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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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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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Restrictions on Humanitarian Work in Tawila Locality, North Darfur, Sudan

Field sources have reported to DNHR that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have imposed strict restrictions on humanitarian organizations operating in Tawila camp, Tawila locality, North Darfur. The RSF communicated these restrictions through official letters sent directly to organizations in the field. RSF Orders Relocation to Besieged El Fasher The letters require organizations to either […]

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“We Could Not Breathe Inside Those Containers” RSF’s Systematic Detention, Torture and Extortion in North Darfur

After the fall of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces turned arbitrary detention into a criminal enterprise targeting thousands of civilians. March 2026 On 26 October 2025, El Fasher, the last state capital in Darfur not under RSF control fell after more than 500 days of siege. As tens of thousands of civilians fled, RSF […]

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Al-Fashir South Hospital Administration Reaffirms Commitment to Providing Health Services Despite Ongoing Conflict.

Al-Fashir – March 20, 2025 – North Darfur Health Directorate (“Suma”) Dr. Ezzeldin Ahmed Asso, General Director of Al-Fashir South Hospital, has reaffirmed the hospital’s ongoing operation and its commitment to delivering medical and health services. This comes despite the enormous challenges caused by the ongoing conflict in Sudan and the worsening conditions in Al-Fashir. […]