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70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says

January 26, 2025 10:54 am

Officials and others in the capital of North Darfur province had cited a similar figure Saturday, but Ghebreyesus is the first international source to provide a casualty number.

Tens of thousands flee as paramilitaries attack Sudan's al-Fashir, activists say

May 24, 2024 5:44 pm

RSF troops attacked and looted the vast Abu Shouk camp on Wednesday, killing an unknown number of people and wounding at least 13, locals said.

Sudanese official urges international probe into "violence" against residents in Darfur

June 20, 2023 4:10 pm

Sudan descended into chaos after fighting erupted in mid-April between the military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.

200,000 dead, one lone defendant as Darfur trial begins

April 06, 2022 2:20 pm

Ali Kushayb went on trial at the International Criminal Court, where he is charged with 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including persecution, pillaging, murder and rape, all of which he denies.

‘They keep killing us’: Violence rages in Sudan’s Darfur two decades on

March 20, 2022 11:43 am

At least 700 people were killed or wounded in armed attacks in Darfur last year, the U.N. estimates, although other organisations say that figure drastically undercounts the real toll.

UN says 138,000 people displaced in new fighting in Darfur

April 07, 2016 8:54 am

Darfur has been in turmoil since 2003, when ethnic Africans rebelled, accusing the Arab-dominated Sudanese government of discrimination.

US urges UN not to withdraw peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur as situation worsens

June 20, 2015 9:54 am

US Ambassador Samantha Power urged the UNSC not to reduce or close the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, saying conditions in Sudan's conflict-wracked region are getting worse.

Clooney on peace mission to Sudan

October 12, 2010 3:33 pm

Clooney wants to attract attention to the human suffering in Sudan.

Kidnapped Russian pilots released

August 31, 2010 5:59 pm

Three Russian pilots,abducted by an unknown group on Sunday in Sudans troubled Darfur region,were freed.

Rebels say more than 200 civilians dead in Darfur fighting

March 02, 2010 2:08 pm

Darfur rebels have said that more than 200 civilians had been killed in clashes with Sudanese government troops over the past week in the war-torn western regions central Jebel Marra plateau.