Darfur

Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says

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David Turner

CAIRO (AP) — Families in Sudan’s embattled western Darfur region have finally received an emergency increase in food aid that is much ...

UN Security Council demands end to Sudan’s city siege

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David Turner

The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudanese paramilitary forces call off their eight-week siege of El Fasher, a city in Darfur ...

UN to vote on a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city

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David Turner

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will vote Thursday on a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force halt its siege ...

130 people die at Sudan hospital amid city siege

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David Turner

Over 130 people have died at a single hospital in Sudan’s besieged city of El Fasher, in the Darfur region, according to ...

I couldn’t bury my brother because of Sudan bombing

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David Turner

Fierce fighting in Sudan’s besieged city of El Fasher has become so intense that Mohamed Haroon Abdallah has been unable to bury ...

Sudan’s people are trapped in `inferno of brutal violence’ as famine and fighting close in, UN says

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David Turner

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Sudanese people “are trapped in an inferno of brutal violence” with famine, disease and fighting closing in ...

Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes

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David Turner

Civilians caught up in Sudan’s civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our ...

Darfur’s Jem rebels join army fight against RSF

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David Turner

Two rebel groups from Sudan’s Darfur region say they will fight alongside the army in the country’s civil war. This comes after ...

RSF takes control of Nyala in Darfur

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David Turner

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has seized control of Sudan’s second largest city, Nyala, from the army after months of fighting, ...