El-Obeid: Brave Witness of the Sudanese Church in a City Under Siege
The city is under constant bombardment and drone strikes as the RSF seeks to push out the army, officials and missionaries said.
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Brave witness of the Sudanese Church in a city under siege
In a decision described as a brave and generous witness of fidelity to his little flock, Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali is staying on in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, even as organisations warned that the North Kordofan's state capital was increasingly being encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and its allies.
War in Sudan: Impacts on the Horn of Africa and West Asia
War in Sudan: Impacts on the Horn of Africa and West Asia Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 07/10/2026 - 04:51 The war in Sudan between government forces and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) backed Rapid Support Force (RSF) continues, and so does what experts call the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. The city of El Obeid is under siege, and there are fears of another massacre such as what took place in El …
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(OSV News) — In a decision described as a brave and generous witness of fidelity to his little flock, Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali is staying on in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, even as organizations warned that the North Kordofan’s state capital was increasingly being encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and its allies. Father Diego Dalle Carbonare, provincial superior of the Comboni Missionaries in Egypt-Sudan,…
The RSF militia is trying to take the city of Al-Obeid, which could break the deadlock in the war in Sudan. Experts fear new atrocities.
As red flags rise over the Sudanese city El-Obeid, bishop reiterates call for peace | Anglican Ink © 2026
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies are proliferating strikes on the strategic city of 500,000 people, hitting schools, markets, and fuel stations as well as transport routes and vehicles. At least 27 drone attacks hit the city in June, according to agencies, marking the highest monthly total so far. Anglican Bishop Ismael Gabriel Abudigin of El-Obeid Diocese said the strikes were killing civilians and causing great fear, while …
The Sudanese militia coalition "Rapid Support Forces" with the help of drone attacks besieges the army-held city of al-Obeid. The supply of the over 660,000 people there is rapidly deteriorating, in a case of the city massacres are feared.
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