Tag: RSF
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BREAKING: Chad closes border with Sudan after third clash this year with RSF
In a surprising news announced early this morning, the Republic of Chad has closed off its borders with Sudan after the Chadian army clashed with the Rapid Support Forces on the border town of Al-Tanila. This was the third clash between the Army of Chad and the RSF this year. The border closure, just like…
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The EU is appeasing the United Arab Emirates over Sudan
Earlier this week at an EU Commission press briefing, journalists asked the EU whether it would condemn the Rapid Support Forces for attacking a humanitarian aid convoy. The EU Commission officials refused to condemn the RSF forthe attack, and instead condemned all acts of violence against humanitarian workers. EU officials also failed to explain why…
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Saudi Arabia condemns RSF attack on the WFP convoy: Army of Chad engages the RSF at the border for the second time this year
Saudi Arabia has issued a statement condemning the attack by the Rapid Support Forces against a World Food Programme convoy in North Kordofan, Sudan. Saudi Arabia also condemned the RSF’s attacks on civilians which are escalating as they suffer serious military defeats. Saudi Arabia is taking an increasingly public position in favour of the Sudanese…
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The Rapid Support Forces bomb a World Food Programme convoy in North Kordofan
The genocidal militia in Darfur, Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces, have used drones to attack a food convoy of the World Food Programme in the Allah Karim area of North Kordofan State. The RSF are escalating their attacks on civilian targets in Kordofan region as they take on significant strategic military defeats. Political representatives supporting…
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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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No peace in Sudan before RSF are defeated – General Burhan
Speaking to journalists in Port Sudan, General of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told the press that there won’t be peace in Sudan before the Rapid Support Forces are defeated. “Peace will not come before the end of the RSF, and any solution proposal that RSF is involved in is nothing but postponing…
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Weapons air-supply routes to the RSF restricted: ICC declares that war crimes and collective torture against Darfuris are ongoing
The International Criminal Court has released a statement declaring that Darfuris are experiencing collective torture and ongoing war crimes which have escalated ever since the Rapid Support Forces captured the city of Al-Fashir. The ICC is currently conducting an investigation on the war crimes perpetuated in Darfur by the RSF which was prompted following the…
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15,000 bodies recovered after Khartoum was liberated from the RSF
Speaking to Al-Jazeera, the head of the State Forensics Authority, Hisham Zain al-Abidin said that his authority has collected a total of 15,000 bodies from residential places and schools in the capital city of Khartoum and re-buried them in cemeteries. The bodies are those of victims either killed by the RSF or who died as…
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The Rapid Support Forces bomb United Nations peace-keeping forces
The UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces have conducted a drone strike against a United Nations base in Kadugli, the capital city of the South Kordofan state. Six Bangladeshi peace-keeping soldiers belonging to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNIFSA) were killed in the attack. Abyei is a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan.…
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Sudan is undermined by neighbours and attacked from various fronts
The official army of the South Sudan government has confirmed that it has sent its troops to the Heglig oil refinery after it was captured by the Rapid Support Forces. The confirmation came just as the Sudanese Armed Forces bombed the RSF and their allies at the Heglig oil refinery with drones. The South Sudan…
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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…
