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world17 hours ago•121 min saved

UAE-Linked Colombian PMCs Tied to Sudan’s RSF, HRW Reports

Human Rights Watch documents a UAE-backed operation that recruited, trained, and deployed Colombian PMCs to Sudan to support the RSF, with transit through UAE bases and hubs in Libya, Somalia, and Chad, and continued presence around El Fasher. By 2024-2025, hundreds of Colombian contractors fought alongside RSF forces and helped train recruits, including alleged child soldiers; the report highlights diverted UAE-sold equipment and bases, suggesting potential aiding-and-abetting war crimes and urging UN/EU/US investigations and sanctions. UAE denies involvement, but HRW calls for accountability and a broader arms embargo enforcement.

via Human Rights Watch|

#colombia #private-military-contractors #rsf-rapid-support-forces

world21 days ago•14 min saved

Sudan pulls ambassador from Ethiopia amid drone-strike row

Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia amid drone attacks, signaling rising diplomatic tensions between the two nations.

via AP News|

#ambassador #diplomacy #drone-attacks

world21 days ago•3 min saved

Sudan accuses Ethiopia and UAE of orchestrating drone strikes

Sudan says four drone strikes were launched from Ethiopia using UAE-supplied drones and has recalled its ambassador, accusing Addis Ababa and the UAE of backing the attacks; Ethiopia denies the charges, and the UAE denies funding the RSF. The conflict has killed more than 150,000 and displaced about 14 million, with drones central to the fighting and rising regional interference.

via Al Jazeera|

#drone-attacks #ethiopia #rsf

world22 days ago•4 min saved

Sudan blames Ethiopia and UAE for drone strike on Khartoum airport

Sudan alleges that drones used in strikes on Khartoum’s main airport and nearby military sites were launched from Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, implicating Ethiopia and the UAE amid a broader Sudanese conflict; Addis Ababa denies involvement and the UAE has not commented. Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, operations at the airport were suspended, and there were no reported injuries as the fighting between the Sudanese army and RSF continues.

via BBC|

#drone-attack #ethiopia #khartoum-airport

world1 month ago•18 min saved

Front-Line Doctor Keeps Sudan's Hospital Running Amid War

Over three years of Sudan’s war, Dr. Jamal Eltaeb kept Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman open on the front line, rationing scarce medicines, finding fuel to power the lights, and making brutal life‑and‑death decisions to save as many patients as possible.

via AP News|

#frontline #hospital #sudan

world1 month ago•5 min saved

War, neglect fuel deadly measles outbreak in Darfur

War and the collapse of health services in East Darfur have sparked a measles outbreak that has killed dozens and infected around 1,000 across Labado, as vaccination and medicine supplies dwindle and families struggle to reach care. Vaccines only began arriving in mid‑April after a months‑long gap, and official counts clash—Labado groups report about 70 deaths and 1,000 infections, while health officials cite roughly 26 deaths and 300 cases—highlighting a broader collapse of routine immunization and the toll on displaced communities.

via Al Jazeera|

#darfur #displacement #measles

international1 month ago•35 min saved

Khartoum as a Ghost Town: Sudan’s Civil War Wages On

A year after the SAF retook Khartoum, much of the capital is a ghost town as fighting continues across Sudan, exposing a massive humanitarian crisis with millions in need and displaced. Foreign backers, political infighting, and a politicized aid system complicate relief, while local activists and health officials voice resilience and advocate decentralizing health services to help rebuild the country.

via The Hill|

#civil-war #humanitarian-crisis #international

world1 month ago•5 min saved

US Arrests Iranian National in LAX Case Linked to Iran-Sudan Arms Deals

A 44-year-old Iranian national with a US green card, Shamim Mafi, was arrested at Los Angeles airport for allegedly brokering the sale of Iranian-made drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds to Sudan's defence ministry, in violation of US sanctions. Prosecutors say she coordinated travel for a Sudanese delegation to Iran, received over €6 million, and prepared to broker a 55,000 bomb fuse deal via the IRGC; if convicted, she could face up to 20 years in prison. The case underscores clandestine arms-brokering networks fueling Sudan's war.

