2 w. ago 'I still can't believe I'm alive': Sudanese civilians recount their flight from El Fasher – video

The Guardian has geolocated eyewitness accounts of the capture of the Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group and the ethnically-targeted massacres that took place in the immediate aftermath. Journalists are unable to access the area and have limited access to information. Guardian reporter Kaamil Ahmed explains how - when combined with satellite imagery and videos posted by RSF fighters - the testimonies provide us with the clearest picture yet of the horrific events that unfolded Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Top adviser to Sudan's paramilitary leader says Rubio's comments hinder truce efforts

A senior adviser to the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces says U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments calling for a halt to the flow of military support coming to the RSF from abroad may jeopardize global efforts aimed at reaching a ceasefire

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3 w. ago UN warns aid ‘on the brink of collapse’ in Sudan after paramilitary forces seize major city

Relief groups say hunger and disease are worsening, while survivors describe horrific violence at the hands of the Rapid Support Forces

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3 w. ago Sudan medics accuse paramilitary forces of burning bodies in mass graves to ‘conceal genocide’

The Sudan Doctors Network said the RSF had attempted to conceal evidence of mass killings

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3 w. ago Sudan butchers storm another city as bloody offensive escalates with fighters slaughtering & starving civilians

ROGUE paramilitary forces in Sudan accused of mass slaughtering civilians in El Fasher are feared to be committing fresh atrocities. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the army since April 2023, has now escalated its brutal military assault in the Kordofan region as it appears to be preparing for an offensive to seize...

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3 w. ago Outside powers' reported backing for Sudan's warring sides helps fuel fighting as atrocities mount

For more than two years, Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force have torn the country apart in a war for power, both digging in against peace efforts even as atrocities mount and starvation spreads

Sport

4 w. ago Sudan’s paramilitary forces agree to US proposal for humanitarian ceasefire

The RSF has been accused of atrocities in el-Fasher since taking the city in October

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