{"id":20070536,"date":"2024-02-02T16:53:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20070536"},"modified":"2024-02-02T16:53:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:53:28","slug":"%e2%99%a6-sudan-this-weeks-news-in-brief-%e2%99%a6-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/%e2%99%a6-sudan-this-weeks-news-in-brief-%e2%99%a6-27","title":{"rendered":"\u2666 Sudan: This week\u2019s news in brief \u2666"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A compact digest of the past week\u2019s most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan. Subscribe<\/a> to receive this digest weekly in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eritrea military training camps raise concerns about security in eastern Sudan<\/a>
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26\/01\/2024 – AMSTERDAM – RADIO DABANGA. The ongoing militarisation and increased armament of \u2018popular resistance\u2019 groups in eastern Sudan has raised fears about renewed tribal conflicts in the region. Military sources told Radio Dabanga that six training camps have been established in the Eritrean Gash-Barka region\u00a0by 11 armed groups from eastern Sudan and Darfur. Activists, journalists, and researchers\u00a0warn\u00a0of the dire consequences of setting up military camps in neighbouring countries. The social and political effects may be catastrophic in eastern Sudan.
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The groups include the recently established Eastern Sudan Liberation Forces, the United Popular Front for Liberation and Justice under the leadership of El Amin Daoud, the Beja National Congress led by Mousa Mohamed Ahmed, the Beja Armed Congress headed by Omar Taher, and the Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Minni Minawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Hope must unite us, not despair’<\/p>\nICC Prosecutor Karim Khan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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ICC Prosecutor: Sudan situation \u2018dire by any metric\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

30\/01\/2024 – N’DJAMENA \/ THE HAGUE \/ NEW YORK. \u201cWe are fast approaching a breaking point, and the situation in Sudan demands your attention more than ever,\u201d International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan said during his briefing to the UN Security Council from Chad. Khan described the situation in Sudan as \u201cdire by any metric.\u201d One-third of the population in parts of Chad are Sudanese refugees, and they are arriving at a rate faster than Chad and the UN can respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also blamed the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for crimes committed in Darfur. During meetings with Sudanese refugees, Khan said that the entire world had disappointed Darfur. \u201cHope must unite us, not despair,\u201d he said, adding that his office was continuing to investigate what happened in Darfur.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hemedti denounces El Burhan \u2018impulsive\u2019 Sudan-IGAD split<\/a>
01\/02\/2024 – DABANGA SUDAN. The commander of the RSF, Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan \u2018Hemedti\u2019 Dagalo, has urged the leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development not to consider Sudan\u2019s withdrawal from IGAD, as announced by SAF Commander-in-Chief Abdelfattah El Burhan.
 
Armed groups skirmish in eastern Sudan \u2018safe state\u2019<\/a>
31\/01\/2024 – EL GEDAREF. The government of El Gedaref in eastern Sudan has deported forces affiliated with the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Minawi on Monday, following \u201cisolated and limited friction\u201d with members of another SLM faction east of El Gedaref town.
 
Ukrainian drones \u2018strike Russian targets\u2019 inside Sudan<\/a>
31\/01\/2024 – KYIV. The newspaper Kyiv Post says that the Ukrainian Special Forces have conducted three drone attacks targeting \u201cRussian mercenaries\u201d and their \u201clocal terrorist partners\u201d in Sudan over the last few weeks. 
 
Sudan-South Sudan border: 52 people killed in Abyei clashes<\/a>
30\/01\/2024 – ABYEI. On Saturday, 52 people were killed and 64 injured in tribal clashes according to Bulabek Deng Kuol, Sultan of the Ngok Dinka in the disputed Abyei border region between Sudan and South Sudan. The UN Interim Security Force in Abyei confirmed the death of a peacekeeper.
 
Sudan Communist Party and SLM-AW sign agreement in Juba<\/a>
29\/01\/2024 – JUBA. The Communist Party of Sudan (CPoS) and the mainstream Sudan Liberation Movement under the leadership of Abdelwahid Nur (SLM-AW) have agreed to form \u2018a joint front to confront the challenges facing the fate of the country and unify national positions\u2019.
 
\u2018Every second person needs humanitarian aid in Sudan\u2019, int\u2019l orgs warn<\/a>
28\/01\/2024 – GENEVA \/ PORT SUDAN. The number of people displaced by the conflict in Sudan has neared a \u201cstaggering\u201d 11 million people, most of whom are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the International Organisation for Migration warns.
 
Hunger in South Kordofan\u2019s Dalami as calm returns after fighting<\/a>
28\/01\/2024 – DALAMI \/ HABILA \/ ABU KERSHOLA. People in Dalami in Sudan\u2019s Nuba Mountains are desperately searching for food after the agricultural season in the area failed last year. Attacks by the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-North under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu on the town caused many people to flee. The RSF have formed \u2018a local government\u2019 in neighbouring Habila.
 
Darfur lawyers investigate \u2018role of Wagner and Emirates\u2019 in Sudan war<\/a>
27\/01\/2024 – AMSTERDAM – RADIO DABANGA. The Darfur Bar Association and its partners are collaborating with international legal experts to compel the warring SAF and the RSF to agree on an immediate ceasefire. The lawyers also continue their investigations into the involvement of the United Arab Emirates and the Russian military Wagner Group in the armed conflict in Sudan.
 
Sudan: Wad Madani Resistance Committees defy dissolution order<\/a>
26\/01\/2024 – WAD MADANI. The Wad Madani Resistance Committees have rejected the state governor\u2019s decision to dissolve all grassroots committees in El Gezira, vowing to continue to work towards rebuilding the state and providing essential aid.
 
SLM\u2019s El Nur meets with Kenya president and Sudan RSF commander<\/a>
25\/01\/2024 – JUBA. The Sudan Liberation Movement leader Abdelwahid Nur met with Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday. El Nur also met with RSF commander, Mohamed \u2018Hemedti\u2019 Dagalo, on Monday, to discuss humanitarian aid in areas controlled by SLM-AW.<\/p>\n