Rights group urges govts to pursue comprehensive justice for Sudan on 20th anniversary of Darfur ICC referral

31 march 2025 - 11:23:58

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – Ongoing atrocities fuelled by rampant impunity and an accountability gap across Sudan require comprehensive justice responses two decades after the United [...] Full text...

Famine conditions prevalent in parts of North Darfur -IPC

01 august 2024 - 18:30:42

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Famine Review Committee (FRC) of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Thursday concluded that famine conditions are prevalent in [...] Full text...

World confronts an ‘ugly and inescapable truth’ in Darfur, says ICC Prosecutor

30 january 2024 - 06:23:48

New York, US (PANA) - The international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and subsequent lack of accountability are [...] Full text...

Nearly 4,000 killed and civilian property destroyed during raging Darfur conflict

17 october 2023 - 16:51:55

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has had a devastating toll on civilians, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday. An alert from UN refugee [...] Full text...

Sudan conflict: US condemns continued atrocities by RSF in West Darfur

14 july 2023 - 06:01:49

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has condemned "in the strongest terms" the continued atrocities and ethnically targeted killings committed by the Rapid [...] Full text...

Sudan conflict: ICC launches investigation into surging violence in Darfur

14 july 2023 - 05:12:05

New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Thursday that he is investigating fresh allegations of war crimes [...] Full text...

Sudan conflict: NGO says nearly 200 people killed in Darfur fighting

03 may 2023 - 12:17:53

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organisation operating in West Darfur state in Sudan has strongly condemned the violence in Genaina, West Darfur state in [...] Full text...

Trust the tale not the teller: A Darfur fact-finding committee makes public findings (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

17 february 2023 - 14:13:47

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Setting a precedent in decades in Sudan's restive region of Darfur, a fact-finding committee has made public its findings, sending a [...] Full text...

Darfur: In tense situation, as simple brawl results in death and displacement

07 january 2023 - 15:17:12

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - When tension is high and mistrust has accumulated for decades, it takes a simple brawl over charging a mobile phone to [...] Full text...

UN urges Sudanese to fully implement peace deal agreed two years ago

05 october 2022 - 09:29:53

Khartoum Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has urged the government of Sudan and former rebel groups to speed up full implementation of an agreement [...] Full text...

UN Security Council condemns violence in Darfur

29 april 2022 - 17:07:39

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Security Council has condemned the intercommunal fighting in Darfur region, a week ago, that claimed the lives of hundreds [...] Full text...

Humanitarian charity deplores Darfur massacre

26 april 2022 - 05:42:19

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A humanitarian charity on Monday deplored the recent armed attacks on displaced civilians that left at least 168 people dead and [...] Full text...

Darfur war crimes suspect appears before International Criminal Court

06 april 2022 - 06:01:48

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The first trial of a person accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region, has got [...] Full text...

UN says dozens of civilians killed in Darfur in renewed violence

12 march 2022 - 14:12:51

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations on Saturday expressed deep concern following unrest in the Darfur region of Western Sudan that left “tens of people” [...] Full text...

Sudan: top military leaders move to Darfur to re-impose stability

03 february 2022 - 15:00:08

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Following weeks of unrest and inter-communal fighting in the Darfur region, the Khartoum government has massively moved in to quell the [...] Full text...

Concrete action essential to fulfil Darfur promise: ICC Prosecutor

18 january 2022 - 05:44:36

New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 20 years after the UN Security Council referred the Darfur situation in Sudan to the International Criminal Court (ICC), [...] Full text...

Queen Elizabeth honours charity organization working for children in Darfur

14 june 2021 - 17:17:10

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A British national working to improve the lots of kids in war-ridden Darfur region was awarded one of the highest awards in [...] Full text...

Despite end of rebellion in Darfur, people are still on the run

09 may 2021 - 18:20:23

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Although clashes between rebels and the Sudanese government have largely subsided in Darfur and many other areas of southwestern and southeastern [...] Full text...

Former rebel leader appointed governor of restive Darfur region

02 may 2021 - 13:14:32

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – A former rebel leader, Mini Arki Minawi, has been named governor of Darfur region, as part of the peace deal signed [...] Full text...

Sudanese authorities say bloody clashes in West Darfur under control

19 january 2021 - 10:03:25

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities say security reinforcements sent to West Darfur following violence in which at least 83 people, including women and [...] Full text...

UPDATE: Sudan sends security reinforcement to protect citizens, property in West Darfur

18 january 2021 - 07:46:46

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan says it has sent security reinforcements to protect citizens and property and also maintain security following violence in West Darfur at [...] Full text...

UN chief calls for protection of civilians, as violence spikes in Sudan’s West Darfur

18 january 2021 - 06:04:05

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has voiced deep concerns over escalating violence in West Darfur and called on Sudanese authorities to [...] Full text...

Dozens killed in militia attack in West Darfur

17 january 2021 - 12:15:44

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 48 people were killed and scores injured on Saturday when a group militias attacked Al-Genaina city, capital of Genaina [...] Full text...

UN, AU reiterate commitment to Sudan, as joint mission ends operations

31 december 2020 - 16:51:42

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission have reiterated their commitment to continue to support [...] Full text...

UN confirms closure of Darfur peacekeeping mission

31 december 2020 - 06:49:22

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations today (Thursday), when the [...] Full text...

Rights group urges UN Security Council to extend mandate of peacekeeping force in Darfur

09 december 2020 - 07:52:01

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) -  With weeks left to the end of the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), human rights group Amnesty [...] Full text...

