South Sudan leaders allowing human rights crisis to worsen: UN report – JURIST
South Sudan’s political leaders are failing their people by enabling impunity, corruption, and systemic human rights violations, warns the latest report from the UN Commission on Human Rights in South…
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UN raises alarm over rising ethnic violence in Sudan – JURIST
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded an urgent alarm on Friday over the escalating ethnic violence in Sudan. Reports of ethnically motivated attacks, hate speech, and…
Read More » US holds RSF responsible for genocide amid ongoing Sudan civil war – JURIST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday declared that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have committed genocide during the country’s ongoing civil war. This would mark…
Read More » Sudan rejects IPC famine report backed by UN – JURIST
Sudanese government officials on Sunday rejected the latest UN-backed famine analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), according to Sudan News Agency. The Foreign Ministry of Sudan stated…
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Breakfast and politics with Jimmy Carter in a tense in Khartoum
Jimmy Carter wore a button-down shirt in Khartoum. It was a sweltering morning and the sun shone on the Nile as the clamorous city was rousing to life. Carter was…
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UN report exposes widespread arbitrary detention in South Sudan – JURIST
A joint report released Wednesday by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) revealed a pattern of arbitrary…
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Refugees International urges NBA to cut ties with UAE over country’s role in Sudan crisis – JURIST
Refugees International, an independent human rights organization that advocates for displaced people, called on the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday to end its partnership with the UAE until the…
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UAE’s French-designed arms found in Sudan amid ongoing civil war – JURIST
Amnesty International revealed on Thursday that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are using United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) armoured carriers, incorporated with French military technology on the battlefield. The group…
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Rampant human rights violations by Rapid Support Forces in Sudan civil war – JURIST
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, expressed shock over severe human rights violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Saturday, after the Sudan Doctors Network…
Read More » UN Secretary-General calls for ceasefire in all Sudan conflict zones – JURIST
The UN Secretary-General Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Saturday that the UN Chief is “gravely alarmed” at the full-scale assault on the city of El Fasher by the Rapid Support…
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UN Security Council resolution imposes stricter sanctions on Sudan to mitigate violence in Darfur – JURIST
The UN Security Council unanimously decided on Wednesday to extend its longstanding sanctions against Sudan by adopting Resolution 2750. This extension, set under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, prolongs the sanctions…
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Canada announces new immigration pathway for those affected by Sudan conflict – JURIST
Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marc Miller, announced a family-based humanitarian pathway on Thursday that enables Sudanese and non-Sudanese nationals to reunite with their family in Canada permanently….
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US says combatants on both sides of Sudan conflict have committed war crimes – JURIST
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced his determination that combatants on both sides of Sudan’s ongoing civil conflict have committed war crimes in recent months, and that some…
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EU condemns escalating violence in Sudan and warns of potential genocide – JURIST
The European Union (EU) has issued a stern condemnation regarding the escalating violence in Sudan’s Darfur region. The EU expressed deep concern over the potential for “another genocide.” The conflict,…
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Sudan air strike kills at least 40 civilians – JURIST
Air strikes in the Quoro market area of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killed at least 40 civilians and injured at least 50 more. The market “massacre,” with the highest death toll since…
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Opinion: How Sudan went from revolution to civil war
Editor’s Note: Justin Lynch is a researcher and analyst in Washington, DC. He is co-author of the book “Sudan’s Unfinished Democracy.” The views expressed here are his own. Read more…
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Sweden oil executives face landmark trial over alleged Sudan war crimes – JURIST
Executives of Lundin Oil (now Orrön Energy) Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter’s criminal trial for alleged war crimes in Sudan began on Tuesday. Schneiter and Lundin are charged with “complicity…
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