ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Sunday pledged $100 million in humanitarian aid to Sudan amid ongoing clashes between two military rivals. More than 550 people have been killed and thousands injured in fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group since April 15, according to Sudan’s Health Ministry. Sa...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): When a maternity hospital in the Sudanese capital came under bombardment, Esraa Hesbalrasoul snatched her premature twins from an incubator and rushed out in a panic. In the chaos, only one of the infants survived. Hesbalrasoul now tends to her baby in a small hospital in the capital’s twin city of Omdurman that [&...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Gun battles and air strikes on Sunday again flared in Sudan’s capital, which has been rocked by four weeks of fighting despite the latest ceasefire efforts backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States. Multiple truce deals have been declared and quickly violated since fighting erupted between army and paramilitary ...
ISTANBUL (AA) — The UN has warned that nearly 19 million Sudanese will suffer from food insecurity because of ongoing fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The World Food Program (WFP) expects that the “number of acutely food insecure people in Sudan will increase by between two and 2.5 [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – The official vehicle of Türkiye’s ambassador to Sudan was hit by gunfire on Saturday, as fighting continued between the army and a paramilitary group in the capital Khartoum and its surroundings. No casualties were reported and the source of the gunfire that hit Ismail Cobanoglu’s vehicle was unclear, said Turki...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Air strikes and gunfire rocked the Sudanese capital Friday as fighting showed no signs of abating, despite the threat of renewed US sanctions and warnings of a “protracted” conflict. Hundreds have died including dozens of children in nearly three weeks of fighting between forces of Sudan’s de facto lead...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): US President Joe Biden on Thursday threatened to impose new sanctions over Sudan’s conflict, saying the fighting “must end”, as gunfire and explosions rocked Khartoum for a 20th straight day. Hundreds of people have been killed in Sudan since battles began on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN refugee agency said on Thursday it anticipates an outflow of 860,000 refugees and returnees from Sudan and that it will need $445 million from partners to sustain the displaced population until October. The Regional Refugee Response Plan for Sudan will primarily cover immediate support in Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Et...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Armed clashes fiercely renewed on Thursday morning between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary forces in several areas in the capital Khartoum. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that clashes were heard near the presidential palace and the Sudanese Army General Command in central Khartoum. In a statement, the Sudanese army sai...
ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to send a high-level delegation to Sudan for talks on the situation in the conflict-torn country. At least 550 people have been killed and more than 4,900 injured in fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 15, according [&he...
