French military technology is being used in Sudan's brutal civil war in violation of a UN arms embargo, rights organisation Amnesty International has said. It says the Rapid Support Forces militia is using vehicles supplied by the United Arab Emirates fitted with the system in the Darfur region as it battles the army.

Researchers estimate 60,000 deaths in Khartoum state in war’s first 14 months, far higher than other assessments.

A new study suggests the death toll in Sudan’s devastating civil war is far higher than is being reported, with as many as 61,000 killed in Khartoum state in the first 14 months of the war, which began in April of last year.