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...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday it was “absolutely essential” that the crisis in Sudan not spread beyond its borders and threaten democratic transitions and peace processes in neighbouring countries. Sudan has been rocked by violence since April 15 between the country’s de facto lead...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): A senior UN official in Khartoum on Wednesday demanded security guarantees for the delivery of aid as persistent fighting between Sudan’s rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce. The visit by top UN humanitarian official Martin Griffiths comes one day after neighbouring South Sudan announced that the w...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Palestinian group Islamic Jihad announced a truce around Gaza Wednesday after trading fire with Israel following the death in Israeli custody of a hunger striker from its ranks. One Palestinian was killed and five wounded in pre-dawn air strikes Israel carried out in retaliation for rocket fire from Ga...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): The UN chief on Wednesday said “we failed” to stop war from erupting in Sudan, where persistent fighting between rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce. “The UN was taken by surprise” by the conflict, because the world body and others were hopeful that negotiations would be successfu...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): The UN on Monday warned that more than 800,000 people could flee fighting in Sudan, where gun battles and explosions again shook the capital in violation of the latest truce agreed between warring generals. The chaos and bloodshed, now in their third week, have already sparked an exodus of tens of thousands of […]...
