responding to war
The Conversation  |  Dec 03, 2025

These groups, which helped organise mass protests in 2018, have since become a lifeline for communities affected by the civil war that began in 2023.

Sudan army makes major gains in South Kordofan, retakes key villages from SPLM-N
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 02, 2025

The Sudan conflict has killed more than 40,000 people, displaced over 14 million, and driven parts of the country into famine, creating one of the wor...

Sudan signals willingness to coordinate with UN despite ongoing RSF clashes
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 30, 2025

The war in Sudan has killed more than 40,000 people, displaced over 14 million, and pushed parts of the country into famine, creating one of the world...

Sudanese army says it repelled paramilitary forces' attack after unilateral truce declaration
XINHUA  |  Nov 26, 2025

In a statement, the SAF said it had killed a number of RSF field commanders and hundreds of fighters, seized several combat vehicles, and destroyed ot...

UAE, US top diplomats discuss Sudan ceasefire efforts
XINHUA  |  Nov 22, 2025

The US State Department said in a press release that the two sides "continued discussions on our collective efforts to achieve a humanitarian ceasefir...

IGAD leads new push for Peace in Sudan as regional and global partners back three-step plan
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 18, 2025

The Quad initiative, announced on September 12, 2025, aims to first launch a three-month humanitarian truce to allow rapid delivery of aid to civilian...

ICC prosecutors seeks life sentence for Janjaweed commander Ali Kushayb over Darfur atrocities
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 17, 2025

The case stems from the early years of the Darfur conflict, which erupted in 2003 when non-Arab communities rose against the Khartoum government, accu...

Thousands flee, RSF pushes east as Sudan conflict escalates across Darfur and Kordofan
DW News  |  Nov 13, 2025

Despite a US-backed ceasefire, RSF forces continue their eastward offensive, sparking new waves of violence and mass civilian displacement across Kord...

Ignored warnings, deadly consequences: How UK failed Sudan's El Fasher civilians
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 09, 2025

Internal UK documents reveal officials chose minimal action despite warnings of mass killings and sexual violence in El Fasher.

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.

RSF claims responsibility for downing Sudanese military plane in West Kordofan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 05, 2025

The RSF announced that its air defence system successfully targeted the Ilyushin aircraft, which it alleged belonged to the Islamic Movement Army, aft...

Jeremy Corbyn urges UK to halt arms sales to UAE over Sudan atrocities
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 04, 2025

Jeremy Corbyn cited recent reports tabled before the UN Security Council confirming the recovery of British-made weapons and military equipment from b...

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.

Pope Leo XIV appeals for end to Sudan conflict as thousands killed in El Fasher
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 02, 2025

He urged both sides to cease hostilities immediately and allow life-saving aid to reach civilians, while also appealing to the international community...

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...

UN urges end to El-Fasher siege as violence escalates in Sudan’s Darfur
DW News  |  Oct 30, 2025

Speaking in Brussels, Sudan’s Ambassador to the EU, Aldelbagi Kabeir, criticised the international response, describing an EU statement on the conflic...

Over 15,000 flee Sudan's El Fasher amid RSF attacks on civilians
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 30, 2025

The Sudanese Doctors Network warned of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe in Tawila if international agencies do not intervene urgently.

Reported massacre at hospital in Sudan’s El Fasher leaves 460 dead
UN News  |  Oct 30, 2025

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that prior to this latest attack, WHO has verified 285 attacks on healthcare in Sudan with at least 1...

Five aid workers killed, three missing after attack in Sudan’s North Kordofan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 29, 2025

The network urged the World Health Organisation, along with international human rights and medical bodies, to intervene swiftly to secure the medics'...

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...

Stay ahead of the news! Click ‘Yes, Thanks’ to receive breaking stories and exclusive updates directly to your device. Be the first to know what’s happening.