Sudan Genocide Emergency: September 2025
By Omar Kausar and Grace Harris People displaced following Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on Zamzam displacement camp shelter in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan on April 15, 2025. Stringer/Reuters Since April 2023, the Republic of Sudan (Sudan) has been engulfed in one of the deadliest civil wars of the 21st century . The civil war is between two opposing factions of the Sudanese Military: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the le
Genocide Watch
Oct 27
UN report on Israel’s genocidal gender-based violence
Responding to a report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel published today concluding that Israel has systematically used sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence against Palestinians since October 2023 and carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians in Gaza by destroying women’s healthcare and reproductive health facilities and blocking access to reproductive healthcare, Amnesty Inter
Amnesty International
Oct 26
Sudan: the West Could Have Stopped the Bloodshed
Both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces are accused by the UN and impartial international rights monitors such as the Yale University Humanitarian Research Lab of attacking civilian infrastructure with impunity. Four years ago, Sudan’s military coup crushed a new civilian government before democracy could take root. Sadly, the international community believed the generals when they promised to honour the will of the people’s revolution of 2018-19. The dipl
Rebecca Tinsley
Oct 26
Shock at $100,000 fee to contest Guinea elections to replace junta
Guineans have reacted with shock after it was announced that presidential candidates would need to pay a deposit of 875m Guinean francs ($100,000; £75,000) to contest December's election, which should see the military leaders hand power to civilians. By Nicolas Negoce Published Oct. 24, 2025 Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya has not announced if he is running for president. Guineans have reacted with shock after it was announced that presidential candidates would need to pay a de
BBC News
Oct 25
The WW2 massacre dividing Senegal and France
A new investigation found the 1944 Thiaroye attack on ‘unarmed’ African soldiers was ‘premeditated’, and far deadlier than previously recorded By Will Barker Published Oct. 23, 2025 Historians believe between 300 and 400 black soldiers were killed, compared to the official number of 35 (Image credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images) A new report into the 1944 Thiaroye massacre of African infantrymen by French soldiers in Senegal found that the shooting over pay
The Week
Oct 25
More than 1,500 people face prosecution in Morocco after GenZ 212 protests
More than 1,500 people in Morocco are facing prosecution after weeks of youth-led protests calling for an end to corruption and improvements in health and education, according to the Moroccan Association for Human Rights on Friday. Hundreds of those connected to the protests have already been given prison sentences, with some facing up to 15 years in prison, the NGO said. People take part in a youth-led protest against corruption calling for healthcare and education reform, i
France 24
Oct 25
