The RSF is commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who currently holds the position of deputy head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council.
Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group are engaged in fierce fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country, raising fears of a civil war.
The report, titled: “Gas Expansion and the Energy Transition in Nigeria and the Niger Delta,” said the country’s weak enforcement of standards and regulations has enabled oil and gas companies to “continue to operate without due care.”
The United Nations’s top diplomat in Sudan, Volker Perthes, has told the Security Council that the latest temporary ceasefire is holding only in some parts of the country, and that the army and RSF are each accusing the other of truce violations.
The Sudan conflict has once again bared facts about the Horn of Africa States and the greater region surrounding it. The region has neighbors like the GCC countries which have significant interest not only in the region but also Yemen just across from the region. It has also Sudan as a neighbor and Egypt further north. On the south is the East Africa Community (South Sudan and Uganda and Kenya). All of these countries and regions have their own issues which impact on the region, one way or the other. Let us take these regions and countries one at a time.
The endless sorrow of the Sudanese people is like a scar that refuses to heal, a constant reminder of the pain and suffering that has plagued the African continent for far too long. They fight for freedom, for a chance to live without fear, but their struggle seems to fall on deaf ears, drowned out by the apathy of the world. It’s as if humanity has put on a pair of tinted glasses, seeing only the surface of the crisis in African countries, ignoring the depths of despair that lie beneath. The recent massacre and emergency in Sudan are just another chapter in this tragic story of ignorance and neglect.
After weeks of escalating tensions, open military clashes broke out on April 15 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), where the latter is a powerful paramilitary group. Despite the fact that both groups were previously close allies who jointly seized control of Sudan in 2021, subsequent tensions over control and decision-making on national key issues have driven them apart. This includes, but is not limited to, opposing views on the integration of the RSF into the Sudanese military and transitional planning for eventual civilian rule in Sudan. The currently developing events in Sudan resemble a typical power struggle seen in fragile states, where more than one powerful armed group exists and each is vying for control. However, the political conflict and escalating military confrontation is actually much more complex than a simplistic power struggle.
La violence séparatiste est l’un des dossiers prioritaires qui attendent le président élu Bola Tinubu, l’ancien gouverneur de Lagos, qui entrera en fonction le mois prochain.
Quatre policiers nigérians et deux civils ont été tués vendredi par des militants séparatistes présumés lors d’une fusillade, alors qu’ils patrouillaient dans le sud-est du pays, a annoncé samedi la police.
Le gouvernement du Bénin envisage de recruter 5.000 hommes pour aider notamment ses forces de sécurité à protéger les frontières du nord, menacées par les incursions jihadistes, a indiqué vendredi son porte-parole.
Une opération de l’armée a été menée près de Ménaka, dans le nord-est du Mali, une région passée sous la domination totale de la branche sahélienne du groupe État islamique. Dans un communiqué diffusé ce 24 avril 2023, les Forces armées (Fama) annoncent avoir mené la veille une « action majeure » dans le secteur de Tin-Fadimata, avec arrestations et matériel saisi à la clé. Mais la Coordination des mouvements de l’Azawad (CMA), mouvement signataire de l’accord de paix de 2015, indique que ce sont des combattants issus de ses rangs et non des terroristes qui ont été interpelés.
Dix civils et trois soldats ont été tués samedi matin lors d’une attaque à la voiture piégée dans la zone de l’aéroport de Sévaré dans la région de Mopti.
Le gouvernement a annoncé que 88 djihadistes avaient été “neutralisés” dans une vague d’effusions de sang qu’il a décrite comme une résurgence des “incidents terroristes”.