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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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DNHR Statement on Escalating Atrocities in El Fasher, North Darfur.

The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) expresses grave concern over the ongoing violence in El Fasher, North Darfur, where fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has intensified since yesterday. Reports from DNHR field monitors and witness testimonies confirm a sharp escalation in hostilities, widespread civilian casualties, and […]

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RSF Claims Control of Sudanese Army Base in El Fasher Amid Rising Civilian Toll

October 26, 2025 — El Fasher, North Darfur State The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have claimed control of the Sudanese army’s 6th Infantry Division headquarters in El Fasher after days of intense fighting, according to information gathered by the Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) from sources in and around the city. Since April 2024, […]

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RSF Captures and Forces Youth to Fight in El Fasher, North Darfur.

Fighters from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have captured and forced dozens of young men to fight in the ongoing conflict around El Fasher, according to testimonies gathered by the Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) from witnesses and sources inside the city. Witnesses reported that 65 young men were seized at RSF checkpoints between […]