https://www.scmp.com/rss/524181/feed The latest news and top stories on Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. A career military officer, he has been Sudan's de facto leader since 2019, initially as Chairman of the Transitional Military Council and later the Transitional Sovereignty Council. He played a significant role in the 2019 revolution that ousted Omar al-Bashir, and subsequently led the 2021 coup. His background includes extensive service in the Sudanese Armed Forces, participating in conflicts in Darfur and overseeing troops in Yemen.... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press Satellite images analysed on Wednesday appear to show mass burials being conducted in El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized it, further raising concerns about the scale of the violence that descended on the city. The images of El-Fasher come as the two-year war grinds on in Sudan despite growing international outrage, with local media and the United Nations reporting a drone strike targeting a funeral in another city called El-Obeid, killing at... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331722/sudan-satellite-images-point-horrors-seized-city-el-fasher?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331722/sudan-satellite-images-point-horrors-seized-city-el-fasher?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:53:57 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A young man from one of the towns outlying the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Hussein was one of hundreds of men and boys captured and held by paramilitary forces that have overrun the area. “We were rounded up and taken,” he said on Sunday, explaining how he and roughly 200 other young men were detained for days by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in Garni, 25 kilometres northwest of El-Fasher, after they tried to flee. “They hit us with sticks and called us ‘slaves’,” said Hussein, who... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331251/survivors-el-fasher-say-sudans-rsf-detaining-hundreds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331251/survivors-el-fasher-say-sudans-rsf-detaining-hundreds?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:02:52 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Sudanese fleeing a paramilitary force that seized a city in the country’s Darfur region trickled into a nearby refugee camp on Thursday after walking for miles, telling aid workers that roads were littered with bodies. Aid groups feared for the fate of thousands more trying to escape, with hundreds reportedly killed in the turmoil. The UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Sudan amid international alarm over the bloodshed. UN officials have warned of a rampage by the paramilitary... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331030/fate-thousands-feared-sudans-darfur-after-reported-rampage-paramilitaries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3331030/fate-thousands-feared-sudans-darfur-after-reported-rampage-paramilitaries?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:11:10 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg World leaders have called for renewed talks to halt the war in Sudan, as reports emerged of widespread atrocities in a city recently captured by the paramilitary group fighting the army-backed government. Since seizing El-Fasher in western Sudan on Sunday, the Rapid Support Forces have been accused of executing hundreds of people, while about 30,000 civilians have fled the famine-hit capital of North Darfur state. Sudan’s Deputy Commissioner of Humanitarian Aid, Mona Nour Al-Daem, said on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3330826/sudan-war-sparks-global-alarm-after-hundreds-reportedly-killed-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3330826/sudan-war-sparks-global-alarm-after-hundreds-reportedly-killed-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:55:29 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Sudan’s air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said on Wednesday. A military source, speaking to Agence France-Presse on condition of anonymity, said the UAE plane “was bombed and completely destroyed” at Darfur’s Nyala airport. The airport has recently come under repeated air strikes by the Sudanese army, at war with the paramilitary Rapid... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3321031/sudan-claims-downing-emirati-plane-carrying-colombian-mercenaries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3321031/sudan-claims-downing-emirati-plane-carrying-colombian-mercenaries?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Aug 2025 03:39:41 +0000