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A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed el-Fasher's healthcare system during their long siege and subsequent takeover of the city in Darfur a year ago. BBC Africa correspondent Barbara Plett Usher explains.
The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.
Sudan's army chief has ordered an import ban cancelled as the dollar hit 10,300 pounds and inflation rose to 28.29% in September. The post Sudan’s Leader Lifts Import Ban on Food appeared first on The Rio Times.
The 21 October Geneva meeting was a coordination forum for mediators, not a negotiation between Sudan's army and the RSF, leaving the war unresolved. The post Why Sudan Ceasefire Talks Failed Again in Geneva appeared first on The Rio Times.
In tonight’s edition: Sudan’s brutal war continues to take a devastating regional toll, as a drone strike in Abyei reportedly kills 153 people. We speak to the UN envoy for Sudan following an emergency international meeting on the escalating crisis. Also, health authorities prepare to coordinate a response as Ebola cases emerge in Nigeria and rise in Kenya. Finally, ten years after Cameroon’s deadliest railway disaster, families of the 79 victims are still fighting for justice, saying their pain has yet to be acknowledged.
The comments come as South Sudan says more than 150 people were killed in a strike in the disputed Abyei border region.
A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a border region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan, hit a nearby fuel depot, killing at least 153 people, a local official said on Tuesday. Yohanna Akol Ngor, the Abyei administration’s caretaker information minister, blamed Sudan’s military for Monday’s attack on Amiet Market, north of Abyei town. Ngor told Associated Press by phone that the death toll was continuing to rise as the fire burned. A senior Sudanese military officer said the army carried out a...
Sudan's Customs Authority lifted its customs dollar 29.6% on Monday 19 October, so Sudan import duty bills for food, medicine and parts jump in pounds. The post Sudan Import Duty Costs Rise 29.6% appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rights groups warn increasing attacks by unmanned aircraft are targeting civilians and infrastructure.
Relatives and local groups say a Sudan drone strike on Al-Dabab in West Kordofan killed 100 to 150 civilians on Sunday 18 October. The army has not commented. The post Sudan Drone Strike Kills 100+ in Kordofan appeared first on The Rio Times.
At least 80 people were killed in a drone strike near a market in Sudan’s southern West Kordofan state, a medical source and a witness said Monday. The strike in the town of Al-Dibab on Sunday evening is among the deadliest single attacks since war erupted between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in 2023.
Sudan’s army says it struck RSF command centres in South Darfur, but the RSF says a crowded livestock market was hit.
Sudanese are facing growing costs of medicine caused by the country's civil war.
Sudanese miners injured in a deadly airstrike along the border with Egypt last week have been describing how the incident unfolded.
Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces have fought since April 2023. Here is who holds what, who backs whom and where the truce talks stand. The post Sudan’s War Explained 2026: Army, RSF and Their Backers appeared first on The Rio Times.
An air strike hit a gold mine near Sudan’s border with Egypt, killing at least 72 people and injuring more than 50.
Sudan Tribune reports dozens of Sudanese gold miners killed and at least 20 wounded in air strikes near the Egyptian border on Saturday. The post Sudan Miners Report Air Strikes Near Egypt, 20 Wounded appeared first on The Rio Times.