MORE than 280 people were reportedly killed this past weekend in Geneina town in the West Darfur region of the conflict-torn Sudan. This coincides with a month into the escalation of fighting in Sudan,and just a few days since the warring parties signed the Jeddah Agreement. “The appalling levels of violence unfolding in West Darfur are nothing short of inhumane,” said William Carter, Norwegian Refugee Council’s country director for Sudan. “Scarcely had the two warring parties signed the Jeddah Agreement…

THERE are shocking revelations of 190 children killed and 1 700 injured during the ongoing conflict in Sudan.The toll could be higher as the numbers received by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) only cover the period from the start of the fighting, April 15, until April 25. “As feared and as warned, the situation in Sudan has become fatal for a frighteningly large number of children,” said UNICEF spokesperson, James Elder. The figures released on Friday are frightening. On…

WHILE global attention has focused on the capital, Khartoum, conflict is spiraling in western Sudan, characterised by bloodshed, widespread clashes and looting of aid. The situation is dire in the El Geneina region of West Darfur where since Tuesday last week, at least 19 people have been killed, thousands of others displaced, dozens of settlements burnt and destroyed. Health facilities, the central market, humanitarian premises, and public buildings have been looted. The violence began on April 25 in Geneina, the…

THE international community is making frantic efforts to save the situation in Sudan amid the country reaching breaking point.Sudan is to top the agenda this month as Switzerland assumes the presidency of the Security Council. The presidency will be for the entire month. The troubled country is to feature when Switzerland convenes two signature events during its presidency, namely debate on “Futureproofing Trust for Sustaining Peace” under the “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace” agenda and the annual open debate on the…

ATTACKS on health infrastructure, which have left at least 12 health care personnel and sciences students dead, is a dampener to the ceasefire agreed by the warring parties in Sudan. The health sector is bearing the brunt of the conflict that broke out on April 15 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital, Khartoum. A ceasefire was agreed on Monday this week. The most recent situational report, released on Wednesday by the…

RECURRING inter-communal violence has left no less than ten people dead while more than 20, 000 others displaced in western Sudan. The conflict has erupted in the Foro Baranga town of West Darfur State. Violence broke out last Friday between members of the ethnic Masalit and Arab tribes. The killing of three members from the two tribes in different neighbourhoods in West Darfur between seemed to have triggered the tensions. There are also of homes and the local market in…