ISTANBUL (AA): In a neighborhood in northern Khartoum, a group of soldiers broke into a house and raped a woman while they held her husband at gunpoint. They also raped other women in the house, all of them refugees from Eritrea. In another area of Khartoum, two women were violently dragged out of a bus […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): A three-day ceasefire, which began on Sunday, appeared to have brought calm to the capital Khartoum on Monday. Several Khartoum residents told AFP they heard no air strikes, artillery or other fighting on Monday, a rare respite for the war-weary suffering shortages of medical care, electricity, water and other essentials...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 17 civilians, including five children, were killed, in an airstrike in south Khartoum, Sudanese activists reported on Sunday. The attack targeted a residential neighborhood in Mayo suburb in the Sudanese capital late Saturday, the South Belt Emergency Room said in a statement. Eleven people were also injured in t...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The deputy leader of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council has termed the situation in the country “catastrophic”. Sudan has been ravaged by clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since mid-April. “The situation in Sudan now is catastrophic,” Malik Agar said during a discussion at the Cairo-based E...
ANKARA (AA): Top US diplomat Antony Blinken is due to arrive in China on Sunday amid diplomatic tension between Washington and Beijing. Blinken will be the first US secretary of state to visit China since former top diplomat Mike Pompeo’s trip in 2018. The two sides will raise issues of bilateral concern, discuss global and […]
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations has called for the killers of West Darfur governor in Sudan to be held to account, and said the paramilitary forces holding him had been responsible for his safety. “All those responsible for this killing must be held to account including those who bear command responsibility,” Jeremy L...
Sydney, Australia (AFP): Australia’s opposition leader has urged a colleague facing allegations of sexual harassment to resign, saying he could not stay in parliament while facing sexual assault allegations. Senator David Van of the Liberal Party was accused on Thursday of sexually assaulting a female senator in the halls of the parliame...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): East African nations are set to convene in Addis Ababa within the next 10 days in an effort to address the ongoing Sudanese crisis. The meeting, announced by Ambassador Meles Alem, spokesman for the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to seek viable solutions to the Sudan war and foster regional cooperation [&helli...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan’s West Darfur Governor Khamis Abdallah Abkar was killed shortly after he blamed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group for violence in the state. Videos shared online showed a group of armed men detaining Abkar. Other clips showed the governor on the ground with wounds to his neck and face. His […]...
ISTANBUL (AA): More than 100 people have been killed in clashes in North Darfur state in western Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday. “Violent clashes in and around camps for the displaced in North Darfur have killed over 100 people,” Grandi said on Twitter. “There are shocking reports of horrific [&h...
