African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
SUDAN— Nearly three years after the outbreak of the Sudan conflict, thousands of refugees and returnees at the Renk Transit Centre continue to face dire humanitarian conditions, despite having escaped the violence across the border. The conflict, which erupted on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, has triggered […]
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 The claim was later backed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which confirmed it had withdrawn from the area.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 […]
