African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
A remote airstrip in southeastern Libya has emerged as a critical logistics hub reshaping the course of Sudan’s civil war, providing a vital supply lifeline to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, according to more than a dozen military, intelligence and diplomatic officials. The RSF — a force that evolved from the notorious Janjaweed […]
Nairobi – The United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Chaloka Beyani, has sounded a grave warning over the escalating violence in Sudan, citing credible reports of systematic and targeted attacks against civilian populations protected under international law. Speaking after high-level consultations in Nairobi, Mr. Beyani said verified information indicates that […]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a stark warning that millions of famine-stricken Sudanese will face reduced food assistance beginning in January, as the agency grapples with a severe funding shortfall that threatens to cripple its operations by April. Speaking to reporters on 12 December, WFP Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response […]
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has announced it has taken control of Sudan’s strategic Heglig oilfield in South Kordofan, marking a major escalation in the country’s two-and-a-half-year civil war. The claim was later backed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which confirmed it had withdrawn from the area. The SAF said the withdrawal was […]
Nadra Mohamed Ahmed was seven months pregnant when she grabbed her two young children and fled her hometown of El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region. Violence had intensified, and survival became a race against time. For nearly 40 kilometres, Ahmed walked along unsafe roads, carrying her four-year-old daughter on her back and clutching her six-year-old son’s […]
The Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in Nairobi has sounded a grave alarm to the international community, calling for immediate and decisive intervention to halt what it describes as a genocide unfolding in El Fasher, North Darfur. The embassy says the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia has continued to commit war crimes and atrocities […]
EL FASHER, SUDAN – Shocking new footage from the war-torn Sudanese city of El Fasher has sparked worldwide condemnation after scenes emerged of mass killings allegedly carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful Sudanese paramilitary group. One particularly disturbing video, verified by Prime Africa News, shows dozens of bodies strewn across a […]
