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 ...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has warned that there is a “gaping hole” in effective dialogue towards ending the war in Sudan, where a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since last April has led to thousands of killings, displacement and shortage of food and other essentials. [&...
GENEVA (AA) – Bitter fighting in Sudan continues fueling one of the world’s biggest displacement crisis and in response the UN has appealed for a combined $4.1 billion to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs of civilians. The UN said the appeal, also on behalf of its partners, seeks to help cover more than 1.5 […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – More than 13,000 people have been killed and 26,000 others injured in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the United Nations humanitarian office said Sunday. Sudan has been mired by fighting between the army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, and the Rapid Support Forces [&hel...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Sudan’s government has announced that it is suspending its membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry in the capital Khartoum, which is loyal to the army led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said the decision is a reaction to the eight-country e...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The heads of state of an African bloc will meet on January 18 to discuss the worsening diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and Somalia over a disputed sea access deal, and the ongoing fighting in Sudan. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will host the “extraordinary” Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Kenya in protest against the warm reception given to Sudanese paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo by Kenyan President William Ruto. Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Al-Sadiq confirmed the summoning of Kamal Gubara in protest against the Kenyan government’...
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...
GENEVA (AA) – The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is “worsening” as it faces the “world’s largest displacement crisis,” the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the country has said. In the past eight months, the fighting has spread from Khartoum to several states across the country, Mohammad Taufiq Mashal told a UN press briefing in...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – More than 12,000 people have been killed in war-torn Sudan since April, the UN humanitarian affairs office said on Thursday. The deaths include “1,300 people who were killed between 28 October and 24 November,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement. The conflict...
