Tag: SAF
G7 and EU denounce two-year-old Sudan war
The war in Sudan, dubbed by some the one the world forgot, this week marked the second year of ongoing hostilities between the Sudanese...
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...
Sudan’s civil war: What military advances mean, and where the country...
A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the African nation’s yearslong civil war could be at...
Colombian mercenaries in Sudan show internationalisation of conflict
A single road cuts through the Libyan desert from the coastal city of Benghazi to al-Uwaynat on the northwestern border of Sudan. It was...
UAVs supplied by Iran and the UAE threaten to prolong Sudan...
Since January, Iranian cargo aircraft have been seen regularly at the airport in Port Sudan, the headquarters for Sudan’s ruling junta led by Sudanese...
Slaughter in Sudan condemned by top UN official
In the wake of yet another round of violence in Sudan’s Gezira, the senior United Nations (UN) political affairs official echoed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...
Sudan’s civil war has left at least 62,000 dead by our...
The ongoing war in Sudan has often been overlooked amid higher-profile conflicts raging across multiple continents. Yet the lack of media and geopolitical attention...
Guterres likens Sudan to a nightmare
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not hold back on Monday when he addressed ambassadors at the Security Council (SC) on what some...
African conflicts seen as “footnotes” – Lamola
South African international relations and co-operation minister Ronald Lamola maintains conflicts in Sudan, the Sahel and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are “footnotes” while...
UN denounces foreign actors for prolonging Sudan’s conflict
As Sudan’s civil war drags on, experts are pointing to the role played by outside interests in prolonging it and making it deadlier.
“There’s a...
Sudan conflict “a perfect storm of crises” – WHO Director-General
Sudan - where fighting rages on between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its opposing Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - has drawn widespread criticism...
Is peace possible between Sudan’s warring parties?
Ever since conflict erupted in Sudan on 15 April 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been engaged in...
How militia groups capture states and ruin countries: the case of...
The rise of Sudan’s most notorious paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, shows how armed groups can infiltrate state institutions – often with disastrous...
Sudan – the world’s “forgotten war” – condemned by AU
More than a year ago in April hostilities in Sudan were escalated to the level of war with the African Union (AU) this week...
ICC seeking information on Sudan “atrocities”
Ongoing hostilities, fighting and deaths in Sudan’s Darfur region have reached a point where the international Criminal Court (ICC) this week launched a campaign...
Sudanese Armed Forces might collapse at hands of RSF
In early March, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) retook sections of Omdurman from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The reconquest marked one of the...
Sudan Armed Forces are on a path to self-destruction – risking...
It is now 10 months since the outbreak of civil war in Sudan in April 2023, pitting the Sudan Armed Forces against the Rapid...
Ramaphosa calls for a permanent ceasefire in Sudan as SA nationals...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for those involved in the conflict in Sudan to immediately cease the violent activities.
President Ramaphosa was addressing a media...
UN human rights chief calls for negotiations to halt fighting in...
As opposing sides in Sudan today (Wednesday, 19 April) seemed set for a 24 hour ceasefire a heartfelt plea for them to return to...
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