Tag: #Sudan #UAExpanding
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The new focal point in aged war: The oil-rich Kordofan region
Another Wave of Atrocities’ in Sudan’s Civil War –Paramilitary groups have intensified an offensive on a crucial oil-rich region bordering Darfur, prompting fears of another massacre. Heavy fighting has now surgedacross the sprawling Kordofan region, which connects central Sudan to Darfur. The region is important for both sides of theconflict. To regain its territorial foothold…
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Where the empire has its grip
Over 30 million people in Sudan need help. With the fall of El-Fasher, the UAE-BACKED RSF gained control of all five Darfur states in the west, out of Sudan’s 18 states, while the army controls most areas of the remaining 13 states in the south, north, east, and center, including the capital Khartoum. Darfur makes…
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Mass graves, burned bodies found in Sudan amidst ‘unimaginable atrocities’
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have buried hundreds of civilians in mass graves and burned many others in a desperate attempt to conceal the unimaginable atrocities their fighters have committed in the city of al-Fasher, local medics say. The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Sunday that the fighters had “collected hundreds of…
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UK rejected civilian protection plans for Sudan, adopted ‘cheaper’ option: Report
The UK government rejected measures which could have prevented atrocities carried out by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, according to a 7 November report by The Guardian. An internal government paper from last year presented four options for increasing the protection of civilians in Sudan, including “atrocity prevention.” The options were evaluated…
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Everything that blinks gold
Doctors Without Borders warns of the fate of thousands of civilians in El Fasher as massacres continue. The conflict was guaranteed to endure, being fueled by the country’s resource exports, especially gold, which became even more lucrative than before the fighting began. These exports funded a constant flow of advanced weaponry for both sides, all…
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Sudan envoy demands action as El Fasher soaks in blood
Sudanese Ambassador to Tehran Abdulaziz Hassan Saleh has stated that the city of El Fasher represents “one of the most tragic chapters in modern Sudanese history,” calling for the international community to take effective action to halt the atrocities. He said Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are “deliberately starving residents to weaken them and set…
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UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan
Exclusive: two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF group. British military equipment has been found on battlefields in Sudan, used by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group accused of genocide, according…
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Sudan downs UAE plane carrying mercenaries to war-torn Sudan’s opposition RSF
Sudan says the UAE banned its aircraft from entering the country after Khartoum shot down an Emirati plane carrying Colombian mercenaries. The UAE also barred a Sudanese airliner from taking off from Abu Dhabi airport, a Sudanese authority said Thursday. The flight ban, not yet officially announced by the UAE, marks a significant escalation in…
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WHO: Famine and disease threaten millions in Sudan
The World Health Organization warned that famine in Sudan is affecting 25 million people, including 770,000 children at risk of severe malnutrition this year. WHO’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Hanan Balkhy, said during a UN briefing that simultaneous outbreaks of cholera, polio, measles, dengue, and malaria are overwhelming a health system already crippled…
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US notifies Congress of $1.45B in proposed arms sales to UAE as Trump leaves for Middle East
Defense Security Cooperation Agency says deals support ‘foreign policy and national security of the United States’ The US State Department notified Congress on Monday of two proposed arms sales to the United Arab Emirates totaling an estimated $1.45 billion as President Donald Trump embarked on a four-day Middle East tour. The first sale, worth $1.32…
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