GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization said Friday that 413 people have died in the current Sudan conflict, while the UN children’s agency said children are paying a high price, with at least nine reportedly killed in the fighting and more than 50 badly injured. WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told a UN press conference [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group announced a 72-hour humanitarian truce starting from 6 a.m. local time Friday, saying it coincides with the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. “The truce coincides with the blessed Eid al Fitr…and to open human...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Expressing “deep concern” over recent political developments in Tunisia, Malaysia has asked Tunisian authorities that “special consideration and mercy” be accorded to Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi. Zambry Abdul Kadir, the foreign minister of the Southeast Asian nation, acknowledged that these “develop...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces to immediately stop the fighting. The call came after a meeting convened by the African Union to discuss the dramatic situation in Sudan where at least 270 people have been killed and 2,600 others injured in clashes...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US is increasing the number of troops it has deployed to East Africa as the Biden administration prepares for a potential evacuation of its embassy staff in Sudan, the Pentagon said Thursday. Defense Department spokesperson Lt. Col. Phil Ventura said US Africa Command “is monitoring the situation in Sudan and ...
N’Djamena, Chad (AFP): Around 320 Sudanese soldiers have fled the fighting raging in their country to neighbouring Chad, the country’s defence minister said Wednesday. “They arrived in our territory, were disarmed and detained” on Sunday, General Daoud Yaya Brahim told a press conference, saying the troops feared being ...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Thousands of residents fled on Wednesday from Sudan’s capital where witnesses reported bodies in the streets and embassies said more than 270 civilians had been killed in battles between the army and paramilitaries, with no end in sight. “Life in Khartoum is impossible if this war does not stop,” said A...
ANKARA (AA) – A US diplomatic convoy came under fire in Sudan amid clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF), the US secretary of state said Tuesday. “I can confirm that yesterday we had an American diplomatic convoy that was fired on,” said Antony Blinken, who is currently in Japan for […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Sudanese army has called on members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to join its ranks amid raging fighting between the two sides. “We call on all RSF members to quickly join the Sudanese Armed Forces,” the army said in a statement. The army assured the RSF members that they […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday as fighting that has claimed nearly 200 lives entered a fourth day, despite growing international calls for an end to hostilities. A weeks-long power struggle erupted into deadly violence Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup...
