Fears of Another Massacre in Sudan

 The BBC posted on 7 July 2026 an article titled "Fears of a Massacre in This City on the Frontline of Sudan's War" by Akisa Wandera.

El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for 18 months.  Most recently, the RSF has stepped up the use of drones.

The United Nations believes another human rights catastrophe like the one in El Fasher is unfolding in El Obeid.  The Sudan Armed Forces continues to control the city, but its hold is weakening as it faces increasing RSF drone attacks.  

Sudan's Killing Fields

 The Washington Post posted on 9 September 2024 an article titled "Videos from Sudan's Killing Fields Reveal Ethnic Hatred Behind Massacres" by Katharine Houreld, Hafiz Haroun, Lucy Provan, Klaas van Dijken, and Maud Jullien.  

The videos underscore the vitriol of Arab militiamen affiliated with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces toward their Black African victims and the toll of that bigotry.  

Detailed Report on Massacre in Sudan's Darfur Province

 The independent Lighthouse Reports published on 9 September 2024 an article titled "The Kutum Massacre."  It was co-published with Sky News, Le Monde, and The Washington Post.

The report provides details on the June 2023 extrajudicial killing of more than 70 non-Arab Sudanese civilians in the western region of Darfur Province by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.  

A Massacre Threatens Darfur--Again

 The New York Times posted on 19 June 2024 an article titled "A Massacre Threatens Darfur--Again" by Lauren Leatherby, Declan Walsh, Sanjana Varghese, and Christoph Koettl.  

Based on photographs and satellite images of destruction in the cities of El Fasher and El Geneina in Sudan's Darfur region, the article suggests that a terrible situation can get even worse.  

US Urges Saudi Arabia to Identify Killers of Ethiopian Migrants

 The Washington Post published on 31 August 2023 an article titled "U.S. Presses Saudi Arabia on Reported Migrant Massacres" by Missy Ryan, Sarah Dadouch, John Hudson, and Karen DeYoung.  

The Biden administration is pressing the government of Saudi Arabia to identify the military units along the Yemen/Saudi border alleged by Human Rights Watch to have killed Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who were trying to enter the country.  The United States has trained the maritime division of the Saudi border guards and the kingdom is the single largest customer for foreign military sales.  

Ethiopia: Fall 2022 Massacres Detailed in Tigray Region

 The Washington Post posted on 1 March 2023 an article titled "Hundreds Massacred in Ethiopia Even as Peace Deal Was Being Reached" by Katharine Houreld, Meg Kelly, and Stefanie Le.

During the week before the 2 November 2022 peace deal between central government and Tigrayan forces, Eritrean soldiers who were supporting Ethiopian central government troops, took revenge in at least 10 villages in Tigray Region east of the town of Adwa.  The massacres, detailed in interviews with 22 relatives of the deceased, resulted in more than 300 killed.

The Washington Post print edition of 1 March ran the detailed story on its front page.

Year Old Massacre in Ethiopian Prisons Exposed

 The Washington Post published on 4 December 2022 an article titled "Ethiopian Guards Massacred Scores of Tigrayan Prisoners, Witnesses Say" by Katharine Houreld.

This is an in-depth account of a series of atrocities at prisons in Ethiopia during November 2021 where guards singled out Tigrayans for killing.  The account documents 83 such killings at the prison near Mirab Abaya committed by about 18 of the guards.  Smaller numbers of Tigrayans were killed during the same period at other prisons in Ethiopia.  Not all guards took part in these atrocities.  

The apparent trigger for the killings was the movement in 2021 of Tigrayan forces through Amhara Region toward the capital of Addis Ababa.  The article suggests the attacks were motivated by Tigrayan military success and carried out mostly by guards from Amhara Region. 

Ethiopia: November 9 Massacre at Maikadra in Tigray Region

 The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission published on 24 November 2020 a report titled "Rapid Investigation into Grave Human Rights Violation in Maikadra Preliminary Findings."

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission deployed a team of human rights experts to Maikadra, in Tigray Region's Western Zone, to investigate the 9 November mass killings.  This sober report has the ring of credibility.