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The commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Vice-President of the Sovereignty Council, Gen Mohamed ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo arrived in Nyala, capital of South Darfur yesterday, where he held a closed meeting with the South Darfur Security Committee, concerning about the attacks on a number of villages in Beleil, south-east of the state capital last week. Hemeti also witnessed the concussion of the eight-day conference of the RSF.

May 7 - 2021 KUTUM / SARAF OMRA Gunmen in Darfur (File photo) A displaced man was killed by militant herders in Kutum, North Darfur on Thursday. Paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of Saraf Omra yesterday. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, activist Yahya El Khumus told Radio Dabanga that Mohamed Sabah was on his way from the Fata Borno camp for the displaced to Kutum town when he was shot dead by militant herders. “It happened in in Khor Jagedeldei,...

May 3 - 2021 KUTUM Bank in Kutum town, guarded by military staff, as police forces were absent, 2015 (File photo) In the area north of Kutum, a large group of armed herders is attacking cars and robbing the passengers. Two people were seriously injured yesterday when the attackers fired at a passenger car in the area of Khor Aweeja. During the weekend, militant Arab herders, riding in 15 vehicles, intercepted traffic on the road north of Kutum, and robbed the drivers and...

April 26 - 2021 DABANGA SUDAN Arrival of COVID-19 vaccines at Khartoum Airport, March 3 (Ahmed Salim Yeslam / UNICEF) The first quarter of 2021 ended with much optimism, as the Sudanese government and the SPLN-N El Hilu signed a in Juba, however it has been a turbulent three months economically. The adjustment of the exchange rate of the Sudanese Pound (SDG) to reflect the parallel market value has caused consumer prices to fluctuate, and done little to alleviate commo...

February 27 - 2021 EL SEREIF BENI HUSSEIN Child in Darfur following the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Risk Education programme (File photo) An explosion in El Sereif Beni Hussein locality in North Darfur killed four children on Sunday, February 21, after explosives and ammunition were abandoned at a border guard warehouse. Nazir of the Beni Hussein tribe, Mohamed Ahmed Mahdi, told Radio Dabanga in an interview on Friday that border guards evacuated their positions in ...

February 13, 201 (KHARTUM) - The Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts tasked with monitoring the arms embargo (...)

February 3 - 2021 TAWILA / KUTUM / EAST JEBEL MARRA A torched village near El Fasher, North Darfur, in April 2020 (RD correspondent) Gunmen driving vehicles and riding motorcycles, horses and camels have killed 14 people, wounded eight, burned 11 villages, looted mills, and have stolen 15,000 head of cattle in Tawila locality, North Darfur, in the last 10 days, community leader from North Darfur Abdallah El Tajani said at a press conference in Nyala yesterday. Not all th...

February 2 - 2021 TAWILA / GENEVA The Peace Shield Forces will consist of RSF troops (SUNA) On Sunday, one person was killed, another wounded, and three kidnapped in two separate attacks in Tawila locality, North Darfur. The North Darfur State Security Committee will deploy the Peace Shield Forces in certain localities to deal with the lack of security. Experts from the UN Human Rights Council called on the Sudanese government to take urgent action to protect civilians ...

January 30, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan has deployed a significant number of troops in West and South Darfur states to prevent renewal of (...)

January 20 - 2021 EL GENEINA / OMDURMAN People fleeing bloody attacks on the Kerending camps for the displaced (Social media) The death toll of the bloody attacks by gunmen on the state capital El Geneina on Saturday and Sunday has risen to 159. More than 90,000 people fled their homes. Activists condemn ‘the silence of the government forces’. Gunmen are still roaming the area. Security agents have prevented an attack on the residence of the West Darfur governor yest...