CAIRO (AA) – Egypt on Wednesday called on its citizens to leave Sudan quickly and refrain from traveling to it “under any circumstances.” In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced the evacuation of several Egyptian students stranded in the city of Wad Madani in Al-Jazirah state in Sudan which is experiencing military conflicts. I...
United Nations, United States – AFP At the request of Sudanese authorities, the UN Security Council on Friday ended the world body’s political mission in the African country ravaged by more than seven months of fighting between two rival generals. Following a letter from Khartoum demanding an immediate end to the United Nations Int...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan has reported an outbreak of cholera, with 18 deaths from the disease in the eastern state of Gedaref and three in the capital Khartoum. There have been 265 suspected cases of intestine infection with Vibrio bacteria. “The first suspected cases of cholera were recorded in the village of Khater, in […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Some important government buildings in the capital Khartoum were hit during heavy clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), local media reported on Sunday, without providing details on the casualties. Images shared on social media show smoke rising from the buildings of the Justice Ministry, S...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US expressed alarm Wednesday over an increase in indiscriminate air and artillery strikes in Sudan, which have killed a large number of civilians. “The United States is alarmed by the recent increase of indiscriminate air and artillery strikes in Sudan, including in Khartoum, South Darfur and South Kordofan st...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – At least 40 people were killed in an airstrike on a marketplace in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Sunday, according to an activist group. In a statement, the Emergency Room group said the attack targeted an open market in Mayo neighborhood in South Khartoum. It was not yet clear who was […]
Wad Madani, Sudan – AFP At least 20 civilians including two children were killed in Khartoum on Sunday, according to Sudanese activists. “The death toll from the aerial bombardment” in southern Khartoum “has risen to 20 civilian fatalities,” according to a statement by the neighbourhood’s resistance committe...
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...
Wad Madani, Sudan — AFP Sudan’s army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been seen outside his headquarters for the first time since fighting erupted more than four months ago with paramilitaries, army videos showed. Some of the footage filmed before dawn on Thursday and posted on the army’s Facebook page showed Burhan s...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said Monday that they killed 260 soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The RSF said in a statement that it also captured part of an SAF tank unit in southern Khartoum and seized tanks and military vehicles. “Our forces have made a great breakthrough in […]
