UNITED NATIONS (AA): The United Nations will hold a conference for war-torn Sudan on June 19 in Geneva in order to encourage members to pledge assistance, a spokesperson has announced. “There will be a high-level pledging event to support the humanitarian response plan in Sudan and the region,” UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric told r...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): Kenya has taken the initiative to bring together Sudan’s warring generals to end the crisis plaguing the country, President William Ruto has announced. “Kenya commits to meet the two Sudan generals face to face to find a lasting solution to the crisis,” Ruto said while addressing the media in Djibouti at the [&...
BIRMINGHAM (AA): The issue of illegal migrant crossings on the English Channel is “a top priority” for the UK government, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Monday. His remarks came at the EU-UK Forum, a virtual annual conference focused on the 2021 EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Cleverly said the war in Ukraine has brought [&hel...
The Hague, Netherlands (AFP): Russia accused Ukraine at the UN’s top court Thursday of destroying a key dam with artillery strikes. It also alleged that Kyiv was led by neo-Nazis — a claim Moscow has used to try to justify its invasion. Moscow’s comments to judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) came as […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Sudanese army soldiers and paramilitaries fought for control of a military facility Thursday in Khartoum where a fire raged at an oil and gas facility, witnesses said. The battles came a day after the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced in a statement they had wrestled “full control” of...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Battles raged in Sudan’s war-torn capital on Tuesday, witnesses said, as residents of an island in the Nile reported being “under siege” amid desperate shortages. Eight weeks of fighting have pitted army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo — commonly known a...
GENEVA (AA): The UN refugee agency UNHCR has said it is shocked by the killing of 10 refugees in Sudan’s conflict-torn capital, stressing that the security of all civilians “must be respected.” “We are shocked and saddened by reports that at least 10 refugees were killed in Khartoum, Sudan,” the UNHCR said on Twitter. N...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): At least 10 Congolese students were killed and others seriously injured when their university area in Khartoum was bombed, an official confirmed Tuesday. “The deaths occurred after shelling by the regular army on an area occupied by an unarmed civilian population, including foreign nationals on Sunday,” Communication and M...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The governor of Sudan’s western Darfur region has declared the area a “disaster zone” amid killings and looting. “Crimes continue to be committed against residents at a time when we are seeking by all means to protect civilians and combat crime,” Minni Arko Minnawi said on his Facebook account. He said locals […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 20 civilians were killed in an attack in North Darfur state in western Sudan, according to its governor. Nimir Abdulrahman told Anadolu that gunmen on motorbikes and SUVs opened fire on residents in the town of Kutum, west of the provincial capital Al-Fasher, late Sunday. He provided no further details […]
