Mark Townsend

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Mark Townsend

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3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Mark Townsend

A UN aid convoy carrying critical food supplies to a famine-threatened city in western Sudan has been targeted in a brutal attack that appeared to have caused “multiple casualties”. A number of trucks belonging to the UN’s food and children’s agencies were attacked as they headed towards El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, which has been besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year.

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Mark Townsend

A fighter loyal to the Sudanese army patrols a market area in Khartoum in March 2025. A fighter loyal to the Sudanese army patrols a market area in Khartoum in March 2025. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesScotland Yard has received a dossier of evidence documenting myriad alleged war crimes committed by a paramilitary group during the conflict in Sudan.

2 months ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Mark Townsend

Amnesty says Donald Trump’s election has undermined decades of progress in human rights, calls targeting of global institutions ‘terrifying’ – and warns of worse to come. Amnesty says Donald Trump’s election has undermined decades of progress in human rights, calls targeting of global institutions ‘terrifying’ – and warns of worse to come.

2 months ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Mark Townsend

Pressure is mounting on the United Arab Emirates over its presence at a crucial conference in London aimed at stopping the war in Sudan after a leaked confidential UN report raised fresh questions over the UAE’s role in the devastating conflict. The UAE has been accused of secretly supplying weapons to Sudanese paramilitaries via neighbouring Chad, a charge it has steadfastly denied.