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Human Rights Council to Vote on Initiative to Investigate Abuses This week, member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva will vote on creating a mechanism to investigate alleged crimes by the parties to the conflict in Sudan. This would lay important groundwork for holding perpetrators to account. In September, nearly 120 […]
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Joint Statement Urges More Aid, Solidarity, Attention to the Crisis We, the heads of over 50 human rights and humanitarian organizations are coming together to sound the alarm about Sudan, where a disaster is unfolding before our eyes. With fighting continuing across the country, brutal sexual violence rising, widespread deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and […]
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Crucial Step Toward Accountability for Rapid Support Force Abuses By Nicole Widdersheim | Deputy Washington Director, Human Rights Watch The United States government imposed two different types of sanctions on two leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an independent military force in Sudan responsible for human rights abuses and war crimes. The US Department of […]
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US Should Press for Concrete Actions During UN Security Council Presidency Satellite data shows massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba in Sudan’s West Darfur state, in late July 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. It is the seventh village or town that has been nearly destroyed or burned completely to the ground in West […]
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Mehari Taddele Maru In mid-April, fighting erupted in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). As of 18 June 2023, the conflict has resulted in over 1,000 civilians deaths and left 2.2 million people displaced; of 78% whom are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This raises the total number of IDPs in Sudan to over […]
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UN, Donors Should Scale-Up Support in Sudan, Neighboring Chad Nusra and Khadija share the bond of being cousins and of living in the same small town in West Darfur. Now they share a darker bond: both survivors of sexual violence in the conflict in Sudan. Human Rights Watch researchers spoke with the cousins in eastern Chad, while […]
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Sudan has been in the midst of a conflict since 2003, which has resulted in the displacement of millions of people and caused widespread devastation. The conflict began when two rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), took up arms against the government of Sudan, accusing it of […]
...The dialogues in the Horn of Africa inspire little confidence to resolve the region’s crises while U.S. diplomatic efforts seem insufficient in an area of strategic interest. Michelle Gavin It’s a matter of conventional wisdom that the crises gripping the Horn of Africa are fundamentally political, and that viable, sustainable solutions can be found only […]
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Specialised aircraft and seamless teamwork make successful journey possible On a mission to Sudan, one of South Africa’s finest flight doctors traversed the continent, crossing the airspace of six countries and covering approximately 4 660 kilometers to save the life of one man. Dr Nadia Swart, flight doctor with the Netcare 911 fixed wing division, […]
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While landing in Khartoum, it is hard to ignore the new high rises and unexpected façade of a real estate boom. Surely it must be a façade because this is Khartoum. For those who have traveled between Frankfurt and Addis Ababa, the two-hour stop to refuel in Khartoum simply seems odd. Sudan simply does not […]
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