Darfur

ICC ends war crimes case against former Darfur rebel leader Abdallah Banda

The prosecution said the evidence against Banda had deteriorated over time since the charges were confirmed over a decade ago in 2011.

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Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain, suspected of having committed war crimes in Darfur, Sudan arrived voluntarily this morning at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, on June 17, 2010.
The aftermath of a strike on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, March 20, 2026.

Strike on Darfur, Sudan health care center kills at least 64, including 13 children, WHO states

The total number of fatalities linked to attacks on health facilities during Sudan's civil war surpassed 2,000 following this strike, World Health Organization chief Ghebreyesus noted.

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MEMBERS OF the Sudanese army gather next to a destroyed military vehicles after a battle with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital Khartoum, Sudan March 25, 2025.

RSF paramilitary group claims forces have seized control of town on Sudan-Chad border

The RSF said in a message published on social media that its forces had seized the town, which had earlier been believed to be held by the Joint Forces aligned with the Sudanese army.

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People displaced from El Fasher and other conflict-affected areas are settled in the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, on Nov. 9, 2025. Tens of thousands were forced to flee after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the city of El Fasher on Oct. 26

‘Never Again’ revisited: The Jewish community’s struggle to balance Darfur, Oct. 7 priorities

Today, six years after the end of al-Bashir’s reign and 14 years after the founding of South Sudan as an independent country, Darfur is again descending into chaos.

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Hope for Israel's Darfur asylum seekers after court ruling

Separated from his family, Hassan says he fled from Sudan to Egypt and on through the Sinai desert into Israel, where he has been living in immigration limbo for 11 years.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByREUTERS
WOMEN WALK to the market in Abu Shock IDPs camp in Al Fashir, capital of North Darfur, Sudan, last year.

High Court to State: Give Darfurians, Nubians refugee rights, or deport

In a groundbreaking ruling, the High Court of Justice told the state that if it doesn't figure out a way to give illegal Darfurians and Nuba Sudanese refugee rights, they will get deported.

APRIL 25, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Sudanese demonstrate in support of their people in South Tel Aviv, June 30, 2019.

Who will be the next ICC prosecutor who will really decide Israel’s fate?

Current ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda steps down from her nine-year term on June 15, but her successor has not yet been selected.

FEBRUARY 7, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), poses for pictures at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, January 26, 2017.

Sudan and main rebel groups formalize peace deal

Three major groups signed a preliminary deal in August - two factions from the western region of Darfur and one from the southern region - after months of talks hosted by South Sudan.

OCTOBER 3, 2020ByREUTERS
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, and Chad President Idriss Deby attend the signing of peace agreement between the Sudan's transitional government and Sudanese revolutionary movements to end decades-old conflict, in Juba, South Sudan

120 said to be killed or wounded in attack in Sudan's Darfur region -UN

Sudan said on Sunday it would deploy joint forces from various state security services in Darfur after renewed violence there recently, SUNA, the state news agency, reported.

JULY 27, 2020ByREUTERS
UN peacekeeper in Darfur