Nyala

🚨 The #RSF-controlled “Tasis” government has appointed former Sudan Central Bank governor Hussein Yahya Jangoul as governor of its parallel central bank in Nyala

Mohamedin Mohamed Abdelrahim, a trader from the Gir neighborhood, has tragically passed away in the RSF-run Degeriss Prison under unclear circumstances. He was arrested back in December 2024 and initially held at the former General Intelligence Service facility in Nyala before being moved to Degeriss. His family has been unable to visit him and lost all contact, and they still haven't received his body. Reports keep surfacing that members of the Zaghawa, Fur, Massalit, and other indigenous communities in areas controlled by the RSF are facing arbitrary detentions, torture, intimidation, killings, and other serious human rights abuses. There is an urgent need for independent investigations and accountability. #KeepEyesOnSudan #KeepEyesOnDarfur @hrw @fidh_en @amnesty @NLinSudan @USEmbassyKRT @EU_Commission @sudanreeves @DNforHR @handsudan_org

#Sudan: Umutwe witwara gisirikare wa Rapid Support Forces watangaje ko washyizeho icyo wise Inama y’Umutekano n’igisirikare, mu rwego rwa guverinoma yawo ibangikanye n’iya leta iri ku butegetsi. Iyi guverinoma ya RSF iri gukorera mu mujyi wa Nyala yo muri Darfour y’amajyepfo, gusa iyi guverinoma ya RSF ntiremezwa n’umuryango mpuzamahanga. Iyi nama nshya y’Umutekano n’igisirikare, izayoborwa na Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo uzwi cyane ku izina rya Hemedti, izakorera mu bice bigenzurwa na RSF birimo intara za Darfur, Kordofan ndetse n’imijyi imwe n’imwe yo mu karere ka Nil Bleu.

Sara Jacobs: Human Rights Watch Report Confirms UAE Support for the Rapid Support Militia (Janjaweed), as Washington Faces Renewed Pressure to Review Arms Sales to Abu Dhabi U.S. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs has responded to Human Rights Watch’s latest report on the UAE’s role in supporting the Rapid Support Militia (Janjaweed) in Sudan, saying the report confirms what has been known for years about Abu Dhabi’s continued backing of the militia. In her tweet, Jacobs wrote: “This report confirms what we’ve known for years: the UAE is continuing to provide robust support for the RSF in Sudan, enabling their horrific genocide. The U.S. needs to stop ignoring this and funneling weapons to the UAE anyway.” Her statement followed the publication of Human Rights Watch’s report, From Bogotá to El Fasher, which examined the UAE’s role in deploying Colombian military contractors and providing other forms of support to the Rapid Support Militia in Sudan. The report presents evidence that an Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group, hired hundreds of Colombian military contractors beginning in 2024 before sending them to Sudan to fight alongside the militia. According to Human Rights Watch, some of these contractors passed through sensitive Emirati military and government facilities before being deployed to Sudan. The organization says the evidence adds to a growing body of information pointing to UAE military support for the militia, despite Abu Dhabi’s continued denial of allegations that it supports the Rapid Support Militia. The report describes a wider recruitment and transfer network involving several routes. It refers to Colombian contractors moved through the UAE, facilities such as Al Ghayathi military base and Al Wathba, routes linked to Bosaso in Somalia, Benghazi in eastern Libya, Chad, and then onward to Nyala and El Fasher in Sudan. Human Rights Watch also linked the presence of these contractors to serious abuses on the ground, including fighting alongside the Rapid Support Militia, taking part in operations connected to El Fasher, and training child soldiers, some reportedly as young as 13 and 14. The report also cited testimonies about foreign fighters being present at sites where the Rapid Support Militia committed atrocities, including the killing of women, children, and people with disabilities. Human Rights Watch said the descriptions of those fighters matched videos and images the organization had collected and verified over months of investigation, strengthening the conclusion that Colombian contractors were part of the militia’s military environment. Jacobs had already been active on this issue before the report was released. In December 2023, she led a letter from a group of U.S. lawmakers calling on the UAE to end its material support for the Rapid Support Militia, warning that such support was worsening mass atrocities in Sudan. In January 2025, Jacobs and Senator Chris Van Hollen also said that the UAE was providing weapons to the militia despite assurances given to the United States, and called for arms sales to Abu Dhabi to be halted. Jacobs’ latest tweet comes amid growing pressure in Congress to connect U.S. military relations with the UAE to the war in Sudan. Human rights reports and international investigations are now pointing to a specific support network, including transfer routes, companies, facilities, and individuals connected to an operation that the report says assisted a militia accused of committing widespread crimes against civilians. The Human Rights Watch report places Washington and other UAE allies under direct scrutiny. They can continue using broad language about “external actors” fueling the war, or they can name the UAE directly and review military ties with Abu Dhabi, including arms sales. For Sudanese civilians, this position matters because it connects UAE support for the Rapid Support Militia, crimes committed against civilians in Sudan, and the continued flow of U.S. weapons to the UAE. Jacobs’ tweet brings back the question many Western capitals have tried to avoid: how can governments speak about protecting civilians in Sudan while maintaining military partnerships with a state that rights groups accuse of supporting the militia killing and displacing them? Washington now faces a clear political and moral responsibility toward a war that has devastated the lives of millions of Sudanese people. #Sudan #RSFisTerroristOrganization #UAEKillsSudanesePeople #UAESponsorsTerrorism

Advanced drone linked to #UAE state company spotted at #Nyala airport رُصدت طائرة مسيّرة متطورة تابعة لشركة حكومية #إماراتية في مطار #نيالا. https://t.co/DUSiMaKk9N

Chinese BZK-005E UAV spotted at Nyala Airport, Sudan, controlled by RSF, per Yale Humanitarian Research Lab. Long-range drone (2,400 km, 40 hrs). Questions raised over Beijing's role in Sudan conflict.