N’Djamena, Chad (AFP): Around 320 Sudanese soldiers have fled the fighting raging in their country to neighbouring Chad, the country’s defence minister said Wednesday. “They arrived in our territory, were disarmed and detained” on Sunday, General Daoud Yaya Brahim told a press conference, saying the troops feared being ...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Thousands of residents fled on Wednesday from Sudan’s capital where witnesses reported bodies in the streets and embassies said more than 270 civilians had been killed in battles between the army and paramilitaries, with no end in sight. “Life in Khartoum is impossible if this war does not stop,” said A...
GENEVA (AA) – The EU has said that it is following developments in Tunisia with “great concern,” especially the arrest of the Ennahda Party leader. “We are following with great concern the latest developments in Tunisia, in particular the arrest last night of Mr. Rached Ghannouchi as well as the information concerning t...
ANKARA (AA) – A US diplomatic convoy came under fire in Sudan amid clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF), the US secretary of state said Tuesday. “I can confirm that yesterday we had an American diplomatic convoy that was fired on,” said Antony Blinken, who is currently in Japan for […]
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Rached Ghannouchi, one of the main opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied, has been arrested, his Ennahdha party said Monday, the latest in a string of opposition figures held. Ghannouchi, 81, whose party was the largest in parliament before Saied dissolved the chamber in July 2021, was arrested by police at his [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Sudanese army has called on members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to join its ranks amid raging fighting between the two sides. “We call on all RSF members to quickly join the Sudanese Armed Forces,” the army said in a statement. The army assured the RSF members that they […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday as fighting that has claimed nearly 200 lives entered a fourth day, despite growing international calls for an end to hostilities. A weeks-long power struggle erupted into deadly violence Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Days after the ouster of long-serving President Omar al-Bashir, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo emerged as one of the most powerful men in Sudan. Dagalo, better known by his nickname Hemedti, 48, rose from a simple camel trader to become commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now aspiring to overthrow [&...
Karuizawa, Japan (AFP): Britain and the United States have called for an “immediate cessation” of violence in Sudan, where fighting between the army and paramilitaries has killed nearly 100 people. “There is a shared deep concern about the fighting… the threat that it poses to civilians, to the Sudanese nation and poten...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Monday described the military clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as an “internal affair.” A ministry statement said it appreciates Arab, African and international efforts to calm the situation in the country. “We want to affirm that this is an interna...
