Civilian protection force best way to stem Sudan atrocities, say human rights groups

Deploying a civilian protection mission offers the most direct path to protecting civilians and stemming atrocities in Sudan, according to a paper published Tuesday.

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Conditions ‘catastrophic’ as 21,000 flee fighting in eastern Sudan

More than 21,000 people have been displaced by renewed fighting in Blue Nile state, according to reports, with both sides believed to be sending additional forces to the region and aid workers warning of a “catastrophic” impact for civilians.

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Children ‘among 27 killed in ethnic attacks in South Kordofan’

At least 27 people, including four children, have reportedly been killed in attacks by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) in South Kordofan.

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Army delivers major setback to RSF attempts to surround El Obeid

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have taken control of a strategic road linking capital Khartoum with El Obeid, opening a key supply route for the first time since the start of the war and delivering a major setback to reported attempts by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to bring the city under siege.

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At least 22 killed in 'RSF attacks' on lifeline to El Obeid

At least 22 civilians have been killed in attacks believed to have been carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a strategic town in North Kordofan, according to reports.

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RSF ‘carried out rapes with no fear of consequences’ in El Fasher

Children were raped, civilians executed at point-blank range, and people gunned down as they tried to flee. These are just a handful of the harrowing testimonies released in the latest investigation into massacres by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher last October.

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‘No services, no security, no safety’: El Obeid suffers water shortage and blackouts amid ‘relentless’ drone strikes

Civilians in El Obeid are experiencing water shortages, blackouts, and price spikes amid a “relentless” campaign of drone strikes targeting critical infrastructure by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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RSF troops ‘training in Libya at camps supplied by UAE’

Soldiers from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are being trained to use weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates at camps across Libya, according to investigators.

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UK 'turned a blind eye' to El Fasher bloodbath to protect UAE ties

The British Government put cosy relations with the UAE ahead of stopping the horrors unfolding in El Fasher, according to a statement released today by an expert at the centre of the affair.

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Over 1,000 civilians killed by drones in 2026, says UN, as RSF renews strikes on El Obeid

More than 1,000 civilians have been killed by drone strikes in Sudan this year, the UN has said, amid a renewed spate of attacks on the key city of El Obeid.

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Chinese army drone 'being used by RSF in Darfur' despite UN embargo

A drone typically only operated by the Chinese army is being used by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur, satellite images suggest, indicating a possible violation of a UN arms embargo.

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Bodies ‘like charcoal’ after drone strikes kill 30 in North Darfur

At least 30 people have been reported killed and more than 60 injured in a series of drone strikes thought to have been carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur.

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UAE ‘fully responsible for financing and arming RSF’, says former commander

The United Arab Emirates is “fully responsible for financing and arming” the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to a senior commander who has defected from the group.

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SAF drones 'target RSF leadership in Darfur, kill 17 in Kordofan'

Over the last week, drones continued to shape the war in Sudan, allowing SAF to strike deep into RSF territory in an apparent attempt to target RSF leadership in South Darfur capital Nyala.

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SAF accuses UAE and Ethiopia of ‘direct aggression’ over drone strikes

The Sudanese Armed Forces have accused the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia of a “direct act of aggression” over their alleged involvement in drone strikes across Sudan in recent months.

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Displacement camp strike kills six in Central Darfur

Six civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a displacement camp in Central Darfur, according to human rights monitors.

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RSF building wall to create ‘kill box’ in famine-hit El Fasher

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is building an earthen wall around El Fasher to create a “kill box” and prevent civilians fleeing the besieged city, satellite imagery suggests. ‍

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Smugglers being ‘executed on sight’ for trying to get food into El Fasher

People caught trying to smuggle food into the besieged city of El Fasher are being “executed on sight” by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to one civilian. 

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12 Months of War Drags Sudan Back to Famine, Genocide and Mass Displacement

Dozens of towns have been massacred. Thousands have been slaughtered as attackers go door to door, families murdered, bodies rotting, and mass graves appearing on satellite imagery.

