Declan Walsh

Nairobi

Chief Africa Correspondent at The New York Times

Chief Africa correspondent, @nytimes Ex-Cairo and Islamabad. Author, THE NINE LIVES OF PAKISTAN. U.S. https://t.co/5PjyqeNO43 UK: https://t.co/x9no69KauB Tips: https://t.co/QwfvR4yUG4

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R.S.F. in Sudan Declare Parallel Government Amid Assault on Zamzam Camp [The New York Times)-

1 week ago | afropages.fr | Declan Walsh
Sudan Clinic Workers Killed in Zamzam Camp [The New York Times)-

1 week ago | afropages.fr | Declan Walsh
Sudan Clinic Workers Killed in Zamzam Camp

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Declan Walsh

Refugees International said nine employees were killed when gunmen stormed the Zamzam camp in El Fasher, in the western Darfur region. Sudanese paramilitaries killed the entire staff of the last medical clinic in a famine-stricken camp in the western region of Darfur, Sudan, as part of a broader assault that killed at least 100 people, aid groups and the United Nations said on Saturday.
All 8 UFL teams for 2025, who owns them, stadiums, how they fared in 2024

3 weeks ago | themirror.com | Tom Blow |Declan Walsh

Football enthusiasts, it's time to embrace yet another acronym as the United Football League (UFL) returns for another season. A fusion of former minor leagues USFL and XFL, the UFL boasts eight teams divided into two divisions named after their predecessors, sporting an equal ownership model shared between FOX Corporation - who hold the exclusive broadcasting rights - and RedBird Capital Partners, featuring none other than Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.
Detroit Tigers Remove Iconic Feature From Outfield at Comerica Park

3 weeks ago | si.com | Declan Walsh

The Detroit Tigers won't play a home game until April 4 after beginning the regular season on a road trip, but it might take local fans even longer to adjust to a major cosmetic change in the outfield at Comerica Park. For the first time since Comerica Park opened in 2000, the now-iconic Tigers script will not be featured above the left-field scoreboard. Instead, it will be replaced by a Comerica Bank advertisement, a move that has sparked significant derision within the fanbase.
Sudan's Military Is Driving Rival Fighters Out of Khartoum, a Major Shift in Civil War

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Declan Walsh

Paramilitary fighters with Sudan's Rapid Support Forces began withdrawing from the battle-torn capital of Khartoum in large numbers on Wednesday, fleeing a city they had occupied since a ruinous war broke out nearly two years ago. The capture of the city by Sudan's military marks a dramatic turning point in what is currently Africa's largest war. The Rapid Support Forces, known as the R.S.F., is likely to withdraw to its stronghold in Darfur, in the west of the country, according to analysts.
Astros Youngster Has Tearful Reaction After Learning Major League Fate

4 weeks ago | si.com | Declan Walsh

With MLB ballclubs making a few finishing roster touches ahead of this week's long-awaited MLB opening day, dozens of players around the league anxiously await news about their potential spot in the show. One of these was 22-year-old Houston Astros youngster Cam Smith, one of the league's fastest-rising prospects who maintained a dominant .342/.419/.711 slash line this spring after arriving from the Chicago Cubs.
Sudan's Military Sweeps Across Capital, Hoping to Turn the War

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Declan Walsh |Ivor Prickett

At the battle-scarred presidential palace in the heart of Sudan's shattered capital, soldiers gathered under a chandelier on Sunday afternoon, rifles and rocket launchers slung over their shoulders, listening to their orders. Then they trooped out, down a red carpet that once welcomed foreign dignitaries, and into the deserted center of the city on a mission to flush out the last pockets of resistance from the paramilitary fighters with whom they have been clashing for two years.
Sudan’s military retakes presidential palace in devastated capital

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Declan Walsh

Still, the RSF fought back for the rest of the day Friday, firing missiles from armed drones that hovered over the palace compound, Sudanese military officials said. One of them struck a crew from Sudan’s state television station, killing two journalists and a driver. Two officers from the military’s media wing, including its top official in Khartoum, were also killed in the attack outside the palace. The palace, an emblem of power in Sudan for two centuries, appeared to be in ruins.
In Sudan's Devastated Capital, a Climatic Battle Comes Into View

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Declan Walsh |Ivor Prickett

Sudanese military forces pushed toward the presidential palace in the battle-scarred capital, Khartoum, on Thursday, signaling a potential turning point in Sudan's devastating civil war, now approaching its third year. Video footage showed Sudanese troops about 500 yards east of the palace compound, which overlooks the river Nile, and is controlled by the Rapid Support Forces, or R.S.F., the army's powerful paramilitary rival.