Sudan

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) Friday called for an extraordinary summit to address the escalating war in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

A rights group has urged the United Nations Secretary-General to act on Security Council resolution 2736 and urgently work with the African Union (AU) to deploy a civilian protection mission in El Fasher, North Darfur.

Independent investigators have accused Sudan’s warring parties of driving the country into a humanitarian abyss by blatantly disregarding fundamental human rights and international humanitarian law. The three-member International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan presented its first oral update Tuesday and Wednesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. 

With famine impending, human rights violations on the rise and fighting escalating between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, the international community must work towards an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, senior United Nations officials and a women’s rights activist told the Security Council today.

The representatives of Sudan and the United Arab Emirates clashed Tuesday at the U.N. Security Council over Khartoum’s accusations that Abu Dhabi is providing arms and other support to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, fueling a brutal war in Sudan. 

In a video posted on social media, Karim Khan urged victim groups, civil society organizations, national authorities, and international partners to engage with his Office and provide any evidence and material relating to the ongoing atrocities being inflicted on civilians. … Mr. Khan voiced extreme concern about allegations of widespread international crimes being committed in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, and surrounding areas. 

The last functioning hospital in El Fasher, Darfur, in western Sudan, has been closed after an attack by paramilitaries trying to seize the key city, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said. 

The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a village in Gezira State on Wednesday, killing at least 100 people, according to local activists.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has issued a dire warning that the number of people internally displaced by conflict in Sudan is on the verge of exceeding 10 million.

Top Sudanese officials are on an official visit to Saint Petersburg, with sources telling Middle East Eye that controversial plans for a Russian naval installation on Sudan's Red Sea coast were going ahead.