Sudanese army troops and allied militiamen were rapidly advancing in the capital on Wednesday, engaging the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in street combat in residential areas once home to hundreds of thousands of citizens before the war broke out 21 months ago.
Karim Khan told the United Nations Security Council on Monday that crimes are being committed in Darfur “as we speak and daily” and are being used as a weapon of war.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region, which has seen reported ethnic cleansing by paramilitary forces that have been fighting government forces for 19 months.
The RSF did not immediately acknowledge the attack in El Fasher, which is over 800 kilometers southwest of Khartoum.
At least seven people were killed and 11 others injured in artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in western Sudan on Wednesday, according to a local activist group.
Dozens of patients have been killed in a drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region. The attack on Friday killed 67 people and injured dozens, local activists and a medical source told the AFP news agency on Saturday,
Sudan’s Minister of Minerals on Monday urged the military to deploy its strike force to Darfur to prevent the city of El Fasher from falling to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing the United Arab Emirates and Chad of fueling the conflict by supplying the group.
Burhan's forces are advancing in the capital and consolidating positions in the east, the troops of his rival, General Hemedti, are tightening pressure on El-Fasher, in Darfur, in the west.
Rapid Support Forces launch assault on capital of North Darfur, as both sides prepare for intervention from Trump
Officials and others in the capital of North Darfur province had cited a similar ... which is more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) southwest of Khartoum. The city is now estimated to be home ...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28, (AP):The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Monday that his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region, which has seen reported ethnic cleansing by paramilitary forces that have been fighting government forces for 19 months.
Khartoum, and spread to other regions, including the vast western Darfur region. Two decades ago, Darfur became synonymous with genocide and war crimes, particularly by the notorious Janjaweed ...