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Pakistan has halted a $1.5 billion weapons and fighter jet deal with Sudan following Saudi Arabia's request to terminate the arrangement and withdraw financing. This development occurs amidst Sudan's ongoing conflict and intensifies regional rivalries, with Saudi Arabia previously brokering the deal.

Paramilitaries in Sudan continue to cause panic and loot villages in their war against the army, with at least eight people killed in Al-Jazira state. The fighting has forced over half a million people to seek shelter in Al-Jazira, but paramilitaries have now pressed deeper into the state, displacing over 300,000 more. The Red Cross has called the area a 'death trap'. The war in Sudan has resulted in over 12,190 deaths and the displacement of over seven million people. The RSF paramilitary group is notorious for looting, property destruction, home invasions, and sexual assaults.

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in Sudan wreaked havoc in Gezira province, resulting in over 120 deaths, sexual violence, and mass displacement. Clashes erupted between the RSF and Sudanese military, leading to severe human rights abuses and drawing international condemnation, with calls for immediate intervention.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Sunday they had seized the army headquarters in El-Fasher, the last major urban centre in the western Darfur region outside their control. It would also bring under RSF control all five state capitals in the vast Darfur region, where the paramilitary group has established a parallel administration.

Amid the conflict between Sudan's Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces, gender-based violence has surged, with women committing suicide to avoid rape. Over 130 cases have been reported, highlighting severe abuses against women and children. The UN accuses rsf fighters of widespread sexual violence, despite their denials, leaving displaced millions in distress.

US warns of risks to civilians and aid efforts in recent clashes between Sudan's army and RSF in Gezira State. Nearly half a million displaced people in Al-Jazirah state, with over 86,000 in Wad Madani. UN halts aid operations. Conflict between army chief al-Burhan and former RSF commander Daglo resulted in 12,190 deaths. Over 5.4 million internally displaced, 1.3 million seeking refuge abroad. rsf fighters advance towards Wad Madani from Khartoum.

When a fighter from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed into Aisha's family home in Khartoum and gave her a grim ultimatum -- marry him or watch her father die -- she didn't think twice. Abducted in Khartoum because of her brother's government ties, she was held for 11 days with dozens of other women and girls by rsf fighters.

Sudan's army has recaptured the presidential palace from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, marking a significant turning point in the ongoing conflict. Despite this, large areas remain under RSF control, indicating the war is far from over. Analysts highlight the strategic importance of Khartoum and Darfur in the battle for control.

Both sides in Sudan's civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes. The US has determined war crimes and ethnic cleansing. Efforts to end the conflict have failed. The conflict involves Sudan's regular armed forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Sudan's air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said Wednesday. "We will see if we can bring their bodies back," he wrote on social media platform X. State TV said the aircraft had taken off from an airbase in the Gulf, carrying dozens of foreign fighters and military equipment intended for the RSF, which controls nearly all of Darfur.

Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday. The conflict between Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has intensified, with significant casualties and widespread destruction, leading to severe shortages of medical resources and a looming famine crisis.

Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists. RSF shelling killed 54 people at a busy market in Omdurman on Saturday, overwhelming the city's Al-Nao Hospital, a medical source told AFP. "The shells hit in the middle of the vegetable market, that's why the victims and the wounded are so many," one survivor told AFP. Across the Nile in Khartoum, two civilians were killed and dozens wounded in an air strike on an RSF-controlled area, the local Emergency Response Room (ERR) said.

A deadly drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan's South Kordofan region has claimed at least six lives, according to a medical source. The attack, which eyewitnesses attribute to a drone, occurred in Kadugli, a city facing severe humanitarian crises. Sudan's government has condemned the incident, accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of responsibility.

Sudan's regular army has issued a warning, stating the country is at a "dangerous historical turning point" amid a deepening rift between military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his number two, paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The plan to integrate Daglo's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces into Burhan's regular army is a key point of contention in talks aimed at returning the country to civilian rule.

Paramilitary drone strikes targeting Sudan's wartime capital have sought to shatter the regular army's sense of security and open a dangerous new chapter in the war, experts say. With daily strikes on the city since then, the RSF has sought to demonstrate its strength, discredit the army, disrupt its supply lines and project an air of legitimacy, experts believe.

Violence continues in Sudan's capital Khartoum as a 24-hour truce between the army and paramilitary forces collapsed. Heavy gunfire and loud explosions were heard in central Khartoum, causing thousands to flee amid dwindling food supplies, power outages and a lack of running water. Governments have begun evacuating their citizens, including Japan, which is preparing to relocate about 60 people.

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a three-month humanitarian truce. This move follows ongoing violence and a severe humanitarian crisis. The truce, proposed by the Quad countries, aims to pave the way for a ceasefire and political process. However, concerns persist regarding the RSF's commitment and past actions.

An international rights group accused Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and the military of sexual violence including rape, gang rape, and forced child marriage. Human Rights Watch urged the UN and African Union to protect civilians amidst ongoing conflict. The group highlighted that aid and medical supplies were blocked or pillaged. Clashes continued in eastern Sudan and Darfur.

Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces group, which together orchestrated the October 2021 military coup, engaged in violent clashes that began early on 29 January in the capital, Khartoum, and other areas. The death toll stood at 56 according to the doctors' syndicate, with 595 injured.

Sudan continues to see fighting despite the extension of a ceasefire aimed at halting nearly two weeks of warfare. In the city of El Geneina in western Darfur, there have been days of urban battles described as “bitter”, causing the United Nations to call for an “immediate halt” to the fighting.

War-torn Sudan's army chief returned to Port Sudan Monday after talks with South Sudan's president in Juba, as the United Nations warned that the number of refugees could double by the end of the year. The early months of the war saw multiple truces brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia being systematically violated, before the two mediators adjourned talks in June.

The Sudanese army broke the paramilitary RSF's siege on its key Khartoum-area base, a major military victory. The RSF had surrounded key military sites, including the army headquarters. This advance allows the army to link its forces across Khartoum and secure Omdurman from artillery attacks. The ongoing conflict, which began in April 2023, has caused tens of thousands of deaths and millions displaced, leading to a humanitarian crisis. The US has sanctioned both Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo.

The Sudanese army has reportedly agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire following reports that rival forces would also agree to one. The violence has left more than 185 people dead and over 1,800 people injured. According to CCTV, a series of allied countries led by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, both authoritarian regimes like the Sudanese generals, are believed to be providing money, arms, and technical support, exploiting long-standing instability in Sudan that has grown since the overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019.

The UN is calling for an investigation into reports of a second wave of ethnically-motivated killings in Sudan's Western Darfur region. The attacks, which targeted Masalit civilians, involved summary executions, burning victims alive, looting, torture, and sexual violence. The conflict in Sudan has already claimed over 10,400 lives and displaced millions of people. The UN is urging all parties involved to protect civilians and infrastructure and bring those responsible for the attacks to justice.