Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Rapid Support Forces

Shelling, looting in Sudan's capital as military factions battle for eighth week

Shelling and heavy clashes hit areas of Sudan's capital on Monday, residents said, with reports of spreading lawlessness in Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur after more than seven weeks of conflict between rival military factions.

Reuters

‘Real hell’: Deadly fighting escalates in Sudan as truce expires

New outburst of violence in North Darfur state has left at least 40 people dead, activists and residents say.

Al Jazeera

Sudanese forces clash in Khartoum after talks break down

Sudan's warring parties fought in the capital on Friday after the collapse of talks to maintain a ceasefire and ease a humanitarian crisis.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Sudanese army suspends ceasefire talks

Sudan's army suspended talks with a rival paramilitary force on Wednesday over a ceasefire and aid access, raising fears the six-week-old conflict will push Africa's third largest country deeper into a humanitarian crisis.

Reuters

Intense clashes in Sudan's capital after ceasefire extended

Intense clashes could be heard in Sudan's capital on Tuesday, residents said, after military factions battling for more than six weeks agreed to extend a ceasefire aimed at allowing aid to reach civilians.

Reuters

Sudan’s warring sides accuse each other of violating ceasefire

The truce between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces was reached after 5 weeks of warfare in Sudan.

Al Jazeera

Sudan army calls on ex-soldiers to re-enlist, sporadic fighting persists

Sudan's army called on Friday for reservists and retired soldiers to re-enlist amid a deadly conflict with a rival paramilitary and asked the United Nations to change its envoy to the country.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Clashes in Sudan's capital shatter lull brought by ceasefire deal

Clashes between rival military factions broke out on Wednesday in Sudan's capital Khartoum, residents said, threatening to shatter a fragile ceasefire designed to allow for the delivery of aid and create conditions for a more lasting truce.

Reuters

Sudan ceasefire monitoring group, U.S. discussing alleged violations -State Dept

Alleged violations of the ceasefire agreed by Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are being discussed by the Saudi Arabia-based monitoring panel and the United States, as well as the warring sides, the State Department said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Blinken warns rival Sudanese generals to respect latest truce or face possible sanctions

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Sudan’s rival generals to abide by the latest cease-fire or face possible sanctions

The Independent UK

Sudan's army says it is committed to ceasefire deal - statement

Sudan's army confirmed on Sunday a seven-day ceasefire deal with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), saying it would be limited to arrangements for a truce to protect civilians and hospitals and did not address political issues.

Reuters

Sudan ceasefire deal raises hopes for relief in Khartoum

Air strikes and clashes between Sudan's warring factions could be heard in the capital Khartoum on Sunday, residents said, after a Saudi and U.S.-brokered deal for a week-long ceasefire raised hopes of a pause in the five-week conflict.

Reuters

Sudan’s army, Rapid Support Forces sign 7-day ceasefire

Truce will come into effect 48 hours after signing of agreement and is to be enforced by the US and Saudi Arabia.

Al Jazeera

Sudan's factions agree to 7-day humanitarian truce and ceasefire, sources say

The Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a seven-day humanitarian truce and ceasefire, two negotiation sources told Reuters on Saturday.

Reuters

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Sudan's army and paramilitary RSF sign seven-day ceasefire

Sudan's warring factions signed an agreement late on Saturday for a seven-day ceasefire as fighting that has plunged the country into chaos and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week.

Reuters

Air strikes hammer Khartoum as army chief drops RSF foe from Sudan council

Sudan's capital Khartoum and sister city Bahri came under renewed air attack on Friday as the war between the army and paramilitary forces entered its fifth week, deepening a humanitarian crisis for trapped and displaced civilians.

Reuters

'Where is the state?': Mass looting engulfs Sudanese capital

Mass looting by armed men and civilians is making life an even greater misery for Khartoum residents trapped by fierce fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses said.

Reuters

More than 1 million people displaced by Sudan crisis - UN refugee agency

More than a million people have been displaced by fighting in Sudan so far, including a quarter of a million refugees, a U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson said on Friday.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

The Sudan crisis: A power struggle by design

How do the rival Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF stack up against each other, and what might happen next?

Al Jazeera

Three pro-democracy activists arrested in Sudan

Experts say arrests are part of a broader campaign by the army to consolidate control over aid relief.

The Conversation

Sudan's university students have a long history of political activism

The latest fighting to erupt in Sudan has plunged the nation into a fresh crisis. Since 15 April, conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces has left nearly 800 people dead and forced about a million others to seek sanctuary abroad. It has disrupted…

Reuters

UN seeks $3 billion for Sudan as fighting rages in Khartoum

The United Nations said on Wednesday more than half Sudan's population now needed aid and protection, as civilians sought shelter from air strikes and sporadic clashes between rival military factions in the Khartoum area.

Al Jazeera

Sudan fighting: One month on and no solution in sight

While the fighting did not come as a surprise to Sudan watchers, the world seems at a loss to stop the bloodshed.

The Conversation

Sudan is awash with weapons: how the two forces compare and what that means for the war

Armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has escalated following an outbreak of violence in April 2023. There is intensive fighting in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, neighbouring Omdurman and elsewhere, including Darfur.

Reuters

Khartoum under bombardment as Sudan's rivals talk

Shelling and air strikes pounded parts of Sudan's capital on Sunday with little sign that warring military factions were ready to back down in a month-long conflict that has killed hundreds despite ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia.

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

Abdel Fattah alBurhan

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo

Mohamed Hamdan Hemedti Dagalo

50 stories

Cameron Hudson

34 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Rapid Support Forces

the Sudanese Armed Forces

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.