7 d. ago UN and rights organizations in Sudan warn against rise of extrajudicial killings in Khartoum

The United Nations has condemned reports by local rights groups of extrajudicial killings taking place in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, which the Sudanese military recaptured last month

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1 week ago The siege of Khartoum has lifted. Left behind are scenes of unimaginable horror | Nesrine Malik

Sudan’s capital has been hollowed out and stripped for parts, its people trampled beneath a conflict that is far from overTen days ago, in a major turning point in almost two years of war, the Sudanese army reclaimed the capital city from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia which took it over in 2023. What little we know so far paints a picture of a city ravaged by unimaginable horror.The war has sent Sudan hurtling into the largest humanitarian disaster in the world, triggering genocide in the west of the country, and starvation there and in other areas. Previously allies in power, the RSF – formalised and expanded from the remnants of the Janjaweed militia – and the Sudanese military went to war when their partnership fell apart. The victims have been the Sudanese people, whose lives were trampled beneath. Khartoum’s centrality in the war, both in its prosperity and in terms of what it represents for the RSF as the seat of power, has meant the city has been subjected to a parti...

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2 w. ago Sudan’s army chief returns to Khartoum for first time in 2 years of war after airport recaptured

Sudan’s military says it has recaptured the international airport in the capital, Khartoum, after nearly two years of fighting against a rival paramilitary group

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2 w. ago Sudanese military says it seized key buildings in Khartoum after retaking the Republican Palace

Sudan’s military has consolidated its grip on the capital, retaking more key government buildings a day after it gained control of the Republican Palace from a notorious paramilitary group

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3 w. ago Sudan’s military retakes key stronghold after nearly two years of fighting

It is a symbolic victory in the conflict

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3 w. ago Sudan's military says it has retaken Khartoum's Republican Palace, seat of country's government

Sudan’s military says it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last heavily guarded bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting

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3 w. ago Sudan’s army recaptures presidential palace in major battlefield gain

Compound was last bastion in the capital, Khartoum, held by rival paramilitary Rapid Support ForcesSudan’s military has retaken the presidential palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting.Social media videos showed soldiers inside giving the date as the 21st day of Ramadan, which was Friday. A Sudanese military officer wearing a captain’s epaulettes made the announcement in the video, and confirmed the troops were inside the compound. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Russia says its forces have retaken key Kursk town of Sudzha

Push comes as Russian and US officials gear up for meeting to discuss end to Ukraine war

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4 w. ago Russian forces 'retake key town' of Sudzha in western Kursk region as Putin delays ceasefire to grab more land

Russian troops are reported to be gaining ground in the Kursk area from where Ukraine soldiers are withdrawing

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