Sudanese Anglican cathedral is now a graveyard for civil war victims, archbishop says

Nairobi, Kenya RNS Despite the Sudanese civil war that’s devastated the region, the All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Khartoum is still standing. But its compound is now a graveyard, with a vandalised altar and missing pews, which have been chopped by soldiers for firewood, according to Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo. At the start of the war […]
Aid struggles to reach survivors as Sudan dam collapse, floods wreak havoc

Arbaat, Sudan Reuters Emergency responders were scrambling on Tuesday to find out how many people remain missing after waters burst through a dam in eastern Sudan, resulting in the worst in a series of floods that have devastated a country already torn by 500 days of war. The collapse of the Arbaat Dam on Sunday […]
At least 30 dead, many missing after dam bursts in eastern Sudan

Arbaat, Sudan Reuters Surging waters have burst through a dam, wiped out at least 20 villages and left at least 30 people dead but probably many more in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, devastating a region already reeling from months of civil war. Torrential rains caused floods that overwhelmed the Arbaat Dam […]
Sudan’s uprooted millions pay price for year-long war

Cairo, Egypt/Port Sudan, Sudan Reuters After fleeing from the war in Sudan to Egypt, Mohamed Ismail says his ambitions are limited to putting food in the mouths of his five children from a meagre monthly salary of about $100 earned at a paper factory in Giza. One seven-year-old son sleeps in his arms because of […]
Sudanese left in the dark by RSF-imposed telecoms blackout

Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters A communications network blackout in Sudan, blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has hobbled aid deliveries and left the war-weary population of almost 50 million unable to make payments or contact the outside world. The RSF has been fighting Sudan’s army for control of the country since April […]
Agencies consider new aid route into Sudan as humanitarian crisis worsens

Reuters Aid agencies are looking at delivering aid to Sudan on a new route from South Sudan as they struggle to access much of the country, a senior UN official said on Monday, nine months into a war that has caused a major humanitarian crisis. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support […]
Sudan war enters 100th day as mediation attempts fail

Reuters Clashes flared in parts of Sudan on the 100th day of the war on Sunday as mediation attempts by regional and international powers failed to find a path out of an increasingly intractable conflict. The fighting broke out on 15th April as the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces vied for power. Since then, […]
Sudanese families fleeing to Egypt separated by new visa rules

Port Sudan, Sudan Reuters Elsafi Mahdi was separated from his wife and three younger children on 1st June near Sudan’s border with Egypt. He does not know when he’ll see them again. Like many families fleeing the war in the capital Khartoum, Mahdi, a prominent music teacher and conductor, left home without a visa required […]
Aid agencies in Sudan grapple with looting, bureaucracy to deliver relief

Cairo, Egypt Reuters Aid workers in Sudan say fierce fighting, rampant looting and reams of red tape are hampering efforts to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the millions of people who now rely on a relief effort since a conflict erupted in mid-April. The United Nations estimates 25 million people, or more than half the […]
Intense clashes in Sudan’s capital after ceasefire extended

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Intense clashes could be heard in Sudan’s capital on Tuesday, residents said, after military factions battling for more than six weeks agreed to extend a ceasefire aimed at allowing aid to reach civilians. The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed to extend a week-long ceasefire deal by five […]