Darfur

• ‘Hiroshima-level casualties’ feared in final battle for North Darfur

  The capital of North Darfur could be about to fall to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces as they fight the Sudanese Armed Forces in the country's year-long civil war.

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  Apr 26
  
• Around 120 killed or wounded in attack on western Sudan village, UN says

  Recent violence by militias in North Darfur prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency on July 13.

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  Jul 26, 2020
  
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• Sudan officials to face international court over war crimes in Darfur

  Al-Bashir, who was overthrown by the military last year amid a public uprising, is wanted by the ICC on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide.

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  Feb 11, 2020
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• Religious tribal clashes in western Sudan displace 40,000, UN says

  The UN says the clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs have killed a total of 54 people and wounded dozens more.

  World

  Jan 7, 2020
• Why Sudan’s successful coup is collapsing into protests and death

  Sudan's strongman president is gone, but civilians worry he'll be replaced by the brutal militiamen who once followed his orders in Darfur.

  World

  Jun 6, 2019
• Saudi Arabia denies recruiting Sudanese child soldiers to fight in Yemen

  Saudi Arabia said that not only does it not use child soldiers, it is actively working to rehabilitate Yemeni child soldiers recruited by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

  World

  Jan 5, 2019
• Amnesty claims Sudan army used chemical weapons in Darfur

  Amnesty International accused the Sudanese military on Thursday of using chemical weapons against civilians, including young children.

  World

  Sep 29, 2016
• 138,000 people displaced in new fighting in Darfur, UN says

  An escalation in fighting in Darfur has forced 138,000 people to flee their homes since mid-January and there is no end in sight to the 13-year conflict in Sudan's largest region, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Wednesday.

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  Apr 6, 2016
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• Ambush kills 7 UN peacekeepers in Darfur in deadliest ever attack on Sudan force

  Gunmen ambushed a United Nations peacekeeping team Saturday in Sudan's western region of Darfur, killing seven and wounding another 17 in the deadliest ever single attack on the international force in the country.

  World

  Jul 13, 2013