Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP): A ship carrying 1,687 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan docked in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, the largest evacuation effort by the Gulf kingdom so far. Saudi Arabia has received several rounds of evacuees by air and sea since fighting broke out in Africa’s [...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): A US-brokered ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals entered its second day Wednesday but remained fragile after witnesses reported fresh air strikes and paramilitaries claimed to have seized a major oil refinery and power plant. “The pause was not fully upheld, with attacks on headquarters, attempts to g...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Foreign nations pushed on Monday with evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan which, the UN chief warned, is “on the edge of the abyss” after 10 days of brutal fighting between rival forces. As army and paramilitary troops again clashed in Khartoum and across the country, terrified Sudanese have s...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): The forces of two rival generals fought intense street battles in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses reported, as the warring parties ignored appeals for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire. More than 400 people have been killed and thousands wounded since the fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal to Su...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations said Thursday up to 20,000 people had fled escalating violence in Sudan to seek safety in Chad, many of whom lacked basic needs such as food, water and shelter. The UN’s refugee agency said the majority of those arriving were women and children, who were currently sheltering out in […]
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 ...
