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On the two-year anniversary of the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, said: “Today is a day of shame. Shame on the perpetrators on both sides of this terrible conflict who have inflicted unimaginable suffering on civilians. Shame on the world for turning […]

As the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) escalate their fighting in Khartoum, Amnesty International has received alarming information, including reports of lists of potential targets, indicating that civilian activists, human rights defenders, medical workers and humanitarian workers are at imminent risk of deadly reprisal attacks. All parties to the conflict must […]

Responding to reports that Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) killed dozens in an air strike on a crowded market in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) controlled town of Kabkabiya in North Darfur, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: “Bombing a market full of civilians is one of the clearest examples […]

Reacting to Russia’s veto of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on 18 November demanding an end to attacks against civilians and calling for facilitation of humanitarian assistance to millions in desperate need, amongst other things, in the armed conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Amnesty International’s Regional Director […]

All parties to the ongoing conflict in Sudan must end attacks on civilians, said Amnesty International, in the wake of escalating violence in towns and villages across Gezira state over the past week. Relatives of victims interviewed remotely by Amnesty International said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked Tamboul, Rufaa, Al-Hilaliya, Al- Seriha and […]

The conflict in Sudan is being fuelled by a constant flow of weapons into the country, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing. The briefing, New Weapons Fuelling the Sudan Conflict, documents how recently manufactured foreign weapons have been transferred into and around Sudan, often in flagrant breach of the existing Darfur arms embargo. […]

Since September 2023, Egypt’s Border Guard Forces and police have carried out mass arbitrary arrests of Sudanese people who fled the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan for irregularly entering or staying in Egypt. Women, men and children are being held in cruel and inhuman conditions, including in warehouses or horse stables, pending their forced return […]

The ongoing conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left over 14,600 people killed nationwide and over 8 million people displaced including nearly 2 million of them seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. The people of Sudan feel forgotten amidst the spiralling violence across the country, where parties […]

With each day that passes the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan is getting worse. Despite the ongoing violence and immense suffering of civilians, the international community have remained woefully silent. Civilians are facing an unthinkable crisis in Sudan — over 14,000 people have been killed and over eight million have been forcibly displaced, with nowhere to […]

Violence, death and suffering in Sudan For the people of Sudan, nowhere is safe. The internal conflict has killed over 14,000 people and displaced over 10 million people. People in Sudan are facing rampant violations of human rights and humanitarian law resulting in mass civilian casualties, gender-based violence, and an internet shutdown that makes it […]