KHARTOUM (AA): At least 17 civilians were killed in clashes in the south of Sudan’s capital on Wednesday, local medics said as fighting continued between the country’s army and a paramilitary force. In a statement on Thursday, the Sudan Doctors Syndicate said the Mayo area witnessed heavy shelling late the previous night, leaving a...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 11 babies have died in an orphanage in Sudan as a result of the ongoing clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to local medics. Medics blame malnutrition and frequent power cuts for the deaths at the Mygoma Orphanage in the capital Khartoum. The violence has […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to reach besieged civilians. US and Saudi mediators said late Monday that the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had agreed to extend by five days the [&helli...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Gunfire rang out Sunday in the Sudanese capital, adding to truce violations which United States and Saudi mediators said hindered the delivery of desperately needed aid. Witnesses in Khartoum told AFP they could hear “shooting in the south of the city”, on the sixth day of the one-week ceasefire which expires...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in the capital Khartoum despite a ceasefire agreement. A 7-day ceasefire came into force between the rivals on May 22 following talks between the two conflicting parties in Saudi Arabia. On Friday, Saudi Arabia and the United ...
New York, United States (AFP): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked” by a letter from Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, reportedly requesting the replacement of special envoy Volker Perthes amid a brutal war with paramilitaries. Guterres “is proud of the work done by Volker Perthes and reaffirm...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Saudi Arabia and the United States have said that they are witnessing improvement in the application of the ongoing 7-day cease-fire in Sudan. The statement was made jointly by Saudi Arabia and the US, who brokered a cease-fire that came into force last Monday. “In their capacity as facilitators, the Kingdom of [&he...
ISLAMABAD (AA): Pakistani authorities handed over 33 civilians to the military for trial in military court over their alleged involvement in May 9 violent protests, the interior minister said Friday. Speaking to reporters in the capital Islamabad, Rana Sanaullah said that so far, 499 first information reports (FIRs) had been registered across ...
TORONTO (AA): Sporadic clashes continue in Sudan despite a short-term cease-fire between the warring parties, a UN spokesperson said Friday. “The latest information is that there’s still some sporadic fighting. We are not officially monitoring the truce,” Stephane Dujarric said at his press briefing when asked about the statu...
UNITED NATIONS (AA): The UN said Tuesday that “conditions are not allowing for full-scale humanitarian operations” in Sudan despite a ceasefire. ”Following the recent ceasefire agreement, humanitarian organizations are ready to move about 168 trucks to reach more than 4 million people across the country,” UN spokesperson Stephane D...
