Sources: The Independent
The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that the Rapid Support Forces have killed over 782 civilians and wounded over 1,143 others in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, since May, and urges the RSF to halt their incursions into the city. 2024-12-20
Human Rights Watch reports widespread acts of sexual violence in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, including gang rape and forced marriages committed by the army and Rapid Support Forces. 2024-07-29
Clashes occur in the Abrof neighborhood of Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan, between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces. 2023-08-8
The United States sends additional troops and equipment to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti in preparation for a possible evacuation of Americans from Sudan. 2023-04-20
Fighting occurs across Sudan three days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) mobilized. The RSF claims to have captured Khartoum International Airport and the presidential palace in Khartoum. At least 56 civilians are killed and 595 others are injured, with several military personnel and rebel forces also being killed. Several Egyptian troops are also taken prisoner by the RSF. 2023-04-15
Fifteen people are arrested in Ethiopia over a plot to attack the United Arab Emirates' embassy in the capital Addis Ababa. Several other suspects, who were planning attacks against the UAE's diplomatic mission in Sudan, are also arrested. 2021-02-3
Activists from the Enough Project reveal through "The Guardian" newspaper that Omar al-Bashir's Sudan and Joseph Kabila's DR Congo together received 2.4 million pound sterling (around USD 4 million) in British military aid, in the last five years alone. 2012-09-25
Sudan arrests four foreigners in the disputed border region with South Sudan on accusations of spying. 2012-04-29
Officials from north Sudan and southern Sudan tentatively agree to a demilitarised border following recent tensions over the disputed Abyei border region. 2011-05-31
Two Russian pilots are abducted in Sudan's western Darfur region. 2010-08-30