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The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) condemned Thursday the rising civilian death toll in Sudan. The statement follows the intensified fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and beyond. The statement indicated that both parties disregarded international humanitarian law in and around Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. [...]

Siddhi Joshi and Ananya Kohli contributed to this report.  South Sudanese authorities arrested 22 political and military personnel in violation of human rights obligations in mid-February, according to a Thursday statement by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The group called on South Sudanese authorities to cease arbitrary detentions of opposition leaders, reveal their whereabouts and ensure that [...]

South Sudan’s political leaders are failing their people by enabling impunity, corruption, and systemic human rights violations, warns the latest report from the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday. The report highlights persistent patterns of violence, repression, and economic mismanagement, underscoring the urgent need for meaningful reform to prevent further deterioration [...]

Judi Rever is a Montreal-based journalist and author of In Praise of Blood, which investigates mass violence under Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s regime, using survivor testimonies, former soldiers, and leaked UN documents. A Ryerson journalism graduate, Rever covered the Congo-Rwanda crisis for Radio France-Internationale in 1997 and later reported for Agence France-Presse. Her work has [...]

The 2024 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International on Tuesday indicates high rates of corruption worldwide, with the global average at 43 points out of 100. The organization stated that efforts to reduce corruption are floundering, as the global average has remained unchanged for years and more than 120 of the listed countries score [...]

South Sudan issued a social media ban for at least 30 days on Wednesday, following concerns over the spread of footage depicting violence against South Sudanese in Sudan. The ban was communicated in a directive issued by the National Communications Authority to all social media providers operating in the country to prevent hate speech and the [...]

Human rights faced severe tests worldwide in 2024, with democratic institutions under strain and humanitarian law repeatedly violated in major conflicts, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its annual report released Thursday. The 546-page “World Report 2025” reviewed human rights practices in more than 100 countries, emphasizing the devastating human tolls of conflicts in Gaza, [...]

The United Nations on Friday raised alarms over the worsening humanitarian situation in El Fasher, capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, where a months-long siege by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has devastated lives and infrastructure. According to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) report, more than 782 civilians have been killed and 1,143 injured [...]

A joint report released Wednesday by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) revealed a pattern of arbitrary detention in South Sudan as well as human rights abuses committed by both government security forces and organized armed groups. The report, which covers the [...]

The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have been committing mass sexual violence and perpetrating sex slavery in South Kordofan state since September 2023, according to a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday. The findings expose a grim pattern of targeted violence, predominantly against women and girls, that HRW says [...]