For months, El Fasher was cut off from the world. No safe roads, no reliable communications, no functioning supply chains. Inside the besieged city, hospitals became islands of desperation. Doctors worked without anaesthesia, without electricity, and often without hope. Yet they kept going. Dr Ezzeldin Aswo, a surgeon, was one of them; during the siege, medical teams performed more than 12,000 surgical operations. They carried out many of those procedures at night, under bombardment, using only mobile phone flashlights to illuminate open wounds. Operating rooms were reduced to bare survival spaces, where the priority was no longer recovery but simply keeping patients alive long enough to see another sunrise. After enduring 16 months of fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the latter overtook El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State, in October last year. As the siege tightened, even basic technologies collapsed, Dr Aswo...

– Minister of Culture, Information, Tourism and Antiquities Khalid Al-Eisir held talks with Kuwait’s One Global Group on expanding strategic cooperation in media and technology during his visit to Kuwait for the “Kuwait Capital of Arab Culture 2026” events. During a meeting with the company’s leadership and subsidiary executives, discussions covered joint opportunities in media, digital transformation, film and television production, archiving, tourism, and related economic sectors. Minister Al-Eisir said cooperation with the group dates back to earlier partnerships launched in 2012, which he described as a solid foundation for future collaboration, particularly in media technology and interactive services, in coordination with the General Authority for Radio and Television. He noted that Sudan is entering a new phase that requires advanced, independent, and smart partnerships to help rebuild the media and technology sectors, pointing to the important role of Kuwaiti and Gulf private sector institutions in supporting Sudanese media and...

HRW Oral Statement – ID on the High Commissioner oral update on the human rights situation in and around El Fasher, in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Sudan – Intersessional meeting of the UN Human Rights Council Mr. President, We thank the High Commissioner for his update. For three years, the world has failed civilians in Sudan. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines What happened when El Fasher fell was a massacre foretold. The conflict has since shifted to neighboring Kordofan region, where civilians once again face the risk of mass atrocities. In a recent visit to Eastern Chad, Human Rights Watch heard harrowing accounts from survivors and members of affected communities about atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), including massacres of fleeing civilians, sexual violence including rape, gang rape and sexual slavery, and the detention and summary execution of large...

Sudan faces a humanitarian crisis. The U.S. is providing an additional $200 million to the Sudan Humanitarian Fund, a rapid and flexible funding mechanism designed to respond to urgent humanitarian needs. Thanks to efforts led by President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of State Rubio, and U.S. Senior Advisor Massad Boulos, with allies and others, we raised pledges of $1.5 billion as the U.S. leads efforts alongside United Nations OCHA to deliver life-saving aid to millions facing famine across Darfur and beyond. Source link

– Vice President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Malik Agar met on Tuesday with a delegation from the Centre for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), including Africa Director Vianney Bisimwa, Programmes Director Natalie Skórski, Sudan Office Director Mohamed Younis, and members of the Sudan office. During the meeting, Agar was briefed on the centre’s mandate and activities as an international organization specializing in the protection of civilians in conflict through the development of effective intervention strategies and direct engagement with civilian communities. The TSC Vice President stated that post-war priorities include weapons collection and launching a serious national dialogue on how Sudan should be governed and how to achieve social justice in a way that secures stability and sustainable peace. He affirmed the government’s support for the organization’s objectives, noting their alignment with Sudanese government priorities and state institutions in protecting civilians. The delegation explained that the Sudan office is...

Kuwait — The federal government has confirmed its full return to the capital, Khartoum, and the resumption of its executive duties from within the city, stating that state institutions are now operating from Khartoum with their complete structures in place. It noted that only limited regional and international linkages remain outside the capital for purposes related to humanitarian coordination and official delegations. Minister of Culture, Information, Tourism, and Antiquities Khalid Al-Eisir made the remarks during an extensive briefing session with the Sudanese community in Kuwait. He said two key meetings held over the past two weeks — one between the Transitional Sovereignty Council and the Council of Ministers, and another involving the full Cabinet — conclusively demonstrate that the federal government has effectively returned to Khartoum and is carrying out its work from there. Al-Eisir stated that the capital sustained major infrastructure damage during the war due to the sabotage...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says drone strikes near the Sudan-Chad border caused heavy civilian casualties, killing six people and leaving four others to later die from their wounds. The attacks injured 29 people, who were taken to the Médecins Sans Frontières-supported hospital in Tiné, eastern Chad. In a statement by the OCHA last week, they warn the attacks are pushing Sudan’s fragile health system towards collapse. In South Kordofan, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X on Sunday, that attacks on three health facilities between 3 and 5 February killed at least 31 people and wounded 19. On 3 February, an assault on a primary health centre killed eight people, including five children and three women, and wounded 11. A hospital attack on 4 February killed one person, while another hospital attacked on 5 February left 22 people...

Khartoum — Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Professor Issmat Gurashi affirmed that the water sector is among the sectors most severely affected by systematic destruction by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, underscoring the critical need to support the provision of safe drinking water and rehabilitate potable water infrastructure as a foundation for social stability and development. The remarks came during his meeting with the Country Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sudan, Mr. Yit Shelton, in the presence of a number of drinking water experts at the ministry’s headquarters. The meeting reviewed ways to strengthen joint cooperation between the ministry and UNICEF to support the water sector, particularly in ensuring access to safe water for citizens and rehabilitating and maintaining drinking water infrastructure, in addition to backing stabilization, recovery, and post-war reconstruction efforts. The minister reiterated the ministry’s firm commitment to giving top priority to...

A delegation from the Technical Committee to Prevent Illegal Road Money Collections, headed by Mohamed Haj Adam Hassan Al-Tahir, conducted a field inspection tour on Sunday of Al-Laffa border crossing with Eritrea and a number of collection points along the road linking Kassala and Al-Gadarif states. The tour covered collection points at Al-Butana Bridge, Al-Mazraa, Al-Shajarab, and Bridge 6. The delegation reviewed on-site conditions, the functioning of the checkpoints, their mandates, the types of fees being levied, and collection mechanisms within their respective jurisdictions, including national road fees, zakat, customs charges, and anti-smuggling controls. Committee members received briefings on workflow and operations and stressed the need to strictly prevent illegal collections. They also reviewed responses from officials regarding complaints submitted by citizens and road users. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Committee member Dr. Mohamed Mustafa Al-Shafie told SUNA that the visit enabled the team to...

#Occupied Palestinian Territory Amid constraints, UN continues aid delivery OCHA says the UN and its partners continue serving hundreds of thousands of meals every day, as well as digital cash and monthly rations, despite persistent impediments. Last week, food security partners completed the distribution of animal feed to more than 2,000 herders and farmers over nine days. This helps increase local production and reduce reliance on humanitarian assistance. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Meanwhile, Gaza city continues to face a severe shortage of drinking and domestic water. This is despite a recent reopening of the valve on the Gaza city Mekorot supply line from Israel. Only 6,000 cubic metres are reaching people in the city every day, out of a higher volume said to be pumped in, pointing to significant water losses in hard-to-reach areas. To mitigate this shortfall, the UN and its partners have...