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G7 and EU call for halt to attacks in Sudan's El-Obeid and wider arms embargo

G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to halt all actions that could lead to further atrocities or endanger civilians in El-Obeid.

Radio France Internationale

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Farmers today are producing food under pressures that would have been unimaginable to previous generations. Input costs are rising, supply chains are increasingly unreliable, water is becoming scarcer, and weather patterns are less predictable. For a growing number of farmers -- in Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar and Gaza -- the challenge…

Bangkok Post

Voices: Sudan’s war is not being fuelled by ideology alone. It is being funded

COMMENT: History isn’t something that simply happens to us, it is shaped by the choices we make and the actions we take – and action now can prevent untold destruction later, says development minister Baroness Jenny Chapman

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Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

The impacts of a strengthening El Niño and the lingering effects of the war in Iran highlight two separate and seemingly unrelated global hazards. But in the Greater Horn of Africa, an area already beset by prolonged crisis and conflict, these factors are combining with others to potentially create a…

The Conversation

Sudan's war economy fuelling 'self-perpetuating' conflict, UN human rights office says

OHCHR called on the parties to the war, and corporations involved in the value chain of Sudanese commodities, to ensure compliance with international law.

Euronews

EAM Jaishankar discusses global developments, including West Asia, Ukraine with UN Chief Guterres

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar launched the nation's campaign for a UN Security Council seat. He discussed global developments, including West Asia, Ukraine, and Sudan with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. India's approach to the UN is rooted in "SHANTI: Securing Holistic Advancement through Norms, Trust and Integrity."

The Economic Times

Gold drops to 2-week low as oil surge drives inflation, rate-hike fears

Gold prices declined to a two-week low on Tuesday. Oil prices surged due to the U.S.-Iran conflict in the Gulf. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller's hawkish remarks fueled interest rate hike bets. Investors await U.S. CPI data for inflation and Fed policy clues. European Union sanctions targeted Sudan's gold trade…

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European Parliament calls for terrorist listing of Rapid Support Forces in Sudan

First, the European Parliament calls on EU member states to officially designate the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan a terrorist organisation. Then, Kenya's Rastafarian community waits with bated breath as the country's high court gears up to deliver a ruling on the legalisation of marijuana. And, Morocco is still reeling…

France 24

Fifteen years of independence for South Sudan, but still little to celebrate

South Sudan, the world's youngest country, on Thursday marks the 15th anniversary of its independence, following decades of war with Sudan, a 2005 peace agreement and a 2011 self-determination referendum in which almost 99 percent of voters backed statehood. But the hopes that came with it have given way to…

Radio France Internationale

UN 'deeply concerned' by ongoing drone attack in Sudan

In tonight's edition, the ICC is laying the groundwork for investigations into some of the atrocities committed during Sudan's brutal war. Also, rights activists, politicians, developers and business leaders are in Geneva for the AI for Good Summit. And, South African artist Credo V. Daniels has had his music removed…

France 24

'We Will Get There': ICC Says Breakthrough Evidence Could Bring Sudan War Crimes Suspects to Justice

The ICC has obtained breakthrough evidence linking RSF leaders to alleged war crimes in Darfur, Sudan, marking a significant step in ongoing investigations

International Business Times UK

South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war

South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa’s longest civil wars: the north-south war that preceded it. Formally, it did. But independence did not end the deeper struggles over power, revenue and coercion inside the newly independent state.

The Conversation

Serving a state that couldn’t pay: why South Sudan’s civil servants didn’t quit during the war

When civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, civil servants found themselves at the centre of a deep political and economic crisis.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on atrocities in Sudan: when ‘never again’ becomes again, and again

Editorial: The city of El Obeid faces catastrophe. Governments are shirking their duty to challenge all those sustaining this war

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Euronews

RSF razes multiple villages in Darfur killing dozens as UN warns of rising attacks on children

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have razed multiple villages in the western regions of the country bordering Chad, killing many and displacing thousands as a separate UN report outlines that over 300 children were killed in their atrocities this year alone.

The Economic Times

More than 300 children killed or injured in Sudan war in 6 months, UNICEF says

Sudan's brutal conflict has claimed over 300 young lives or left them injured in just six months, primarily due to drone attacks, UNICEF reports. The war, raging since April 2023, has devastated regions like Kordofan and Darfur, with civilian infrastructure increasingly targeted. International bodies are voicing grave concerns over escalating…

The Independent UK

More than 300 children killed in Sudan war in 6 months, mostly in drone strikes, UNICEF says

The U.N. children's agency reports over 300 children have been killed in Sudan in the first six months of the year, mostly from drone strikes

Radio France Internationale

‘International law is our compass’ in global conflict, UN rights chief tells RFI

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk tells RFI that repression in Iran and drone warfare and sexual violence in Sudan show that civilians are paying the highest price for conflicts around the globe.

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‘The situation is terrible’: aid workers on life in Sudanese city pummelled by drone strikes

El Obeid becomes key battleground in war between Sudan’s armed forces and their paramilitary enemies, the RSF

France 24

More than 400 dead in DR Congo's Ebola outbreak

In tonight's edition, Ebola is spreading beyond its original hotspot in the DRC as a new case has been detected nearly 600 kilometers away. And another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan around the besieged city of al-Obeid, the UN says.

France 24

Putin & The ‘Drowning Man Syndrome’ Sudan

From intensifying drone warfare between Ukraine and Russia to mounting fears of a humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, anti-immigration protests in South Africa and a landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court, this week has been shaped by conflicts over power, identity and international law.

France 24

'Not a proxy war': Sudan conflict 'would not go on like this' without international support

Pospisil says the siege has been ongoing for almost a year, with the RSF appearing determined to seize el-Obeid. While he argues that Sudan's civil war is not a proxy war in the strict sense, he also makes clear that "without international support, the war would not go on like…

France 24

UN issues 'red alert' over human rights catastrophe in Sudan's El-Obeid

The UN on Friday warned that a "human rights catastrophe" was unfolding in Sudan's El-Obeid where experts have warned the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) may be about to stage an offensive. Civilians in the city have already been subjected to "siege-like conditions" for the past 18 months, UN rights chief…

The Independent UK

UN human rights chief sounds 'red alert' over violence around Sudan's el-Obeid city

The United Nations human rights chief is sounding a “red alert” about possible atrocity crimes in and near a strategic city in central Sudan

The Conversation

The rhythms that broke Bashir: how Sudan’s music shaped a revolution

The revolution in Sudan in 2019 has been eclipsed by the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023.

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