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Pakistan has halted a $1.5 billion weapons and fighter jet deal with Sudan following Saudi Arabia's request to terminate the arrangement and withdraw financing. This development occurs amidst Sudan's ongoing conflict and intensifies regional rivalries, with Saudi Arabia previously brokering the deal.

Paramilitaries in Sudan continue to cause panic and loot villages in their war against the army, with at least eight people killed in Al-Jazira state. The fighting has forced over half a million people to seek shelter in Al-Jazira, but paramilitaries have now pressed deeper into the state, displacing over 300,000 more. The Red Cross has called the area a 'death trap'. The war in Sudan has resulted in over 12,190 deaths and the displacement of over seven million people. The RSF paramilitary group is notorious for looting, property destruction, home invasions, and sexual assaults.

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in Sudan wreaked havoc in Gezira province, resulting in over 120 deaths, sexual violence, and mass displacement. Clashes erupted between the RSF and Sudanese military, leading to severe human rights abuses and drawing international condemnation, with calls for immediate intervention.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Sunday they had seized the army headquarters in El-Fasher, the last major urban centre in the western Darfur region outside their control. It would also bring under RSF control all five state capitals in the vast Darfur region, where the paramilitary group has established a parallel administration.

Amid the conflict between Sudan's Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces, gender-based violence has surged, with women committing suicide to avoid rape. Over 130 cases have been reported, highlighting severe abuses against women and children. The UN accuses rsf fighters of widespread sexual violence, despite their denials, leaving displaced millions in distress.

US warns of risks to civilians and aid efforts in recent clashes between Sudan's army and RSF in Gezira State. Nearly half a million displaced people in Al-Jazirah state, with over 86,000 in Wad Madani. UN halts aid operations. Conflict between army chief al-Burhan and former RSF commander Daglo resulted in 12,190 deaths. Over 5.4 million internally displaced, 1.3 million seeking refuge abroad. rsf fighters advance towards Wad Madani from Khartoum.

When a fighter from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed into Aisha's family home in Khartoum and gave her a grim ultimatum -- marry him or watch her father die -- she didn't think twice. Abducted in Khartoum because of her brother's government ties, she was held for 11 days with dozens of other women and girls by rsf fighters.

Sudan's army has recaptured the presidential palace from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, marking a significant turning point in the ongoing conflict. Despite this, large areas remain under RSF control, indicating the war is far from over. Analysts highlight the strategic importance of Khartoum and Darfur in the battle for control.

Both sides in Sudan's civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes. The US has determined war crimes and ethnic cleansing. Efforts to end the conflict have failed. The conflict involves Sudan's regular armed forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Sudan's air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said Wednesday. "We will see if we can bring their bodies back," he wrote on social media platform X. State TV said the aircraft had taken off from an airbase in the Gulf, carrying dozens of foreign fighters and military equipment intended for the RSF, which controls nearly all of Darfur.

Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday. The conflict between Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has intensified, with significant casualties and widespread destruction, leading to severe shortages of medical resources and a looming famine crisis.

Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists. RSF shelling killed 54 people at a busy market in Omdurman on Saturday, overwhelming the city's Al-Nao Hospital, a medical source told AFP. "The shells hit in the middle of the vegetable market, that's why the victims and the wounded are so many," one survivor told AFP. Across the Nile in Khartoum, two civilians were killed and dozens wounded in an air strike on an RSF-controlled area, the local Emergency Response Room (ERR) said.

A deadly drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan's South Kordofan region has claimed at least six lives, according to a medical source. The attack, which eyewitnesses attribute to a drone, occurred in Kadugli, a city facing severe humanitarian crises. Sudan's government has condemned the incident, accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of responsibility.

Sudan's regular army has issued a warning, stating the country is at a "dangerous historical turning point" amid a deepening rift between military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his number two, paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The plan to integrate Daglo's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces into Burhan's regular army is a key point of contention in talks aimed at returning the country to civilian rule.

Paramilitary drone strikes targeting Sudan's wartime capital have sought to shatter the regular army's sense of security and open a dangerous new chapter in the war, experts say. With daily strikes on the city since then, the RSF has sought to demonstrate its strength, discredit the army, disrupt its supply lines and project an air of legitimacy, experts believe.

Violence continues in Sudan's capital Khartoum as a 24-hour truce between the army and paramilitary forces collapsed. Heavy gunfire and loud explosions were heard in central Khartoum, causing thousands to flee amid dwindling food supplies, power outages and a lack of running water. Governments have begun evacuating their citizens, including Japan, which is preparing to relocate about 60 people.

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a three-month humanitarian truce. This move follows ongoing violence and a severe humanitarian crisis. The truce, proposed by the Quad countries, aims to pave the way for a ceasefire and political process. However, concerns persist regarding the RSF's commitment and past actions.