April 26, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army announced on Saturday that it had shot down three drones that attempted to target Merowe Airport in the northern state. This attack comes 48 hours after the army reported engaging reconnaissance drones in the Umm Bakul area near Meroe and thwarting their mission. A statement issued by the Guidance and Services Division of the 19th Infantry Division stated noted that, “Enemy forces targeted the airport with three suicide drones at 4:00 AM. Our forces successfully intercepted them with ground-based anti-aircraft weapons and shot them down. There was ..read more

April 26, 2024 (EL FASHER) – Sudanese military aircraft conducted airstrikes on Friday targeting positions held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in several locations, sparking reports of civilian casualties. Local sources informed Sudan Tribune that warplanes bombed RSF sites east of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, as well as Mellit, a town roughly 60 kilometers north. Additionally, airstrikes were reported near Al-Qatina locality in the White Nile State, south of Khartoum, resulting in the destruction of RSF armoured vehicles. The paramilitary forces acknowledged the attacks on soci ..read more

April 26, 2024 (JUBA) – Sudan on Friday said export of South Sudan’s crude oil using the Jabalyn pipeline through Port Sudan will resume in two months. The Vice President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, Malik Agar said major efforts were being made to resume oil exports. “Transportation of South Sudan crude oil via the Jabalyn-Port Sudan pipeline will resume in two months”, he told the U.S-sponsored Eye Radio. A high-placed source at the Ministry of Petroleum separately told Sudan Tribune that efforts were being made to resume production and export through the Jabalyn pipeline ..read more

April 25, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – Civilians in Sudan must be protected and never be subjected to acts of sexual violence, which constitute war crimes, top United Nations officials said ahead of a meeting of the Security Council this week. This is contained in a joint statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya before the debate on conflict-related sexual violence. After one year of hostilities in Sudan, the statement calle ..read more

April 25, 2024 (JUBA) –  South Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked Foreign Affairs minister James Pitia Morgan, naming him envoy to the Great Lakes region. Appointed in August 2013, Morgan was South Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia. Kiir, in a decree read on the state-owned television (SSBC) on Thursday, named Ramadan Abdala Goc as the new replacement for the Foreign Affairs minister. Goc was deputy Foreign Affairs minister prior to the latest changes in the ministry. The president appointed Monday Suraya Kumba as new deputy foreign minister while John Samuel Bwogo is the undersecretary ..read more

April 26, 2024 (EL FASHER) – Sudanese and international experts are sounding the alarm about a potential massacre in El Fasher, Darfur, as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a full-scale attack on the city, the last government stronghold in the region. El Fasher is the only remaining area in Darfur that the RSF does not completely control. Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), including survivors of past RSF attacks, have sought refuge in the city. Researchers at the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab estimate that at least 700,000 civilians are at imminent r ..read more

April 25, 2024 (PORT SUDAN) – The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs fired back on Thursday against U.S. criticism of the Sudanese military. The Ministry condemned what it called the U.S’s “unequal treatment” of the situation in Darfur. On Wednesday, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller denounced the Sudanese military’s alleged indiscriminate air attacks and restrictions on humanitarian aid access. He additionally warned of the potential consequences of a looming Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attack on El Fasher, North Darfur. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry’s statement disputed the ..read more

April 25, 2024 (GEDAREF) – Fearing the upcoming rainy season, Gedaref Governor, retired Major General Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, pleaded with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to fund alternative housing for the tens of thousands of displaced people and refugees residing in the state. Gedaref already hosts over 100,000 Ethiopian refugees. The situation worsened significantly after a year of conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The influx intensified further following the RSF takeover of neighbouring Al-Jazirah state late last year. On Wedne ..read more

April 25, 2024 (MEROE) – The Sudanese army asserted on Thursday that its ground-based air defences successfully repelled a drone reconnaissance mission conducted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) near Meroe City in Sudan’s Northern State. A statement issued by the 19th Infantry Division, stationed in Meroe, detailed that three small reconnaissance drones flying at high altitudes were detected on Wednesday. The drones travelled west to east near the Oum Bakul area, roughly 70 kilometres south of Meroe. “Ground-based anti-aircraft weapons engaged the drones, disrupting their mission and fo ..read more

April 24, 2024 (JUBA) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir has instructed the Chief Administrator of Ruweng Administrative Area, Stefano Wieu to closely work with his counterparts to prevent the ongoing war in Sudan from spilling into the country. The meeting between Kiir and the Chief Administrator took place on Wednesday. Wieu said the meeting, held in the capital, Juba centered on the security situation along the border with Sudan and on the road construction projects in Ruweng. “I had a fruitful meeting with His Excellency the President. I briefed him on the general situation spanning secur ..read more