Tag: Rapid Support Forces
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UPDATED: Muammar Ibrahim: conflicting reports of Muammar Ibrahim’s condition
Updated: An Al-Jazeera journalist is now reporting that Muammar Ibrahim is still alive. The journalist is quoting a pro-RSF source. Several reports state that Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim has been murdered while in custody by the UAE-backed genocidal militia, the Rapid Support Forces. Muammar Ibrahim was captured by the RSF on October 26th after…
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US Treasury sanctions Colombian mercenaries in Sudan: Colombian parliament approves law outlawing mercenaries
The US Treasury has sanctioned four Colombian-owned companies and several Colombian individuals for providing military and technical services to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan including technical support in using drones. The companies sanctioned include International Services Agency (A4SI), Global Staffing, Comercializadora San Bendito and Maine Global Corp. Individuals who have been sanctioned include Alvaro…
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RSF in Sudan remain well-armed and supplied as they keep committing war crimes and capturing territory
The Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, Sudan, remain undeterred and well equipped to keep committing war crimes and capturing more territory despite global outcry about their actions in the city of Al-Fashir. The RSF have just captured Sudan’s biggest oil deposit, capturing the the Heglig oil fields along with the 90th Brigade HQ in the…
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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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Back-room lobbying and alleged corruption influencing the European Union’s policies on the United Araba Emirates and Sudan
According to several press reports, the United Arab Emirates exerted a systematic and extensive lobbying campaign with European Union officials and European leaders pressuring Europeans not to sanction or mention the United Arab Emirates in connection with the ongoing geocide in Darfur perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces. The UAE also lobbied on behalf of…
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Sudanese Armed Forces retake villages in South Kordofan, Sudan: civilians killed in SAF airstrike
It has been confirmed that the Sudanese Armed Forces have struck a military base run by the SPLM-N in South Kordofan as part of strikes that enabled it to re-capture several villages. However, separate reports claim that the SAF also struck up to 45 civilian villagers as part of their attacks and these casualties are…
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Letter to the Leaders of the European Union about abducted journalist Muammar Ibrahim
Letter to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. It has been more than a month since journalist Muammar Ibrahim was abducted by the Rapid Support Forces. Press reports state that some Members of the European Parliament are raising concerns about European weapons…
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RSF abducts 150 youths and children from Al-Zallataya mine in South Kordofan, Sudan
According to the Sudanese Doctors Network, the Rapid Support Forces have abducted up to 150 youths and children after their attack on the Al-Zallataya mine in the South Kordofan region, Sudan. Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF in South Kordofan are ongoing. The attack comes after the RSF declared a humanitarian ceasefire…
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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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Sudanese doctors condemn TASIS spokesperson’s comments on Muammar Ibrahim
The Sudanese Doctors Trade Union (Sudan Doctors Guild) have condemned the comments made by the TASIS spokesperson, Alaa Eldin Awad Nugud, who said that Muammar Ibrahim and other journalists were primary causes of the ongoing war in Sudan. The preliminary committee of the Doctors Union has accused Alaa Eldin Awa Nugud of being involved in…
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TASIS blames Muammar Ibrahim for the war in Sudan (Al-Jazeera)
Interviewed by Al-Jazeera (Arabic), the official spokesperson of the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS), Alaa Eldin Awad Nugud, blamed abducted journalist Muammar Ibrahim and other journalists for causing the war in Sudan. Alaa Eldin Awad Nugud described Muammar Ibrahim as one of the primary causes for the war in Sudan. TASIS is the political arm of…
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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…
