Tag: Fasher
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Médecins Sans Frontières says Al-Fashir is a ghost town: the EU adds more RSF leaders in its sanctions list
A team of MSF personnel was recently granted access under strict supervision to the city of Al-Fashir in Darfur, Sudan. The city is currently under the control of the Rapid Support Forces who committed widescale ethnic cleansing in the city when they captured it in October last year. In their report, Médecins Sans Frontières, stated…
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25,000 children killed in the Siege of Al-Fashir: Masalit people specifically targeted and at least 45 girls and women raped
Sudan’s National Doctor’s Syndicate is reporting that at least 25,000 children have been killed in the Siege of Al-Fashir since the war broke out in Sudan in April 2023. The death toll covers deaths by war, violence and famine. Many have died by exhaustion and thirst as they fled to Tawila by foot. They are…
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Previous Governor of Darfur claims up to 27,000 civilians killed in Al-Fashir: US and UAE hold talks about Sudan again
In an interview given to the Middle East Eye the previous and current (de jure) Governor of Darfur, Minni Minnawi said that up 27,000 people were killed by the Rapid Support Forces after they captured the city of Al-Fashir around October 26th, and that he also lost some family members. The Sudanese Armed Forces claimed…
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Survivors of Al-Fashir recount horror stories of massacres and rape: UAE military vehicle captured in Babnousa
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher travelled to Tawila in Sudan to meet with survivors of Al-Fashir. Eyewitnesses and survivors have told the UN official of stories of massacres and mass rape when the Rapid Support Forces took over the city. Survivors also recounted stories of torture and…
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UAE regular military cargo flights to Africa take a pause after State Secretary Marco Rubio’s comments
According to military-flight spotters tracking UAE military cargo flights, the UAE paused their regular military cargo flights to Africa, however military cargo flights from Somalia to Libya are continuing. The pause came after comments made by the US State Secretary Marco Rubio demanding the UAE to stop weapons shipments to the Rapid Support Forces. The…
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URGENT: Release Muammar Ibrahim
The Maltese Herald is officially launching a campaign to persuade European leaders and American diplomats to engage with the United Arab Emirates and demand the immediate release of Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim and all other journalists from detention by the Rapid Support Forces. Muammar Ibrahim was captured by the Rapid Support Forces around October 26th…
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SKY News Arabia newscaster travels to El-Fashir and hugs RSF war-criminal
An Emirati-based newscaster from Sky News Arabia travelled to Al-Fashir, Sudan, where the Rapid Support Forces carried out ethnic cleansing, and was filmed getting chummy with RSF officer Shiraz Khalid, the same woman who had urged RSF militiamen to rape the women of Al-Fashir. The scenes of the newscaster getting chummy with the RSF officer…
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The RSF demand ransom payments from families of civilians: hundreds died with exhaustion and thirst as they fled the city
Latest reports from Al-Fashir state that eyewitnesses who escaped the city said they saw hundreds of bodies along the road—people who had collapsed from thirst and exhaustion as they fled. The Rapid Support Forces also rounded up many civilians who were trying to flee and executed them. Below is video footage of people exiting Al-Fashir…
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The International Criminal Court opens an investigation on the RSF’s massacre in Al-Fashir
In a brief statement released yesterday, the International Criminal Court has announced that it is conducting an investigation in the genocidal massacre in Al-Fashir perpetuated by the Rapid Support Forces. The ICC’s statement also makes an effort to prove that it has made efforts in the past to seek justice for the atrocities and war…
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Muammar Ibrahim is alive and detained by the RSF: civilians can’t leave Al-Fashir
Muammar Ibrahim has appeared in a video released by the Rapid Support Forces, in which an RSF official is seen demeaning the journalist and accusing him of lacking neutrality. International calls are being made for his immediate release. Another 12 journalists in Al-Fashir remain unaccounted for. At least three female journalists have been raped. Most…
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Up to 150,000 people in Al-Fashir, Sudan unaccounted for: relatives fear the worse
Relatives of the Sudanese trapped in Al-Fashir fear the worse as at least up to 150,000 people remain unaccounted for following the entry of the Rapid Support Forces into the city. The UN reported that up to 62,000 people fled Al-Fashir many to Tawila, which is 60KM away, but Al-Fashir had at least up to…
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Death toll in Al-Fashir rises to 3,000 civilians: testimonies from Tawila recount horror stories of rape and mass executions
According to various sources and aid organisations that are working on the ground in Tawila around 60KM outside Al-Fashir, the death toll of the massacre by the Rapid Support Forces after they conquered Al-Fashir has risen to at least 3,000 people. Aid workers are also hearing many testimonies from the refugees who arrived in Tawila…
