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UN says RSF attacks in Sudan conflict amount to genocide
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (143+ words) Human rights investigators said the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, encircled the city of El-Fasher in an attempt to starve its population. The UN said actions carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's civil war amounted…...
South Sudan: Serving a State That Couldn't Pay - Why South Sudan's Civil Servants Didn't Quit During the War
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (820+ words) When civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, civil servants found themselves at the centre of a deep political and economic crisis. The state was, and remains, the largest employer, surpassing private companies and NGOs. In 2015, the approved…...
Serving a state that couldn't pay: why South Sudan's civil servants didn't quit during the war
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (965+ words) When civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, civil servants found themselves at the centre of a deep political and economic crisis. The state was, and remains, the largest employer, surpassing private companies and NGOs. In 2015, the approved…...
UN rights council orders urgent Sudan al-Obeid inquiry
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (145+ words) GENEVA, July 6 (Reuters) - The U. N. Human Rights Council "on Monday "passed a motion condemning the escalating violence committed by "the "paramilitary Rapid "Support Forces "in Sudan's al-Obeid and setting up an urgent inquiry "into abuses there. Brit. .. GENEVA, July 6 (Reuters) " The…...
Human rights catastrophe unfolding in Sudan's al-Obeid, says UN's Turk
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (230+ words) GENEVA, July 3 (Reuters) " The United Nations human rights chief on Friday said another human rights catastrophe was unfolding in "Sudan, in the city of al-Obeid "in North Kordofan, and urged the world to act. "The signs from al-Obeid are clear…...
Amnesty accuses Sudanese militia of ethnic cleansing
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (340+ words) Rafi Schwartz has worked as a politics writer at The Week since 2022, where he covers elections, Congress and the White House. He was previously a contributing writer with Mic focusing largely on politics, a senior writer with Splinter News, a…...
Countries request urgent UN debate on Sudan's al-Obeid
1+ week, 2+ day ago (146+ words) GENEVA, June 30 (Reuters) - The U. N. Human Rights Council "has received "a request for an urgent debate on the situation in "Sudan's "al-Obeid, "a spokesperson said "on Tuesday. "That will most likely take place on Friday," "Pascal Sim, a spokesperson. .. GENEVA, June…...
Catholic Priest killed in Sudan after theft of medicines from church
2+ week, 1+ day ago (228+ words) A priest who remained with his parish in Sudan despite growing violence was killed after the theft of vital medicines intended for local people. Fr Youhana Alamin, parish priest of St Vincent's Parish in Kauda, was fatally shot on Friday,…...
The famine that produced the most-watched concert in history was caused by forced collectivization (by the junta that took control of Ethiopia). .. . The famine was largely man-made by the communist government's policies, collectivization, and civil war.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (654+ words) Students For Liberty@sfliberty In July 1985, over a billion people watched Live Aid. Months earlier, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie had written "We Are the World." All of it was a response to a famine in Ethiopia. Almost nobody remembers…...
Drone Strikes Killed over 1, 000 Civilians in Sudan in 5 Months, UN Rights Chief Says
3+ week, 3+ day ago (240+ words) BY SAMY MAGDY Monday, 15 June 2026 09: 00 AM EDT U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T'rk said his office has documented a "sharp increase" in drone attacks in the Sudan war. He said his office registered the killing of over 1, 000 civilians between…...