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Sudan’s war isn’t nearly over – armed civilian groups are rising

Sudan’s war, now entering its third year, has taken another unexpected turn. In March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), also known as the Janjaweed, withdrew from Khartoum, abandoning the presidential palace and airport.

The Conversation

Is Sudan’s war merging with South Sudanese conflicts?

Sudan’s war is spilling into South Sudan as its army and RSF seek new proxies and partners.

Al Jazeera

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants over atrocities in Darfur

Karim Khan says civilians being targeted and communities destroyed in western region of Sudan

The Guardian - UK

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Daglo, Feared Darfuri General Accused By US Of Genocide

Sudanese paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who has been sanctioned by the United States for genocide, went from feared Darfur militia commander to de facto vice-president before unleashing a devastating war for power.

International Business Times

ICC to wrap up landmark trial of notorious Sudanese militia chief

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has entered the final stages of its first-ever trial involving crimes committed during Sudan’s Darfur conflict. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, is accused of leading Sudan’s Janjaweed militia in a campaign of murder, rape, and torture between 2003 and 2004.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan Militia Chief 'Enthusiastically' Committed War Crimes: Prosecutor

A feared Sudanese militia chief "willingly and enthusiastically" participated in war crimes, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor charged Wednesday, laying out searing accusations of rape, murder, and torture.

International Business Times

ICC To Wrap Up War Crimes Trial Of Feared Sudan Militia Chief

The war crimes trial of a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of rape, murder, and torture across the Darfur region of Sudan during the country's brutal civil war wraps up this week.

International Business Times

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Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur

Displaced people are taking up arms to defend themselves against the paramilitary and the atrocities it is known for.

Al Jazeera

No End In Sight To Sudan War As Both Sides Seek 'Decisive' Win

Sudan has seen a surge in extreme violence in recent weeks as the warring military and paramilitary push for a decisive victory, with no political solution in sight.

International Business Times

How militia groups capture states and ruin countries: the case of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

The rise of Sudan’s most notorious paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, shows how armed groups can infiltrate state institutions – often with disastrous results for society.

The Conversation

US sanctions two RSF commanders as fighting escalates in Sudan’s Darfur

UN officials and rights groups warn hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk amid heavy fighting in el-Fasher.

Al Jazeera

‘If anything happens to me, look after my family’: Manus Island death leaves unanswered questions on offshore detention

An inquest into Faysal Ishak Ahmed’s death is under way – but it’s unlikely it will reckon with concerns about punitive detention and duty of care

The Guardian - AU

Monday briefing: Charting the forgotten crisis in Sudan

In today’s newsletter: With tens of thousands dead, millions displaced and no sign of the war abating, a ‘deafening silence of global indifference’ threatens the country’s future

The Guardian - UK

Two Decades On, Sudan's Darfuris Fear World Has Abandoned Them

More than two decades after the outbreak of war in Darfur, fears are growing that the world has abandoned its people as a new conflict ravages Sudan and the perpetrators of atrocities act with impunity.

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Al Jazeera

‘Can’t trust the Janjaweed’: Sudan’s capital ravaged by RSF rule

After nine months of war, Khartoum under RSF control has turned into a lawless and violent capital.

The Independent UK

UN says up to 300,000 Sudanese fled their homes after a notorious group seized their safe haven

The U.N. says fighting between Sudan's military and a notorious paramilitary group forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province that had been a safe haven for families displaced by the country's devastating conflict

The Guardian - UK

Rape, murder, looting: massacre in Ardamata is the latest chapter in Darfur’s horror story

Witnesses recall November’s atrocity as the long-running ethnic conflict in Sudan claims more victims

International Business Times

US Finds War Crimes And Ethnic Cleansing In Sudan War

The United States said Wednesday that Sudan's rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict and alleged a new ethnic cleansing campaign in scarred Darfur.

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Sudan's war passed 6 months, with much of the world consumed by other conflicts

An estimated 9,000 people have been killed and another 5.6 million forced to flee their homes. NPR has spoken to Sudanese from different walks of life to hear how they're coping.

The Independent UK

An alleged Darfur militia leader was merely 'a pharmacist,' defense lawyers tell a war crimes court

Defense lawyers have told the International Criminal Court that their client is not a Sudanese militia leader who participated in war crimes, but rather “a no one” who was not involved in the ongoing conflict in the nation

The Guardian - UK

Women in Sudan facing a ‘tragedy’ of sexual violence as rape cases rise

Reported cases are almost all by RSF paramilitaries and are just the tip of the iceberg, say campaign groups

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Darfur: not facing catastrophe, but in its midst

Editorial: The war between Sudan’s two generals has sparked the resurgence of brutal ethnic violence

Al Jazeera

HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF

New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26.

The Independent UK

Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence

Sudan's powerful paramilitary has been singled out by a leading rights group and 30 United Nations experts with accusations of rape and sexual violence against women

The Independent UK

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages

Sudan's Darfur region became synonymous with genocide and war crimes two decades ago

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