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Over 100,000 may be dead in Sudan

Biden Administration discussing deployment of peacekeepers as situation continues to deteriorate

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Famine Returns to Sudan

Famine is imminent in hardest hit conflict areas, including heavily populated regions of Greater Darfur and Khartoum, warns the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) 

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One of the toughest days we have ever witnessed” in Darfur

Trapped civilians say that “El Fasher will perish” as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) conduct ethnic cleansing in IDP camps

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While Darfur Burns, A Civilian Front Unites

Over 600 Sudanese civilian political and civil society leaders met this week in Addis Ababa, for a 'historic' conference to launch a united anti-war coalition. 

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Over 100,000 Civilians Flee as the RSF Advances Across Sudan

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) made sweeping advances across Sudan in the past two weeks

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Hospitals Shuttered as Attacks Continue Against the Medical System Across Sudan

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At least 100 civilians dying of starvation each day amid devastating famine in Darfur

ONE HUNDRED civilians are dying from starvation each day, the UK revealed at the UN Security Council this week.

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600,000 civilians at risk of mass atrocities by the RSF in North Darfur

Over half a million displaced people in the Zamzam camp are at imminent risk of mass atrocities, warns Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), as Rapid Support Forces (RSF) prepare to capture El Fasher city within weeks. 

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RSF Launches Dreaded Assault on El Fasher, the Last Domino Yet to Fall in Darfur

Reports from sources on the ground indicate that the final battle for El Fasher has seemingly begun.

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SAF Recaptures Key City, Raising Hopes For Thousands To Return Home

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) recaptured Sinjah, the capital of Sennar State in Sudan's agricultural heartland, last Saturday, raising hopes for thousands of civilians who fled brutal RSF attacks to return home.

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Violent clashes in Bahri escalate, as RSF Orders Evacuation

Violent clashes continued to escalate this week in Bahri, forcing approximately 2,000 people to take refuge in schools and streets in the Al-Samrab neighborhood

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Sudan Resumes National High School Exams

The examinations faced their first delay since Sudan's independence when war broke out in April 2023, disrupting the original schedule that would have seen 513,000 students taking the exams in June 2023.

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Weeks of Airstrikes Pound Sudan's Second City, Killing Scores of Civilians Amid Reports of UAE Supply Planes

Scores of civilians have been killed in Nyala, Sudan's second biggest city, following weeks of airstrikes and barrel bomb attacks by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the country's de-facto rulers.

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U.S. Funding Freeze Decimates Sudan

In 2024, the United States was the largest single donor, providing over $803 million, or 45% of funds to the United Nation’s Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan.

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Already Struggling to Contain Famine, Sudan's Aid Groups Are Decimated By U.S. Funding Freeze

Conditions for millions of civilians in North Darfur have become catastrophic, and now humanitarians in Sudan are grappling with the abrupt cut in US funds which have crippled numerous life-saving aid operations.

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RSF troops vow to turn Sudan’s largest camp ‘to ashes’ as siege continues and conditions deteriorate

Sudan’s largest refugee camp will be “turned to ashes”, soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have vowed, amid a weeks-long siege that local aid workers say has already created “catastrophic” conditions. 

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SAF closes in on Presidential Palace amid intense fighting on streets of Khartoum

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appears to be close to recapturing the presidential palace in central Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following intense clashes overnight.

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Sudanese Army Retakes Presidential Palace in Central Khartoum

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have retaken the Presidential Palace from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following days of clashes in central Khartoum

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Civilians Targeted in Brutal Reprisal Killings, Following Recapture of Khartoum

Civilians and local aid workers have been targeted in a wave of reprisal killings by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since recapturing Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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“High Risk of Genocide” as RSF Kills Nine Aid Workers in Attack on Sudan’s Largest Displacement Camp

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) executed nine aid workers from the INGO Relief International (RI) in a brutal ground assault on Zamzam, Sudan’s largest camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs).

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UAE-Backed Militia Executing Children, Pregnant Women in 'Genocidal' Attacks on Darfur Camp

The UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is rounding up and executing children in Zamzam, Sudan’s largest displacement camp, with satellite images suggesting they intend to raze it to the ground.

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Children Run for Their Lives as the RSF Prepares for ‘Imminent Assault’ on El Fasher

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is positioning its troops in preparation for an all-out ground assault on the city of El Fasher, satellite imagery suggests.

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RSF Hunting Community Leaders and Their Families After Taking Zamzam

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are going door-to-door hunting community leaders and their families after gaining control of the Zamzam displacement camp, one of those being targeted has told Avaaz. 

