Situation in Sudan (per 9 March) Clashes in Sudan’s Kordofan region killed at least 51 people between Wednesday and Thursday last week, with intense artillery and drone strikes hitting Dilling and Al-Mojlad, as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) recaptured the strategic city of Bara on the road to Khartoum. An army drone strike on a […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: RSF seizes key roads in South Kordofan
Situation in Sudan (per 5 March) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of key sections of the Dilling–Kadugli and Dilling–Habila roads, South Kordofan, after several days of fighting with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), cutting humanitarian and military supply routes to the towns of Dilling and Kadugli. At least five civilians were killed and […]
Situation Report: RSF targeting people with disabilities
Situation in Sudan (per 26 February) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted and killed people with disabilities during and after its October 2025 takeover of El Fasher in North Darfur, reported Human Rights Watch (HRW), documenting executions, torture, and extortion that it said may constitute war crime and crimes against humanity. The RSF carried out […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Tensions at the Chad-Sudan border
Situation in Sudan (per 23 February) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed to have captured the city of Al-Tina near the Chad border this Saturday in a message posted on social media accompanied by video footage showing armed men celebrating. However, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied Joint Force state they quickly recaptured the […]
Situation Report – Horn of Africa No. 705 – 19 February 2025
SITUATION REPORT – HORN OF AFRICA & NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
No. 705 – 19 February 2026
Situation Report Horn of Africa: UN accuses RSF of war crimes
Situation in Sudan (per 16 February) The UN Human Rights Office reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed acts amounting to war crimes during their October 2025 offensive on El Fasher, citing more than 6,000 killings and widespread abuses, according to UN High Commissioner Volker Türk. An RSF drone attack on the Al […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Ethiopia accused of training RSF
Situation in Sudan (per 12 February) There have been multiple recorded drone strikes by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days. One on 7 February near Rahad in North Kordofan killed 24 people including 8 children. Another on 11 February killed 2 people and injured 13 in a boarding school. Fighting between the RSF […]
European Parliament Publishes Study on Transnational Repression
European Parliament publishes study on transnational repression; Eritrean diaspora among those impacted
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Ethiopia accusses Eritrea of military agression
Situation in Ethiopia/Eritrea (per 9 February) Ethiopia formally accused Eritrea of military aggression by sending its troops deeper into Ethiopian territory and in the support of armed rebel groups operating along its borders. What appears to be a formal letter was issued on 7 February by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos to his Eritrean colleague […]
Situation Report Horn of Africa: Ammunition seized in Amhara – Ethiopia accuses Eritrea
Situation in Sudan (per 15 January) Jarjira area, North Darfur, has been recaptured by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied Joint Force of Armed Struggle Movements (JSAMF) and Popular Resistance in a military operation on Tuesday, informed the spokesperson of the JSAMF. 19 civilians were killed in a ground attack in Jarjira with JSAMF […]