Situation in Sudan (per 18 December) The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have systematically targeted Kanabi farming communities on ethnic grounds in Al Jazira state, especially during military operations in October 2024-January 2025, reports a new investigation by Lighthouse Reports in collaboration with several organisations. The attacks were allegedly pre-planned by forming special local armed groups, […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Six UN Peacekeepers killed in drone strike in Sudan
Situation in Sudan (per 15 December) Six Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers have been killed, with 8 injured in a drone strike on a peacekeeping base in Kadugli, South Kordofan, on Saturday. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of the attack. The attack was immediately condemned by UN secretary general António […]
Situation Report: Jajaweed leader sentenced to 20 years by ICC
Situation in Sudan (per 11 December) Seven tribal leaders and dozens of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters were killed in a drone strike in the Fama area near Heglig, South Kordofan, on Tuesday with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) accused of the attack. The Heglig oilfield was captured by the RSF on Monday. The South Sudanese […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: RSF drone attack in Kalogi kills 116
Situation in Sudan (per 8 December) At least 116 people, including 46 children have been killed in a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drone attack on a kindergarten and other civilian infrastructure in Kalogi, South Kordofan, over Thursday and Friday. At least 18 people have been killed by drone attacks on a market, a fuel depot, […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Uganda stops refugee registrations for Eritrea, Ethiopia & Somalia
Situation in Sudan (per 4 December) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have taken control over the strategically important town of Babanusa, West Kordofan State, after capturing the Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) 22nd Infantry Division headquarters on Monday, following a 2-year siege. Many women and children remain trapped in the 22nd Infantry Division headquarters, where they had […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Walid hearings conclude- verdict expected on 27 January
Situation in Sudan (per 27 November) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) have reportedly been forcibly recruiting men in the Nuba mountains, South Kordofan. 70 gunmen are reported to have kidnapped hundreds of men in Tibsa village on Saturday, killing one who resisted, releasing some after ransom payments, and […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Heavy fighting in Kordofan
Situation in Sudan (per 20 November) Some of the heaviest fighting in a year has been reported in the Greater Kordofan region, between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and allied militias, with the centre of the conflict shifting, following the redeployment of forces after the RSF captured El Fasher last month. […]
Has Malaysia Surrendered To America’s “Gangster” Diplomacy?
By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK | 11 November 2025 (IDN) — After the United States President Donald Trump barged into the ASEAN Summit with the Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim providing him with Malay dancing music at Kuala Lumpur airport, a trade deal signed between the two countries on the sidelines of the Summit on October 29th […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: El Fasher survivors cut off from communication
Situation in Sudan (per 10 November) Eyewitnesses and survivors have reported on an estimated 50,000 people trapped in El Fasher, North Darfur, by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) across five locations, being cut off from communication as the RSF have captured starlink devices and mobile phones. The escapees have reported on extensive raids, and kidnapping […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Walid hearing starts in the Netherlands
Situation in Sudan (per 6 November) Mass killings and systemic body removal by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, North Darfur, have been reported by The Humanitarian Research Lab of the Yale School of Public Health. The report states that it is difficult to estimate the overall scale and exact amount of bodies. […]