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Civilians Killed in Wave of Attacks Across Blue Nile, Kordofan as Sudan’s Conflict Widens

A series of attacks across Blue Nile and Kordofan states this week left dozens of civilians dead, including children, as fighting between the Sudanese army, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and allied groups continues to spread into new regions of the country. Drone strike on displaced civilians in Blue Nile A Sudanese army drone strike […]

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ICC Withdraws Charges Against Abdallah Banda in Darfur War Crimes Case

The International Criminal Court held a status conference on 21 July 2026 in the case of the Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakar Norain, during which the Office of the Prosecutor formally gave public notice that it is withdrawing the charges against Mr. Banda. Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan’s office said the decision follows years of […]

“Elections Won’t Erase Our Right to Self-Determination”: Abyei Civil Society Leader Speaks Out.

Rose Monjtoog Dau, Head of Abyei Civil Society Organizations, welcomed the Misseriya Ajaira’s endorsement of the Port Sudan statement. The statement supports Abyei’s right to take part in Sudan’s December 2026 elections. But Dau made one thing clear: election participation does not settle the region’s separate, unresolved right to self-determination. Abyei’s Unique Status Dau described […]

Joint Force Seizes Khazan Orshi in North Darfur Amid Escalating Military Competition

The Joint Force of armed movements allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces has announced it has taken control of Khazan Orshi, an area within the Ambro Administrative Unit in North Darfur State. The announcement marks the latest in a series of territorial gains by the Joint Force, following its earlier recapture of Bir Saliba and […]

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ICC Deputy Prosecutor Briefs Security Council on Darfur Investigation, Warns of Atrocities in El Obeid

ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan briefed the UN Security Council this week on the Office of the Prosecutor’s ongoing investigation into Darfur, following a visit to refugee camps in eastern Chad where she met with displaced Darfuris from Adre, Farchana, GozBeida, and several other camps. Khan told the Council that testimonies gathered during the […]

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Sudanese Court Sentences RSF Leader Hemedti to Death in Absentia Over West Darfur Killings

A Sudanese court has sentenced Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, to death in absentia over the 2023 killing of West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abakar. The ruling, issued Sunday by the Anti-Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court sitting in Port Sudan, marks the first court verdict against […]

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UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on El Obeid Amid Escalating Risk in North Kordofan

The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted, without a vote, its first resolution focused specifically on El Obeid (A/HRC/62/L.48), the North Kordofan city facing an intensifying campaign of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) violence following 18 months of siege-like conditions. The resolution follows an emergency session convened after rights groups called on the Council to […]

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Drone Attacks Kill at Least 18 Civilians Across North Kordofan in Three Days

The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) documents a series of drone attacks carried out between 6 and 8 June 2026 across North Kordofan State that killed at least 18 civilians and left dozens more wounded, striking a market, villages, civilian vehicles, and a fuel station. The attacks were carried out by the warring parties […]