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Amnesty International

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    • An RSF unit carrying a combination of imported AK-pattern rifles in Nyala, south-west Sudan
    • An SAF unit with allied militia pictured with assault rifles and machine guns in Shendi, northern Sudan
    • An RSF unit carrying Serbian-made Zastava M05E1 rifles in Sennar State, south-east Sudan
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Source: Amnesty International |

Sudan: Constant flow of arms fuelling relentless civilian suffering in conflict – new investigation

The briefing, New Weapons Fuelling the Sudan Conflict, documents how recently manufactured foreign weapons have been transferred into and around Sudan

Weapons from China, Russia, Serbia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and Yemen identified; Existing arms embargo on Darfur completely ineffective; “This is a humanitarian crisis that cannot be ignored” – Deprose Muchena The conflict in Sudan is being fuelled by a constant flow of weapons into the country, Amnesty International said today in…

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
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United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Funds New Police Training Centre in Torit County

The peacekeeping mission’s decision to fund the construction project was made following a joint request made by local authorities and citizens living in the area

With crime on the rise and residents in Torit County feeling unsafe, the recent inauguration of new police facilities in Imodonge was warmly welcomed. “As a community, we believe that this positive development will greatly improve security in our area,” said Luka Ohucholi Odu, landlord of the large plot of…

World Food Programme (WFP)

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    • WFP calls for access to Khartoum State where hunger is soaring. Photo: WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei
    • A women collects WFP food assistance in northern Sudan, even as humanitarian deliveries to the capital remain challenging. Photo: WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei
    • Child malnutrition in many parts of Sudan is worryingly high. Photo: WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei
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Sudan updates: World Food Programme (WFP) supports Khartoum's grassroots kitchens as famine threatens capital

WFP is supporting Khartoum’s community kitchens – known as Emergency Response Rooms – by working with local NGOs who are involved in buying food, and preparing and distributing the meals

Sudan’s capital Khartoum is at risk of famine, with over 90,000 people facing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC5) - meaning they are unable to access enough food to survive and are at risk of starvation. Gaining consistent access to people in Khartoum is an urgent priority for WFP’s scale-up plan.…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Sudan Fact-Finding Mission documents disturbing patterns of rights violations on mission in Chad

The Mission traveled to eastern Chad, including to Adre, Farchana and Abeche

The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan called on the international community to urgently step up efforts to end the country’s war, saying it had documented disturbing patterns of grave human rights violations during its three-week mission to neighboring Chad. The Fact-Finding Mission visited Chad from 30 June to 18…

Médecins sans frontières (MSF)
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Sudan’s “war on people” must end now

The warring parties have inflicted horrendous levels of violence on people since April 2023

At a press conference today launching the release of the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) report, “A war on people: The human cost of conflict and violence in Sudan,” Vickie Hawkins, the general director of MSF Netherlands, described the patterns of violence witnessed by our teams and reiterated our…

Médecins sans frontières (MSF)
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A war on people: The catastrophic toll of violence in Sudan

A new MSF report documents shocking violence against civilians in Sudan, including sexual and ethnic violence and attacks on health workers and facilities

A report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today reveals a collapse in the protection of civilians in Sudan, where communities continue to face indiscriminate violence, killings, torture, and sexual violence while attacks on health workers and medical facilities persist.  The report, A War on People: The Human Cost of Conflict and…

Médecins sans frontières (MSF)
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Médecins sans frontières (MSF) report reveals catastrophic toll of ‘a war on people’ in Sudan

The report contains shocking reports of sexual and gender-based violence, especially in Darfur

15 months into the war in Sudan, communities face indiscriminate violence and health workers and facilities are repeatedly attacked; A new MSF report outlines the horrific levels of violence on people, even as many international humanitarian organisation are not responding in the country; MSF calls on the warring parties to…

United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)
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Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General-Resident Humanitarian Coordinator and United Nations (UN) in Libya Delegation Visit Kufra to see Situation of Sudanese Refugees, Host Communities and Humanitarian Response

In Kufra, the UN team met with doctors and patients at a medical facility supporting refugees with assistance from UN agencies including medical equipment, medicines, generators and health care professionals

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, Georgette Gagnon, led a mission to Kufra on 18 July with the heads of five UN agencies to see the situation of Sudanese refugees and host communities, and guide the UN’s scaled up humanitarian response and action. Since war…

UN News

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    • © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih A child and mother peer through a window in Alsabaat community, Kassala state
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Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort

Heavy fighting in Sudan has severely curtailed humanitarian aid deliveries across vast areas of the southeast, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday

In an alert, WFP expressed deep concern about “the escalation of fighting” in Sudan’s Sennar State. More than 136,000 people have already fled their homes, many for the second or third time since the conflict started. To date, the UN agency has provided support to 46,000 people who fled to neighbouring Blue…

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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Sudan: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls for greater access to deliver humanitarian aid as millions of people go without basics for survival

Nearly a quarter of the country’s population have fled their homes and lost their livelihoods while months of fighting have taken a heavy toll on civilian infrastructure

Fifteen months since the beginning of the armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, millions of people do not have access to essential services like food, water, and healthcare. Nearly a quarter of the country’s population have fled their homes and lost their livelihoods while…