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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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‘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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‘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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UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told
ByMark Townsend October 28, 2025

Exclusive: two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF groupBritish military equipment has been found on battlefields in S…

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UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told
ByMark Townsend October 28, 2025

Exclusive: two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF groupBritish military equipment has been found on battlefields in S…

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UK’s biggest weapons firm BAE grounds ‘lifeline’ aircraft delivering food aid
ByMark Townsend October 24, 2025

Exclusive: In the year they announced record profits, Britain’s arms maker has revoked licence to fly for planes taking supplies of food to starving people in South Sudan, Somalia and DRCBritain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, has quietly …

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UK’s biggest weapons firm BAE grounds ‘lifeline’ aircraft delivering food aid
ByMark Townsend October 24, 2025

Exclusive: In the year they announced record profits, Britain’s arms maker has revoked licence to fly for planes taking supplies of food to starving people in South Sudan, Somalia and DRCBritain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, has quietly …

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Plain rice and little else: life for 120,000 refugees inside Mauritania’s vast camp on Mali’s border
ByEromo Egbejule in the Mbera refugee camp October 24, 2025

Over a quarter of a million refugees live in Mbera and nearby villages, and more than half are under 18. But aid cuts mean providing essentials has become even harderSeveral mornings a week, Mohamed ‘Momo’ Ag Malha walks at least 7 miles (11km) around …

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‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom
ByTom Levitt October 23, 2025

After fleeing Chinese repression, Uyghurs Idris and Zeynure Hasan thought their family would be safe. But Beijing’s growing influence led to Idris’s arrest and a long battle to be reunitedZeynure Hasan was at home in Istanbul in July 2021 when her husb…

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At 12 an Israeli missile ‘ripped off’ her face. Now Mazyouna is safe in the US – but not all the scars have healed
ByThaslima Begum October 16, 2025

The young teenager’s treatment is a rare story of hope from the two-year war in Gaza. With the ceasefire now in effect, she hopes to see her father againIn June 2024, an Israeli missile struck 13-year-old Mazyouna Damoo’s apartment in Nuseirat refugee …

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