ANKARA (AA) — The UN on Friday called on the conflicting sides in Sudan to lay down arms and protect civilians during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. “Sudan is barreling toward a full year of war,” Martin Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said on X. “Despite a Security ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has given conditional approval for holding negotiations with his rival Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. Burhan said in an interview with the BBC that he would sit down with Dagalo as long as he abided by commitments to […]
NEW YORK (AA) – Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan on Saturday in New York. Burhan, in his meeting with Guterres, said the government is ready to collaborate with the UN on all matters […]...
DOHA, Qatar (AA/AFP) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed developments in war-torn Sudan on Thursday with Sudanese de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, according to the Qatari state news agency QNA. In a meeting in Doha, Sheikh Tamim reiterated Qatar’s call for warring rivals to stop “the fighting in Sud...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) chief proposed to the army on Tuesday that the two forces be integrated to end the war in Sudan, hoping that peace would prevail throughout the country. “We are fighting for Sudan, but the remnants (in reference to the Sudanese army) are fighting for […]
Port Sudan, Sudan – AFP Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrived Sunday in the coastal city of Port Sudan, an official statement said, as the country reels from over four months of war with paramilitaries. Armed forces have been fending off an unceasing offensive on the headquarters by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led...
Port Sudan, Sudan – AFP Fighting in Sudan showed no signs of abating Friday as the United Nations issued a dire warning over the impact of a war it said threatens to “consume” the country. Paramilitaries launched a renewed attack on a key armoured corps base in the capital’s south, witnesses said, which the army [&helli...