via BBC|

#arms-trafficking #drones #iran

world1 month ago•6 min saved

LAX arrest ties Woodland Hills woman to Iran-Sudan arms trade

Shamim Mafi, 44, of Woodland Hills, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on charges that she brokered Iran’s sale of drones, bombs, bomb fuses and millions of rounds of ammunition to Sudan, using shell companies and cash transfers to evade sanctions; she allegedly worked with Iran’s intelligence service and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

via Los Angeles Times|

#arms-trafficking #drones #federal-arrest

crime1 month ago•1 min saved

LAX arrest ties Iranian weapons broker to Sudan arms deal

A 44-year-old Los Angeles woman, Shamim Mafi, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of brokering a weapons sale between Iran and Sudan, including drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and ammunition, via the Oman-based Atlas International Business. Prosecutors say the operation took in more than $7 million in 2025 and involved selling 55,000 bomb fuses to Sudan’s Ministry of Defense; she faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war humanitarian crisis.

via PBS|

#atlas-international-business #crime #iran

africa1 month ago•6 min saved

Sudan's three-year war traps civilians as aid dries up and peace stalls

Three years into the Sudanese war between the SAF and RSF, civilians remain trapped as fighting intensifies, with about 11 million displaced and nearly half the population in acute food insecurity. Donors pledged roughly $1.3 billion in Berlin, but there is no viable path to peace and aid access is shrinking amid sieges and attacks on aid workers; external powers’ rivalries, including UAE backing of the RSF, complicate the situation. The UN warns of a protracted, multi-billion-dollar crisis requiring sustained funding and a political breakthrough.

via France 24|

#africa #humanitarian-aid #refugees

world1 month ago•8 min saved

Sudan’s health system teeters as three-year conflict deepens crisis

Three years of conflict have left Sudan with the world’s largest ongoing health crisis: 34 million in need of aid and 21 million lacking health services, with 37% of health facilities non-functional and 217 attacks on health care since 2023. Malnutrition is rising (over 4 million acutely malnourished in 2026), and outbreaks of malaria, dengue, measles, polio (cVDPV2), hepatitis E, meningitis and diphtheria are reported. WHO has delivered more than 3,300 metric tons of medicines and supplies, provided essential care to over 4.1 million people, treated more than 118,000 children with complicated severe acute malnutrition, and led vaccination campaigns reaching over 46 million people (including cholera and other vaccines); malaria vaccines were introduced. Cholera outbreaks were contained after sustained response. WHO calls for safe, unrestricted access, sustained funding, and peace to restore health services.

via World Health Organization (WHO)|

#disease-outbreaks #health-crisis #humanitarian-aid

world1 month ago•17 min saved

Sudan's Four-Year War Deepens a Neglected Humanitarian Crisis

Four years into Sudan's war, officials warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis described as abandoned, as civilians endure hardship under military control in Khartoum and the conflict disrupts daily life and education across the country.

via AP News|

#africa #aid #humanitarian-crisis

world1 month ago•2 min saved

UK pushes for ceasefire at Berlin talks on Sudan's third anniversary

British foreign secretary Yvette Cooper will urge Sudan’s warring parties to cease bloodshed at Berlin talks marking the war’s third anniversary, but analysts foresee no major peace breakthrough. The summit seeks to address a severe funding shortfall as humanitarian needs surge—only about 16% of the year's required aid has been pledged—while the UK doubles its support to £15m for frontline responders. With fighting between the army and RSF continuing, more than 19 million people face acute hunger and up to 22-23 million may need aid; drone strikes are driving civilian casualties, underscoring the urgency of a political solution.

via The Guardian|

#berlin-talks #ceasefire #drone-strikes

world1 month ago•8 min saved

Khartoum's Mass Graves Tell the Toll of Sudan's War

Years of fighting between Sudan’s army and the RSF left Khartoum a city of graves, with thousands buried in makeshift sites as cemeteries became inaccessible; authorities have recovered about 23,000 bodies, but tens of thousands remain in mass graves, and the death toll is estimated in the hundreds of thousands alongside around 12 million displaced, underscoring a dire humanitarian crisis.

via Los Angeles Times|

#displacement #khartoum #mass-graves