Alleging that UAE-supplied drones taking off from an Ethiopian airport have attacked Sudan four times since March 1, the Sudanese government has recalled its ambassador, and threatened an “open confrontation” with Ethiopia “if it becomes necessary.”​

From condemning the violation of Iranian sovereignty to condemning Iran for its retaliatory strikes, the full spectrum of messaging is on offer in the statements by African governments, while the left has unequivocally condemned “imperialist”, “Zionist” aggression.

After consolidating control over Darfur, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are pushing east into Kordofan, stepping up attacks on El Obeid – a strategic city blocking their return route to the capital, Khartoum.

Deploying more troops freed up from Darfur after the fall of El Fasher, the paramilitary RSF had since intensified attacks on Babanusa, stronghold of the army whose HQ of the 22nd Infantry Division was overrun on December 1.

“I urge colleagues to study the latest satellite imagery of El Fasher; blood on the sand. And I urge colleagues to study the world’s continued failure to stop this. Blood on… [our] hands,” said UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher.

After running out of animal fodder, people are now consuming cow skin as a last resort against starvation in North Darfur state’s besieged capital, cut off from all food supply by a 57-km wall the paramilitary has built around the city.

Almost 12,200 people have been infected with the deadly disease that has claimed over 500 lives in the region in less than three months since it was first detected in the crowded camps for displaced people in North Darfur.

Last week, RSF leader Hemedti was sworn in as head of a parallel government in Sudan, a move seen as part of the paramilitary group’s efforts to entrench its power despite being accused of widespread atrocities and fueling the ongoing conflict.

The specter of ethnic cleansing looms over hundreds of thousands trapped without food, water, or medicines in the North Darfur state’s besieged capital, El Fasher.

Mientras la guerra entre las fuerzas de seguridad de Sudán continúa en su vigesimoprimer mes, las bajas aumentan en El Fasher, la capital asediada de Darfur del Norte, que ha quedado aislada de la ayuda alimentaria en medio de una hambruna que se extiende mientras los mercados locales son bombardeados.

As the war between Sudan’s security forces continues into its 21st month, casualties mount in North Darfur’s besieged capital El Fasher, which has been cut off from food aid amid spreading famine while local markets are being bombed.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been at war with Sudan’s army since April 15, 2023, broke into the family home of Haitham Dafallah, the chief editor of Al-Maydan newspaper, and abducted him along with his brother, on January 19.