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Sudan extends opening of Adre crossing for aid delivery

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s sovereign council said on Wednesday it would extend the use of the Adre border crossing with Chad, seen as essential by aid agencies for the delivery of food and other supplies to areas at risk of famine in the Darfur and Kordofan regions. Experts determined earlier this year that […]

Sudan’s war spills into farming state hosting displaced people

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Drones hit the Sudanese city of al-Gadaref on Tuesday, eyewitnesses and the local governor said, bringing the country’s devastating war to a calm farming state where almost half a million displaced people have taken refuge. Gadaref is the capital of al-Gadaref State that has remained under military control as the […]

Sudan’s displaced millions struggle to survive as economy seizes up

People hold pots as volunteers distribute food in Omdurman, Sudan, 3rd September, 2023

Port Sudan, Sudan Reuters About two months after heavy clashes around his home in Sudan’s capital drove Sherif Abdelmoneim to flee, soaring rent and food costs forced the 36-year-old and his family of six to return to a city where fighting still rages. Most of those who fled Khartoum after war between the army and […]

Sudan “spiralling out of control” as one million flee country – UN

A Chadian army officer reacts as Chadian cart owners transport belongings of Sudanese people who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, while crossing the border between Sudan and Chad, in Adre, Chad, on 4th August, 2023.

Reuters More than a million people have fled Sudan to neighbouring states and people inside the country are running out of food and dying due to lack of healthcare after four months of war, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has devastated the capital […]

Sudan clashes intensify with no mediation in sight

Cairo, EgyptReuters Clashes between Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified on Sunday, as the war in the country’s capital and western regions entered its 12th week with no attempts in sight to bring a peaceful end to the conflict. Air and artillery strikes as well as small arms fire could be heard, particularly […]

Sudan’s warring factions widen conflict across the country

View of the emergency surgical wards set up by MSF teams to cope with influx of war wounded from Sudan, in Adre hospital, Chad, on 15th June, 2023

Cairo, Egypt Reuters Sudan’s two-month long war is extending across the country with the army and Rapid Support Forces clashing in several areas on Friday. Air strikes and anti-aircraft missile fire hit overnight in the Omdurman and Khartoum, two of the three cities that make up Sudan’s wider capital. But the war has in recent […]

Sudan’s western cities under fire as war spreads

Cairo, EgyptReuters Fighting rocked several cities in western Sudan on Wednesday in an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war as a regional governor was killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on the country’s paramilitary force.  The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a humanitarian crisis in […]