Sudan opposition leaders arrive in Khartoum to celebrate peace deal

15 november 2020 - 16:13:06

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in decades, Sudanese rebel leaders from Darfur, the Blue Nile and Eastern Sudan, except two of them, [...] Full text...

Sudan: UNAMID deeply concerned about violent incidents in North Darfur

14 july 2020 - 20:53:17

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN peace-keeping mission in Darfur(UNAMID) said here Tuesday it was deeply concerned about the violent incidents that erupted in Kutum [...] Full text...

Rights group warns UN/AU report on Darfur fails to protect vulnerable groups

17 march 2020 - 06:06:03

New York, US (PANA) – The proposal by the United Nations and the African Union to limit the UN’s protection role in Sudan threatens the [...] Full text...

UNAMID helps in involving ordinary people to achieve peace in Darfur

04 february 2020 - 23:46:10

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  - The Sudanese government and armed opposition groups, the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF- Darfur Track) Tuesday organized a second meeting that brought [...] Full text...

Hundreds of IDPs consulted on peace process in Darfur

30 january 2020 - 18:51:50

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN and the Sudanese parties to the peace talks in Juba, South Sudan, have brought together hundreds of internally displaced [...] Full text...

UN condemns harassment of staff, looting of premises in North Darfur

24 january 2020 - 11:05:32

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Friday condemned the harassment of humanitarian staff and looting of humanitarian premises in the restive region of [...] Full text...

UN-govt. delegation says people displaced around Genaina need protection, humanitarian assistance

08 january 2020 - 22:33:08

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A joint United Nations and Sudanese government delegation which paid a visit to West Darfur on Wednesday said over 40,000 people have [...] Full text...

ICRC distributes household items to civilians affected by recent violence in Darfur

08 january 2020 - 11:26:43

 Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says thousands of civilians affected by the recent inter-communal conflict are now receiving [...] Full text...

Darfur politician appeals for humanitarian assistance to the vulnerable in Genaina

04 january 2020 - 19:36:40

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Secretary General of the Sudan Liberation Party, Mohamed Hussein Isihag, on Friday appealed to political forces, and local and international [...] Full text...

Dozens killed, calm restored as probe is launched into Darfur community clashes

02 january 2020 - 20:29:32

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Red Crescent said here Thursday that at least 48 persons were killed in Genaina, western Sudan, near the borders [...] Full text...

High level delegation in Darfur to help put down the unrest there

01 january 2020 - 19:45:47

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  -   A High level delegation from the central government arrived in Genaina, near the borders with Chad, Wednesday to help restore stability [...] Full text...

UN Sudan mission envoy commends signing of Darfur framework agreement

31 december 2019 - 05:48:16

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The joint chief mediator for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) on Monday welcomed a framework agreement between [...] Full text...

Hamdouk restates need for achieving peace in Darfur

06 november 2019 - 19:43:39

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdouk, who returned from a rare visit to the restive region of Darfur said he would be [...] Full text...

Sudan PM Hamdouk pays rare visit to restive region of Darfur

04 november 2019 - 18:15:17

Khartoum, Sudan(PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Dr Abdallah Hamdouk, has paid a rare visit to the camps of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur, [...] Full text...

'New Sudan political transition holds out hope for long-term stability to Darfur'

27 august 2019 - 06:44:02

New York, US (PANA) - Important developments under way in Sudan, including a pledge to end the country’s outstanding conflicts, and the establishment of a new [...] Full text...

UN condemns ‘wanton destruction’ in Sudan’s Darfur region

25 june 2019 - 05:06:05

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The looting and destruction of UN food relief agency premises and property in Sudan, has prompted the UN-African Union mission in [...] Full text...

Sudan Military Council reverses decision on peacekeepers' locations in Darfur

23 june 2019 - 18:25:20

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has issued a decree saying the locations to be evacuated by the UN-AU peacekeeping mission [...] Full text...

UN suspends handover of camps in Darfur, peacekeeping chief tells Security Council

14 june 2019 - 21:53:44

New York, US (PANA) - The joint African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is suspending the handover of any more camps for displaced civilians to [...] Full text...

Dozens killed, many injured in recent inter-communal clashes in Darfur - UNAMID

13 june 2019 - 17:42:55

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN –African Union Peace keeping forces in Darfur (UNAMID) has confirmed that 17 people had been killed, 15 others injured [...] Full text...

UNAMID relocates new headquarters in Zalingei

22 january 2019 - 19:59:07

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) on Tuesday officially relocated its head office from North to [...] Full text...

Sudan Govt, rebels sign pre-negotiation agreement

06 december 2018 - 17:26:42

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government and Darfur rebel organizations, the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) of Minni Menawe and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) [...] Full text...

Sudanese president Bashir says war in Darfur is 'a question of the past'

30 november 2018 - 11:28:59

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The people of Darfur have left conflicts behind, as they have tasted the bitterness of war and learned their lessons, Sudanese [...] Full text...

Pro-Sudan gov't militia vows to 'liberate' Jebel Marra from rebels

06 november 2018 - 11:30:15

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Commander of the Sudanese pro-government Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has vowed that his forces will [...] Full text...

UN says Inter-communal tensions still high despite improved security

23 october 2018 - 04:24:37

New York, US (PANA) - While security has improved in Darfur, inter-communal tensions in the conflict-plagued region of Sudan are still high, with clashes over [...] Full text...