Brussels 02.03.2024 “We strongly condemn the recent ban by the Sudanese de facto authorities on the delivery of cross-border humanitarian assistance from Chad to Sudan to the civilians suffering at the hands of both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This is a flagrant violation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL)”…
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Sudan: new EU restrictive measures
Brussels 22.01.2024 Today the Council adopted restrictive measures against six entities, in view of the gravity of the situation in Sudan, where fighting is ongoing between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their respective affiliated militias. The new listings – the first within the Sudan regime – include six…
MEPs condemn violence in Sudan
Strasbourg 18.01.2024 MEPs (pictured) strongly condemn the continuing violence between rival armed factions in Sudan, alongside human rights violations and food insecurity. They call on all parties to the conflict to immediately cease hostilities and facilitate safe and timely humanitarian access for civilians suffering shortages of food, water and fuel and very high prices for…
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…
Sudan: EU supports UN efforts
Brussels 05.06.2023 “The European Union welcomes the unanimous decision of the UN Security Council to extend until December 2023 the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan to assist the political transition, progress towards democratic governance, the protection and promotion of human rights, and sustainable peace” reads the press-release of the…
Sudan: limits of external efforts
Brussels 27.04.2023 “Since April 15, Khartoum residents as well as Sudanese living in other key cities such as Nyala or El Obeid have been caught in the crossfire between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the country’s main paramilitary force”, writes By Anne-Laure Mahé from the Egmont Royal Institute for…
Sudan: risk of protracted conflict
Brussels 24.04.2023 Fighting has erupted in the capital – Khartoum, and other cities in Sudan as powerful rival military factions battle for control, increasing the risk of a nationwide civil war. The sudden outbreak of violence between the military and the well-armed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group on April 15 triggered a humanitarian crisis…
Sudan: Evacuations from Khartoum
Brussels 24.04.2023 Europe, China and Japan are in a hurry to extract their citizens from Khartoum, Sudan, on Monday, April 24, and thousands more people took advantage of an apparent lull in fighting between the army and a paramilitary force over the past two days to escape from the unrest. (Image: illustration). Dès le 18/04…
Sudan: EU strongly condemns violence
Brussels 15.04.2023 “The EU strongly condemns the eruption of violence between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces earlier this morning in Sudan” reads the statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell calling for an immediate de-escalation of conflict in Sudan. The EU strongly condemns the eruption of violence between the Sudan…
Eid al-Adha wishes to Sudanese
Brussels 14.07.2022 The members of the Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States) and the European Union extend our warm wishes to the Sudanese people at the conclusion of Eid al-Adha: European Union and Troika countries called for talks between political forces and military leaders to determine the latter’s role and responsibilities so…
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