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...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday morning witnessed a cautious calm hours before a new cease-fire between the Sudanese warring parties. Since mid-April, the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been exchanging heavy fire, accusing each other of starting assaults. According to an Anadolu...
Washington, United States (AFP): Warring sides in Sudan have reached an agreement for a seven-day humanitarian ceasefire, the United States and Saudi Arabia said Saturday in a joint statement after talks in Jeddah. Representatives from both army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo vowed not to s...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP): One man is revered in Western capitals for standing up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of his country. The other is widely reviled for atrocities committed against his own people in a war that has made him dependent on Moscow. At the Arab League summit on Friday, host Saudi Arabia brought Ukrainian […]
ISTANBUL (AA): Qatar has condemned the storming and vandalising of its embassy in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as clashes continue in the African nation between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said the embassy building was stormed by irregular armed forces. “T...
ISTANBUL (AA): Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has said that Syria’s readmission does not mean the resumption of relations between Damascus and league members. On May 7, the Cairo-based Arab League reinstated Syria after 12 years of suspension over the regime’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests. “The decision to reinst...
