Sudan Witness Archives

Sep 19

RSF advance on the Southern Hospital in El Fasher, North Darfur

Sudan Witness verified footage showing the RSF presence at the Southern Hospital, amid reports emerged of intense fighting in El Fasher.

Hate Speech Disinformation Human Rights Sudan

Sep 13

“Let them feel pain”: Pro-SAF social media accounts celebrate and distort reports of airstrikes

A number of pro-SAF social media accounts and supporters spread hate speech and misinformation relating to reports of airstrikes in August.

Aug 23

Verifying the destruction of Wad Madani Dry Port

Sudan Witness has verified significant damage to a dry port in Wad Madani, following a reported airstrike On 16...

Drones Drone Strike Jebel Aulia

Aug 8

Alleged drone strike hits Jebel Aulia market

Sudan Witness has verified damage to Jebel Aulia, Khartoum, following a reported airstrike, leading to civilian deaths and destroyed property.

RSF Sennar State Jebel Moya Sinja

Jul 18

RSF seizes control of Jebel Moya and Sinja, Sennar State

While tightening its grip on El Fasher, North Darfur, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) further expanded into areas of Sudan that were previously under control of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in June 2024.

Fires NTC Tower Manshiya Buri Al-Lamap

Jul 5

Khartoum’s NTC tower up in flames

On 20 July, a pro-Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Telegram channel posted a video showing a skyscraper on fire. The post stated that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bombed the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) tower in Sudan’s capital city Khartoum. However, the SAF’s claim that the RSF was responsible for the damage has been contested. Sudan Witness verified the footage (figure 1), which showed an active fire and smoke plumes coming from the tower and was filmed from a moving vehicle on Manshiya Bridge. Analysis of Planet and Sentinel satellite imagery shows a smoke plume coming from the NTC Tower on 20 July.

Sudan Fire Darfur

Mar 28

More than 100 villages devastated by fire since start of Sudan conflict last April

لقراءة المقال بالعربية At least 108 villages and settlements have been partially or completely destroyed by fire since the start of the...

Sudan SAF Airstrike Fire RSF

Mar 28

Fires following reported SAF airstrike in El Daein, East Darfur

لقراءة المقال بالعربية CIR verified that large fires broke out in at least two locations in El Daein, East Darfur, on 20 February 2024....

Mar 4

Urban combat between the RSF and the SAF in Omdurman, Khartoum

لقراءة المقال بالعربية Summary: Fighting in Omdurman has been ongoing since the start of the conflict in Sudan in April 2023, with...

Feb 20

Houses destroyed in Al Taif neighbourhood, Khartoum

Image credit: X @RSFSudan لقراءة المقال بالعربية Khartoum, the capital of and largest metropolitan area in Sudan, has been widely...

Feb 19

Destruction and fires at Qurtuba poultry farm, El Gezira

لقراءة المقال بالعربية Summary: Sudan Witness verified damage to the Qurtuba poultry farm, 5km east of Al Masid, El Gezira. The damage...

Feb 16

Fuel and fire: Repeated fires at Khartoum Oil Refinery pose risk to energy supplies

On 21 January 2024, a pro-SAF journalist with 48,700 followers posted a video to X showing large fuel tanks on fire, with fire engines and men in blue uniforms in the foreground of the video. Sudan Witness geolocated the footage to the Khartoum Oil Refinery (also known as Al Jili Oil Refinery), approximately 80km north of Khartoum (figure 2).