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RSF Doubles Force Strength at Zamzam amid ‘Ongoing Atrocities’

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has doubled its presence in and around Zamzam camp amid ongoing atrocities at the site and ahead of an expected assault on El Fasher, satellite imagery suggests. The group took the camp, the largest for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan, on Sunday following days of ground-assaults. 

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‘We left everything behind. Now we live under the burning sun’

Children are dying of thirst in desperate conditions after being forced to flee their homes, their families looted as they tried to reach safety amid brutal violence in North Darfur.

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Over 100 Civilians Executed After Sudanese Paramilitaries Capture Strategic City

Over 100 civilians have been executed after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a key city in West Kordofan in the early hours of Thursday morning, according to reports. 

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RSF Carries Out More Than 20 Drone Attacks Across Sudan In Past Week

Port Sudan saw a sixth round of strikes on Friday as drones continue to extend the reach of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and bring the war to areas previously safe for civilians.

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Inside RSF Territory: Civilians in Darfur Describe a Government Built on Fear

Civilians living under Rapid Support Forces (RSF) control have described a government built on violence and intimidation as well as a collapsing healthcare system, skyrocketing prices, and severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel.

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‘We can’t survive like this. We might start eating leaves’: Voices from besieged El Fasher

Aid workers in besieged El Fasher have described a disastrous humanitarian situation unfolding in the city, with food running out and civilians facing daily bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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‘Nothing was left’: Civilians find homes looted as returnee numbers rise

Civilians displaced by the war in Sudan have described finding their houses looted and without power, while the number of returnees continues to rise.

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‘Disastrous situation’ for hospital hit by strike, says local health worker

A strike on a West Kordofan hospital that killed dozens of people came amid an already “disastrous” situation for medical care in the area, a local health worker has said. 

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"They came on motorbikes...and started killing" – Thousands flee as villages attacked in latest flashpoint in Sudan war

Thousands of villagers are being displaced as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targets a key city in North Kordofan, with one describing the group “terrorising” civilians and killing them if they try to resist.

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Sudan village ‘razed and smouldering’ after hundreds massacred, satellite images show

A Sudanese village was left “razed and smouldering” after a massacre by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in which hundreds of civilians were killed, new satellite imagery shows.

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Cholera cases rise in Darfur camps amid fears rainy season will deepen crisis

One of the largest areas of displacement in Darfur is facing an “alarming” outbreak of cholera, aid groups have warned, with fears cases will continue to rise as the rainy season sets in. 

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‘It wasn't an evacuation. It was a death sentence.’ Civilians attacked after being told to leave besieged El Fasher

Civilians have been extorted and killed after being told to flee the besieged city of El Fasher, where hundreds of thousands remain trapped and facing starvation.

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‘We are alone. This city is dying slowly’: Civilians in besieged Kadugli suffer hunger, thirst, and isolation

Life in the besieged city of Kadugli has become “unbearable“, a local aid worker has said, with hunger widespread and clinics facing lethal shortages of medical supplies.

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At least nine civilians killed as the RSF seeks to take besieged El Fasher

At least nine civilians have been killed in Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelling of a displacement camp as the group seeks to take control of the city of El Fasher following a siege that has lasted more than a year. 

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Evidence of ‘mass bombardment’ of displacement camp in El Fasher

The largest remaining displacement camp in El Fasher has suffered “mass bombardment” and a significant increase in the number of people being killed over recent weeks, satellite images suggest. 

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Dozens reported killed in mosque strike as RSF launches ‘large-scale’ attack on El Fasher

Dozens of civilians are reported to have been killed in a strike on a mosque in El Fasher as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launches a “large-scale” attack to try to take the city.

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El Fasher’s largest displacement camp ‘almost empty of civilians’ after RSF assault

The largest displacement camp in besieged El Fasher is almost completely empty of civilians after being attacked and taken over by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Avaaz has been told.

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Displacement shelters ‘intentionally targeted’ by RSF strikes in El Fasher

Shelters housing scores of displaced civilians in El Fasher are being repeatedly targeted in strikes by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), satellite images suggest.

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The RSF Captures the Army’s Final Base in Darfur

The RSF yesterday captured SAF’s final military base in Darfur, further cementing their control over El Fasher, the North Darfur capital which the RSF has besieged for over sixteen months.

