Deri Bat News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

West Darfur violence: Death toll rises to 163 while situation remains unstable Format According to the West Darfur Doctors Committee, the number of victims from the El Geneina massacre has risen to 163 after a severely injured person died and another body was found. The RSF claims that peace has been restored in the area but many are still displaced and unrest, instability, and protests remain present. The attacks in, and around, the capital of West Darfur have now cost the lives of at least 163 and left more than 100,000 people displaced in attacks by Arab herdsmen on El Geneina and nearby c...

January 26 - 2021 EL GENEINA / JEBEL MARRA Newly displaced seeking refuge in the centre of the town after the violence in El Geneina (social media) According to the West Darfur Doctors Committee, the number of victims from the El Geneina massacre has risen to 163 after a severely injured person died and another body was found. The RSF claims that peace has been restored in the area but many are still displaced and unrest, instability, and protests remain present. The attacks in and around the capital of West Darfur in the weekend of January 16 and 17 have now cost t...

January 12 - 2021 KHARTOUM / EL FASHER Members of the Sudanese Women’s Revolution Initiative protest violence against women in El Fasher (Social Media) Yesterday, the Sudanese Women’s Revolution Initiative held a vigil in front of the Ministry of Justice in Khartoum to protest against rape, sexual harassment, and discrimination against women. Another vigil was held against gender-based violence (GBV) in front of the El Fasher Court in North Darfur. They handed a memorandum to the Ministry of Justice to call for the amendment of the 1991 Criminal Law on harassment a...

January 11 - 2021 ATBARA / DARFUR Atbara during yesterday's violent protests (Social media) Police officers shot a suspect dead in Atbara, River Nile state, yesterday. Five were wounded, including a policeman who was stabbed. In Darfur, a policeman was killed, a man was kidnapped, displaced people were attacked, and a young girl was raped. Speaking to Radio Dabanga from Atbara, witnesses reported that police officers raided a house in El Wehda neighbourhood in the town, in search of a suspect known by the name of Jamal Abdu. This led to verbal altercations between the ...

December 14 - 2020 TAWILA A soldier was killed and two civilians were seriously wounded near Dubo El Omda in North Darfur’s Tawila (locally called eastern Jebel Marra) on Saturday evening during in an attack on a commercial vehicle on its way to Deribat market in South Darfur. Witnesses from the area said that seven gunmen riding camels intercepted the vehicle and opened fire, killing soldier Ashraf Ali, and wounding Mohamed Ali (35) and Adam Shougar (55). The witnesses said that the vehicle escaped to the army garrison in Katur. Unidentified gunmen kidnapped Bahri...