Radio Dabanga - Sudan

10/10/2025

A France 24 investigation published yesterday, found that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) used chlorine gas during two airstrikes on the El Jeili oil refinery northeast of Khartoum and its surroundings in September 2024, while attempting to retake the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

A France 24 investigation published yesterday, found that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) used chlorine gas during...

08/10/2025

The June 30 March of the Millions anniversary seems a distant memory as Sudan steps into the rainy season in earnest.

The overarching themes from July to September are the increased spread of diseases such as cholera, malaria, and dengue fever, regular reports of the brutal killing of civilians by warring parties, and flooding and natural disasters.

Experts and academics call for a “homegrown path to tolerance and transitional justice.”

Sudanese people lament the complex challenges that face a country, rich in resources but stripped of all abilities to make sustainable use of them, due to international, national, and regional plays for power, control, and wealth.

The June 30 March of the Millions anniversary seems a distant memory as Sudan steps...

08/10/2025

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified their campaign in South Darfur, arresting scores of civilians, teachers, and local officials on accusations of collaborating with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) amid renewed clashes in North Darfur’s El Fasher, according to multiple eyewitnesses who spoke to Radio Dabanga on Monday.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified their campaign in South Darfur, arresting scores...

07/10/2025

Reports indicate that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a fierce assault on North Darfur’s capital of El Fasher on Monday morning, attacking the city from the south, north, and northwestern axis, according to local medical sources and eyewitnesses. The Sudan Doctors Network reported that at least 13 people were killed and 19 others injured, including seven children and a pregnant woman, following heavy artillery shelling by the RSF.

Reports indicate that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a fierce assault on North...

06/10/2025

ICC: Sudan janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb guilty on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, today convicted Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman, known as ‘Ali Kushayb’ and referred to as the ‘Colonel of Colonels’, on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, between August 2003 and April 2004 “beyond reasonable doubt”.

In a summary of the court’s judgment delivered to a packed courtroom and public gallery in The Hague this afternoon, presiding Judge Joanna Korner said that Kushayb’s crimes are undisputed, and cited harrowing testimony of several witnesses, who gave accounts of a litany abuses, mass murders, torture, and forced displacements perpetrated on men, women, and children. Judge Korner underlined that the court rejected Kushayb’s main defence of ‘mistaken identity’ that he has maintained during the trial.

Kushayb, who appeared in a dark suit and remained hunched over his table for most of the proceedings, only stood on the orders of Judge Korner to hear her pronounce the verdict against him, and showed little reaction....

05/10/2025

Since the current conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, the bells have stopped ringing in Sudan’s schools, and classrooms have fallen silent without the voices of children. Once filled with lessons and laughter. Many educational facilities have been looted, destroyed, or turned into shelters, erasing the rhythm of learning.

Today, on World Teachers’ Day 2025*, held under the theme Collaboration is key to making teachers thrive, Sudan’s teachers continue to fight for the essentials they have long been denied. UNESCO calls for stronger partnerships among teachers, unions, and governments to rebuild education systems, yet in Sudan, collaboration has become less about professional growth, and more about survival...

By Iman Ibrahim Since the current conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, the bells...

03/10/2025

American investigative organisation The Sentry published a new Sentry Alert yesterday, exposing what it calls a “paramilitary-industrial complex” built by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Commander Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo and his network. The group alleges that the RSF relies on a multinational network of companies, including firms Dubai, to turn conflict gold into hard currency.

American investigative organisation The Sentry published a new Sentry Alert yesterday, exposing what it calls a “paramilitary-industrial...

03/10/2025

Online hate speech has become a recurring feature of the current conflict. As part of DigiHub Africa’s “Hold Before You Send It” campaign, we are creating space for young readers and listeners to share their voices and experiences.

1. Since the outbreak of war on April 15, 2023, how have you encountered online hate speech on digital platforms?

2. In your view, what steps can be taken to help prevent it?

You can share or message us your testimonies via our Facebook, Instagram, and X accounts!

You can learn more about the campaign on the DigiHub Africa website: https://www.digihubafrica.org/events/

02/10/2025

Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil El Tayeb Idris has announced a $100 billion package of investment projects proposed to Saudi Arabia and a fresh review of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) with Ethiopia and Egypt.

Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil El Tayeb Idris has announced a $100 billion package of investment...

29/09/2025

As the devastating war in Sudan enters its third year, the situation still appears to be the same, and it has exceeded the boundaries of the battlefield battles between the warring parties. The devastation that has affected state institutions has not been limited to the battlefronts, but has ignited racist fires (tribal, ethnic and regional) that have reached the level of genocide, according to Washington, and identity killings, hate speech, war crimes and crimes against humanity, which led to the destruction of the social fabric of Sudanese society, and opened the door wide to the dangers and threats of terrorism, violent extremism, the collapse of the state, fragmentation and division.

In an extensive interview on the Radio Dabanga programme Plain Speaking broadcast over the weekend, in a comprehensive episode entitled “The Possibilities and Opportunities of Sudan Becoming a Hotbed of Terrorism and Violent Extremism during the current war”, Maj Gen (Police) (Retd) and now IT and data analysis consultant, Dr Essam Abbas warns that Sudan is moving at an accelerated pace towards becoming a “hotbed of terrorism and violent extremism” if the war does not stop immediately, and urgent measures are taken to rebuild the Sudanese state on new foundations ...

As the devastating war in Sudan enters its third year, the situation still appears to...

29/09/2025

The emergency room of the Abu Shouk displacement camp in North Darfur’s capital of El Fasher, has reported the deaths of at least 73 children under five and 22 elderly people in just 40 days, as hunger and disease ravage displaced communities.

The emergency room of the Abu Shouk displacement camp in North Darfur’s capital of El...