Aid group condemns junta-backed militia for attack in Sudan’s Darfur and other stories

Today we look at renewed attacks on communities in Darfur, Sudan; the results of France’s presidential runoff election, and more

April 25, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at renewed violence in Sudan’s Darfur region which has killed over 160 people and displaced an estimated 20,000; the victory of President Emmanuel Macron in France’s presidential runoff election against the backdrop of growing discontent and the rising threat of far-right extremism; the Israeli Supreme Court’s rejection of a petition filed by the Palestinian Bakr family against the closure of an inquiry into the 2014 airstrike which killed 4 children in Gaza; and the expulsion of the Organization of American States from Nicaragua by the Sandinista government of President Daniel Ortega.