Trapped, Starving and Afraid in Besieged Sudan City
Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have ravaged the South Kordofan state capital, with strikes intensifying in recent weeks.
Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have ravaged the South Kordofan state capital, with strikes intensifying in recent weeks.
Taarifa ya polisi iliyotolewa leo, tarehe 12 Desemba 2025, imeeleza kuwa Mwambe ambaye aliwahi kuwa Waziri katika Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu anayeshughulikia Uwekezaji na baadaye Wizara ya Viwanda na Biashara alikamatwa wakati wa operesheni ya kawaida ya kufuatilia masuala ya usalama jijini Dar es Salaam. Kwa mujibu wa taarifa hiyo, hatua za awali za kisheria kuhusu tuhuma zinazomkabili zinaendelea kukamilishwa.
Maelfu wamekimbia huku raia wakijikuta tena katikati ya mapigano kati ya M23, jeshi la Congo na washirika wao.
Around 10 bodies were collected from the streets between Wednesday and Thursday, according to local sources and witnesses.
Opposition party Chadema’s deputy chairperson John Heche told reporters that Tanzania witnessed “mass killings of more than 2,000 people and over 5,000 injured in the space of just one week”.
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A Rwanda-backed militia late Wednesday seized control of most of the city of Uvira, the last government stronghold in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province.
The RSF, which has been locked in conflict with the regular army since April 2023, said on Monday it had taken control of the strategic area “after the Sudanese army fled”. South Sudan later said the troops had surrendered to them.
Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) welcomed the release last week of 13 people, including an ex-Olympian and former police officers, who had been imprisoned for nearly 18 years without charge, trial, or access to a lawyer.
The M23’s assault comes less than a year after the anti-government armed group seized control of Goma and Bukavu, two key provincial capitals in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been plagued by conflict for three decades.