Intensified fighting in Sudan’s Kordofan region alarms UN humanitarians
United Nations, March 6 (IANS) An alarming intensification of fighting in Sudan’s Kordofan region has killed and injured civilians, destroyed homes, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the escalation of violence also impeded relief workers’ ability to reach civilians in need of […]
RSF drones hit civilian sites in Sudan’s North Kordofan
CAIRO(RAHNUMA): The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out a drone attack on multiple civilian sites in Al-Ubayyid, the capital of North Kordofan state, in the early hours of Friday, field sources have told Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath. According to the sources, the strike targeted classrooms at Kordofan University for the second time this week. The […]
US imposes sanctions on commanders of Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three commanders of the Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces over their role in the 18-month siege and capture of Al-Fashir, accusing the group of carrying out systematic and widespread killings. The US Treasury Department in a statement announcing the sanctions accused the RSF of perpetrating “a […]
Drone attack on Sudan market kills 28: rights group
KHARTOUM(RAHNUMA): A drone attack on a crowded market in central Sudan killed 28 people, a rights group reported Monday, as the army and its paramilitary rivals traded aerial strikes in their battle for territory. The attack occurred in a paramilitary-controlled area in the far north of Sudan’s Kordofan region, currently the fiercest frontline in the […]
Sudan paramilitary drone strike on school kills two children: medical source
KHARTOUM(RAHNUMA): A drone strike blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed two children and injured 12 others Wednesday in the southern city of El-Rahad, a medical source told AFP. El-Rahad lies in Sudan’s Kordofan region, currently the fiercest battlefield in the war raging between the RSF and the regular army since April 2023. “I […]
Ethiopia builds secret camp to train Sudan RSF fighters, sources say
NAIROBI/LONDON(RAHNUMA): Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp to train thousands of fighters for the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in neighboring Sudan, Reuters reporting has found, in the latest sign that one of the world’s deadliest conflicts is sucking in regional powers from Africa and the Middle East. The camp constitutes the first direct evidence […]
US condemns RSF drone attack on World Food Programme convoy in Sudan’s North Kordofan
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): The US condemned a drone attack Friday by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a World Food Program (WFP) convoy in Sudan’s North Kordofan state that killed one person and injured three others. “The United States condemns the recent drone attack on a World Food Program convoy in North Kordofan transporting food to famine-stricken […]
RSF-encircled city in Sudan’s Kordofan targeted by drones: witness, military source
PORT SUDAN(RAHNUMA): The city of El-Obeid in Sudan’s Kordofan region, largely encircled by paramilitary forces, was targeted by a drone attack on Friday that hit multiple government-linked facilities, several witnesses told AFP. The drone strikes, which began early in the morning and lasted two hours, hit a military base, a police headquarters, the regional parliament […]
WEF panel told grassroots aid workers keep Sudan afloat even as conflict puts them at risk
LONDON(RAHNUMA): Grassroots Sudanese aid groups are filling critical humanitarian gaps left by limited international access, but their volunteers are facing hunger, arrest and deadly risks as the conflict enters its fourth year, speakers warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. More than 20 million people in Sudan are facing acute hunger, while […]
Egypt and Sudan welcome Trump’s offer to mediate Nile River dam dispute
CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Egypt and Sudan welcomed on Saturday President Donald Trump’s offer to resume US mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a long-running Nile River water dispute following Addis Ababa’s construction of a giant dam. Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, last fall. It is Africa’s largest and is meant to produce more […]
