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He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
ByKaamil Ahmed November 2, 2025

For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted downFor months, militiamen on the perim…

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UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet
ByWilliam Christou November 1, 2025

Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi governmentsThe UN special rapporteur on torture is being urged to investigate Lebanon’s role in the treatment of the Egyptian-Turkish p…

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A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher
ByRachel Savage and Carlos Mureithi November 1, 2025

Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international actionHundreds of patients and staff massacred at a hospital; unarmed men of fightin…

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Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘PR stunt’ after arresting fighters behind civilian killings
ByKaamil Ahmed October 31, 2025

Reports of indiscriminate violence and ethnic targeting in El Fasher has led to growing global outrageSudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim to have arrested several of their fighters after outrage over the extent of killing in the city of El …

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Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘PR stunt’ after arresting fighters behind civilian killings
ByKaamil Ahmed October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

Reports of indiscriminate violence and ethnic targeting in El Fasher have led to growing global outrageSudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim to have arrested several of their fighters after outrage over the extent of killing in the city of El…

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Sudan’s brutal civil war – what has happened in El Fasher?
ByKaamil Ahmed and Aamna Mohdin October 31, 2025

Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured the city from the army after an 18-month siege – but who are they and what do they want?Another devastating chapter in Sudan’s brutal civil war has taken place as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured…

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Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies October 31, 2025

Grand Egyptian Museum next to pyramids of Giza billed as world’s largest archaeological facility for single civilisationA vast $1bn museum billed as the world’s largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilisation will open outside Cairo …

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Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies October 31, 2025

Grand Egyptian Museum next to pyramids of Giza billed as world’s largest archaeological facility for single civilisationA vast $1bn museum billed as the world’s largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilisation will open outside Cairo …

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UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor October 30, 2025October 31, 2025

Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSFDiplomats and senior UN figures speaking at the UN security council have condemned mass killings by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher…

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‘They killed civilians in their beds’: chaos and brutality reign after fall of El Fasher
ByZeinab Mohammed Salih October 30, 2025

Thousands have fled the North Darfur city in terror with stories of the Rapid Support Forces attacking and killing civiliansHundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mountsNawal Khalil had been volunteering as a nurs…

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