Brussels 01.10.2025 The Foreign Secretary has today, 1 November, announced £5 million of urgent funding to provide lifesaving support for Sudan. Speaking at the 21st Manama Dialogue Conference in Bahrain, the Foreign Secretary condemned the truly horrifying and utterly intolerable scenes in El-Fasher where 260,000 people, half of whom are children, are trapped in famine-like…
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Sudan: RSF investigates violations
Brussels 30.10.2025 The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has announced an investigation into what he called “violations” committed by his soldiers during the occupation of el-Fasher. The declaration by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, came after reports of civilian killings following the RSF capture of…
Sudan: hunger crisis looming
Brussels 22.08.2024 In Sudan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – OCHA – reports that more than a dozen aid trucks – including from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Organization for Migration have crossed into Darfur from Chad via the Adre border crossing. OCHA continues to engage with…
Sudan: one year of chaos
Brussels 15.04.2024 A civil war has devastated Sudan and pushed people to the brink of famine. Top diplomats and aid groups met today in Paris to enhance humanitarian support to prevent further deterioration. “A year ago, we were coordinating the carousel of planes from different European countries evacuating our nationals. We left and since then…
EU condemns atrocities in Ardamta Darfur
Brussels 12.11.2023 “The European Union is appalled by and condemns the recent dramatic escalation of violence in Darfur. According to credible eyewitness reports more than a thousand members of the Masalit community were killed in Ardamta, West Darfur, in just over two days, during major attacks carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and…
Darfur: Sudan willing ICC trials
Sudan government said it was willing to discuss trials for people wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), a group that includes ousted leader Omar al-Bashir, Bloomberg Africa reports. The Information Ministry on June 10 also welcomed the detention in neighboring Central African Republic (CAR) of Ali Muhammad Ali Abdi-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb,…
Darfur: HRW for “gradual withdrawal”
‘The proposal by the United Nations and the African Union to limit the UN’s protection role in Sudan threatens the safety and security of civilians in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today. In a new report that the Security Council is expected to discuss on March 17, 2020, the UN secretary-general and the AU commission…
Borrell heads to Darfur
The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell will travel to Ethiopia on February 27 to attend the 10th meeting of the African Union – European Union. His visit will continue with bilateral discussions with Ethiopian authorities on Friday, 28 February. Further he will then travel to Sudan, on Saturday, 29 February and Sunday, 1st March. .@JosepBorrellF…
Darfur roadmap towards peace
Sudanese government and nine rebel groups signed an agreement on a roadmap towards ending the protracted conflict in the Darfur region. The Sudanese government and nine rebel groups signed an agreement on a roadmap towards ending the bloody conflict in the Darfur region https://t.co/wiJYNQSdPE — AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 28, 2019 The deal outlines…
MEPs condemn use of force in Sudan
MEPs strongly condemn the excessive use of force by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) during the ongoing popular protests against price increases and President Omar al-Bashir’s regime. The Sudanese government recently decided to end subsidies on staple goods in response to aggravating inflation, which is now the second highest in the world…
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