Since April, the escalating civil war in Sudan has taken a turn with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) capturing Wad Madani on 16 December 2023, the country's second-largest city and a key humanitarian hub. This has led to public and military pressure on army chief al-Burhan to resign. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are accused by their own soldiers of betrayal for ordering a retreat, allowing the RSF to seize control. Amidst the conflict, there have been reports of dozens of civilians killed and over 250,000 people displaced in Al-Jezira State. The UN Human Rights Chief is alarmed by the human rights abuses, and the World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily suspended food aid in the region, affecting more than 800,000 people. The UN estimates that up to 7 million people have been displaced within Sudan, with 300,000 fleeing Gezira state in just four days. The conflict's intensification has raised fears of mass rape and starvation, with millions at risk.
Sudan's deadly civil war escalates with millions displaced - analysis https://t.co/Xpy4iSoabC by @sfrantzman via @Jerusalem_Post
The Rapid Support Forces has been pushing its troops across much of Sudan, consolidating their power in the Darfur region and capturing new territory stretching east towards the capital Khartoum https://t.co/HuyenkSZSp
#BREAKING More than 7 million people displaced by Sudan fighting, UN says https://t.co/r1XX3SRv8Y
The Sudanese Armed Forces are struggling to keep control as the RSF continue to advance across #Sudan. An updated map by @ThomasVLinge 👇 #KeepEyesOnSudan https://t.co/pEJHwq6KEG
The latest fighting in Sudan is worsening a humanitarian catastrophe. Some 7m people have been displaced within Sudan. As many as 300,000 people have fled Gezira state in just four days, the UN estimates https://t.co/URS1BP7YzX 👇
#Sudan 🇸🇩 MAP UPDATE: The situation in Sudan as of 21/12/2023. Following its victories in major cities across #Darfur, the #RSF invaded #Gezira state, capturing the city of #WadMadani as the #SAF melts away. Download larger file: https://t.co/0CxeRZNuOz https://t.co/x3WDerFeub
Sudan update: — RSF captures Wad Madani raising fears of mass rape — Food aid suspended in Gezira with hundreds of thousand of new refugees created — Millions at risk of starvation https://t.co/fpntbUudiE
UN food agency halts aid to 800,000 in Sudan amid escalating conflict https://t.co/3nbN1lQfNC https://t.co/Fb1Yu6Me4z
“A place of refuge has now become a battleground." UN's World Food Programme temporarily halts food aid in some parts of Sudan’s al-Jazirah state as fighting spreads https://t.co/pKhj5pIVnT https://t.co/YktHUNi8hi
The swift takeover of a major city in Sudan’s agricultural region by paramilitary forces has sent shock waves throughout the country and opened a potentially deadlier phase in the civil war. @abdi_latif on the RSF's capture of Wad Madani: https://t.co/P2ukRLTLVA
The situation in #Sudan is worsening by the day https://t.co/1NSR8QcAzd
A civil war in Sudan has been ongoing since April. Now it appears to be reaching a new stage. https://t.co/d831LRFoUI
UN's WFP temporarily suspends food assistance in parts of Sudan https://t.co/1V2s9qmsTW https://t.co/p9PgHfbqT5
The United Nations' World Food Programme has temporarily suspended food assistance in some parts of Sudan's state of Gezira as fighting spreads south and east of Sudan's capital Khartoum, the aid agency said in a statement https://t.co/0hRbihHeUh
As many as 300,000 people have fled fighting on the new front in Sudan's war, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. #Velsig #geopolitics 👇 https://t.co/Ntp8WPlHPp
The UN’s World Food Programme suspends aid to more than 800,000 people in Sudan after the war spreads https://t.co/hneR02SDEv
The swift takeover on Tuesday of a major city in Sudan’s agricultural region by paramilitary forces has sent shock waves throughout the country and opened a potentially deadlier phase in the civil war that has devastated one of Africa’s largest nations. https://t.co/lzV9XP6tNA
#Sudan: @WFP has temporarily suspended food aid in some parts of Al Jazirah state as fighting spreads from the capital, Khartoum. This story and more in our World News in Brief bulletin. https://t.co/Qc6av1rtjw
#Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk alarmed by reports of human rights abuses amid fighting between SAF & RSF in Al-Jezira State - dozens of civilians killed, many injured, over 250,000 people are displaced. Both parties must respect humanitarian law & protect civilians.
Sudan slides into anarchy. Army suffers its biggest setback and RSF expand their influence. But the country sinks further deeper into a brutal civil war.
Sudanese soldiers have accused the army leadership of betrayal after being ordered to retreat from Wad Madani and allowing the paramilitary RSF to seize Sudan’s second city and humanitarian hub https://t.co/OoDLNbbziU
🚨CIR’s #SudanWitness team has verified footage of large groups of civilians leaving Wad Madani, Gezira. On 16 December 2023, @RadioDabanga and @AlMigdadHassan0 posted images on X showing large groups of civilians reportedly fleeing the city of Wad Madani, east-central Sudan.… https://t.co/z5XituJWKh
After losing another big city in Sudan’s civil war to RSF, army chief al-Burhan is facing pressure from the public and some of his own generals to step down https://t.co/BRVwhQimv8 https://t.co/WHCWYJVvKh