Zaher lost his legs in 2024, when he and his mother had been trapped in Khartoum. Much of the city had become a battleground as it was torn apart by fighting between Sudan’s army and the RSF. Food and basic supplies were running short and the family did not have enough money to flee. To
A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed el-Fasher’s healthcare system during their long siege and subsequent takeover of the city in Darfur a year ago. UN human rights chief Volker Türk called the findings “deeply disturbing”. Under international law it is illegal to attack health facilities or their staff during
Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani, whose debut feature “Goodbye Julia” premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar, has attracted a raft of partners for his follow-up “About Love & September Laws,” which he’ll be taking to Rome’s MIA Market, running from Oct. 19-23. Produced by Klozium Studios, the production outfit he launched in 2020 with “Goodbye
A Sudanese court has sentenced paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to death for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for atrocities committed in the West Darfur region. The court of Port Sudan, a city under the rule of the army, Dagalo, known as Hemedti, was sentenced in absentia, along with