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Massacres ongoing after RSF captures El Fasher, images suggest

Massacres are ongoing in El Fasher following the fall of the city to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), despite public assurances by the group’s leadership that civilians would be protected, satellite images suggest.

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RSF ‘executes patients and kidnaps medics’ in El Fasher

Patients have been executed on hospital wards and medics have been kidnapped following the fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), activist groups have said. 

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Mass graves discovered in El Fasher, satellite images suggest

Freshly dug mass graves have been discovered in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, where tens of thousands of civilians have been slaughtered over the past 10 days.

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As RSF signs truce, El Fasher escape route is sealed off and bodies burn

The UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have shut down one of the last remaining escape routes out of El-Fasher, and appear to be burning bodies at several sites across the city, according to a new report.

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Nine killed in drone strike in Sudan’s Kordofan region as UN warns of ‘another man-made catastrophe’

At least nine people, including four children, have reportedly been killed in a set of drone strikes in South Kordofan as fighting escalates across the Kordofan region. 

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RSF ‘systematically destroying evidence of mass killings’ in El Fasher

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is conducting a “systematic multi-week campaign” to destroy evidence of killings carried out after it took the city of El Fasher, satellite images suggest.

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Scores killed in week of drone strikes as war marks 1,000 days

Scores of people have been killed in a series of drone strikes across Sudan as the UN warns of “new waves of displacement” caused by the latest escalation of violence.

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‘You choose your route by ethnicity. You could lose your life’: Escape from besieged Kadugli

Civilians fleeing the besieged city of Kadugli risk being extorted, ethnically targeted, and killed, according to one who has escaped the city, while those still trapped face hunger, soaring prices, and a critical lack of medical supplies.

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SAF breaks long-running siege on Dilling amid suspected famine

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have entered the South Kordofan city of Dilling, breaking a long-running siege that has brought a suspected famine to the civilian population.

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Displacement, crop loss, and healthcare collapse as conflict spreads to Blue Nile

Thousands of people in Sudan's Blue Nile have been forced to flee their homes, farms have suffered crop loss, and the healthcare system has collapsed following the spread of fighting to the state.

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Rapid Support Forces recapture key logistics hub after offensives in Kordofan and Darfur

A key logistics hub in central Sudan has been recaptured by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after offensives targeting remaining Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) strongholds in Kordofan and Darfur. 

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Over 2,000 killed in attacks on healthcare since start of war, says WHO

More than 2,000 people have been killed in attacks on healthcare facilities in the three years of war in Sudan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

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Hundreds flee as ‘RSF prepares latest attack along Ethiopian border’

Hundreds of people have fled their homes as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) prepares its latest attack on Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) territory along the Ethiopian border, according to reports.

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RSF ‘receiving support at Ethiopian military base’ before attacks into Sudan

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is receiving assistance at an Ethiopian military base and staging attacks into Sudan from Ethiopian territory, evidence suggests.

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Risk of famine still haunts Sudan

A risk of famine continues across much of Darfur and Kordofan despite recent aid deliveries to the worst-affected areas, according to monitors.

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SAF renews offensive to connect territories in Kordofan

Ground clashes erupted on Saturday after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) launched a large-scale offensive to connect two key cities under its control in Kordofan.

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Civilians flee El Fasher’s largest displacement camp after RSF assault

Thousands of civilians have been forced to flee El Fasher's largest displacement camp after it was attacked and taken over by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)

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El Fasher on the brink: ‘People have become like ghosts’

Survivors of the ongoing massacres in El Fasher told of the horrors they experienced as the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took full control of the North Darfur capital.

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Army stops civilians fleeing as RSF targets Kordofan capitals

Civilians are being prevented from fleeing major cities in Kordofan by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) despite the risk of escalating attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to reports.

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El Fasher survivors: “We wake up shivering from fear, images of slaughter haunt us"

Survivors of the ongoing massacres in El Fasher told of the horrors they experienced as the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took full control of the North Darfur capital.

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Aid convoy destroyed in Darfur city hours after visit by UN aid chief

Survivors of the ongoing massacres in El Fasher told of the horrors they experienced as the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took full control of the North Darfur capital.

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