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Use of fire as weapon in Sudan war surged last month, study finds

Investigators from Sudan Witness are using open source technology to document the systematic use of fire by combatants.

Al Jazeera

Death, disease and despair as fighting closes in on besieged Sudanese city

Darfur is on the cusp of another massacre as fighting intensifies around El Fasher, the last city in the region not controlled by the Rapid Support Forces

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Sudan’s civil war: a humanitarian disaster we choose to ignore

Ethnic cleansing and war crimes in Darfur have left 25 million people in urgent need, yet the west’s attention is elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

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On 2nd anniversary of Abu Akleh killing, press advocates push for justice

Advocates say lack of accountability in Abu Akleh’s killing reflects pattern of impunity in Israel’s attacks on press.

Al Jazeera

Paramilitary attacks in Sudan's Darfur possibly 'genocide', Human Rights Watch says

In tonight's edition, in a harrowing investigation, Human Rights Watch has collected stories of survivors in Darfur who faced systematic execution, persecution and abuse by the RSF.

France 24

Call for sanctions amid claims of ethnic cleansing in Sudan's West Darfur

Militias in Sudan killed thousands of people – including children – during a wave of violence last year in West Darfur, the NGO Human Rights Watch said as it accused armed groups of crimes against humanity and genocide.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in West Darfur

Human Rights Watch says ‘thousands’ killed in attacks last year targeting Masalit tribe and other non-Arab groups.

Al Jazeera

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Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur

As El Fasher stands on the ‘precipice of a massacre’, rights groups call for sanctions after new testimony describes atrocities carried out by RSF paramilitaries in Sudan

The Guardian - UK

'Constant Terror' In Key Darfur City As Fighting Closes In

Sudanese shop owner Ishaq Mohammed has been trapped in his home for a month, sheltering from violence in El-Fasher, the last major city in the country's vast Darfur region not under paramilitary control.

International Business Times

Military regimes have turned the Sahel into a 'black hole' of information

In the central Sahel, journalists and reporters have seen their working conditions deteriorate ever since they were taken over by military juntas, international organisations marking World Press Freedom Day on Friday have found.

Radio France Internationale

India press freedom score falls, says Reporters sans Frontieres

India's press freedom ranking falls, but government dismisses as propaganda; US also sees decline in press freedom.

The Hindu

Legal loopholes are undermining press freedom in France, report warns

This year’s World Press Freedom index puts France in 21st place out of 180 countries – a slight improvement on 2023. But a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns that the right to information continues to be threatened by a legislative loophole that gives authorities the power to prosecute…

Radio France Internationale

World Press Freedom Day: Gaza conflict deadliest for journalists

As the war in Gaza becomes the deadliest conflict for journalists, Al Jazeera looks at press freedom in the past year.

Al Jazeera

Wall Street Journal cuts Hong Kong staff, shifts focus to Singapore

Company-wide memo says the newspaper is shifting its ‘center of gravity in the region’ to Southeast Asian hub.

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World Press Freedom Index: India’s improved ranking and the Palestine puzzle

India ranked 159, two spots higher than last year, in the 2024 edition of the Press Freedom Index, published annually by Reporters Without Borders. It’s behind Turkey, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which are ranked at positions 158, 152, and 150, respectively.

The Guardian - UK

Attacks on press freedom around the world are intensifying, index reveals

In the past year, in virtually every region, journalists and independent media outlets faced increasing repression

The Guardian - UK

Essential supplies running out as RSF paramilitary encircles Darfur’s largest city

The population of El Fasher, which includes thousands of displaced people, is in ‘dire need of food, medicine and water’

The Guardian - UK

China erases memory of ‘white paper’ protests in further threat to journalism

Silencing of a film-maker documenting the widespread 2022 demonstrations against Covid controls is part of rising suppression of press freedom

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Al Jazeera

UN warns of possible imminent attack on city in Sudan’s North Darfur

Attack on al-Fashir would have ‘devastating consequences’ for civilians in area already on brink of famine, UN says.

Al Jazeera

Sudan war could lead to more ethnic killings in volatile Darfur region

Proximity to Chad means violence in North Darfur between the RSF and Sudan’s army could easily spread.

Al Jazeera

US senators call on Biden to sanction Sudan’s RSF over human rights abuses

Lawmakers say Hemedti’s and the RSF’s activities and abuses make them deserving of sanctions from the United States.

The Guardian - UK

Sudan’s Hotel Rwanda: the man who saved scores of people during Darfur violence

As militias targeted the Masalit community in a wave of ethnic violence, one man offered shelter and an escape route across the border

The Guardian - UK

Increasing number of villages torched across Sudan shows conflict is intensifying - report

Satellite data indicates growing number of airstrikes on settlements, in a war that has already killed thousands

France 24

‘Humanitarian aid in Sudan is constantly being blocked by all the belligerents’

With the international community having pledged more than €2 billion in funding for Sudan at a humanitarian conference in Paris on Monday, Norwegian Refugee Council Sudan Advocacy Manager Mathilde Vu breaks down the worsening humanitarian crisis in a country devastated by a year of brutal fighting.

France 24

Sudan, a forgotten crisis the world must pay attention to

This Monday marks 12 months since war broke out in Sudan, caused by a power struggle between rival generals: on one hand, the army headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan; on the other, the RSF paramilitary commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti.

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