Sudan at “imminent risk of famine”, UN aid chiefs warn
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The people of Sudan are at “imminent risk of famine”, United Nations agencies said on Friday, more than a year into a war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished, according to a […]
Sudanese general accuses UAE of supplying paramilitary RSF
Cairo, Egypt Reuters A top Sudanese general has said the United Arab Emirates is sending supplies to the Rapid Support Forces, publicly accusing the UAE of involvement in its war with its powerful paramilitary rival for the first time. Army leaders had previously only hinted at interference from unnamed neighbouring countries in the seven-month-old war, […]
Sudan army, paramilitary RSF to return to negotiations
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they will return to the US and Saudi-convened negotiations in Jeddah on Thursday, as a six-month war has taken its toll on the country and on both forces. The Sudanese army on Wednesday accepted the invitation as “negotiations are one of the […]
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF advances, seeks to cement control
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The paramilitaries fighting the Sudanese army over the past six months have advanced and sought to consolidate their reach in the capital in recent weeks, eyewitnesses told Reuters. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted on 15th April over tensions linked to a planned transition to civilian […]
UN rights body adopts resolution to probe rights abuses in war-torn Sudan
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The United Nations Humans Rights Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution that opens a probe into the humanitarian situation in Sudan where the army and a paramilitary group have been fighting for the last six months. “This resolution is a call to action for what we all agree are the pressing priorities […]
Sudan “spiralling out of control” as one million flee country – UN
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 […]
Fighting flares in South Darfur amid fears of expanded civil war
Reuters Violence flared in the western Sudanese city of Nyala and elsewhere in the state of South Darfur on Sunday, witnesses said, threatening to engulf the region in Sudan’s protracted war. The conflict has brought daily battles to the streets of the capital of Khartoum, a revival of ethnically targeted attacks in West Darfur, and […]
Number of hungry in Sudan rises above 20 million
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The estimated number of people facing acute food insecurity in Sudan has risen faster than expected to 20.3 million, or 42 per cent of the population, as a conflict between rival military factions deepens a humanitarian crisis, a food security body said. The worst hit areas include the capital Khartoum, the western […]
RSF leader Hemedti calls for replacement of Sudan’s army leadership
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Sudanese paramilitary leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, called for the replacement of army leadership on Friday in his first on-camera appearance since fighting broke out. Deputy head of Sudan’s sovereign council General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo speaks during a press conference at Rapid Support Forces head quarter in Khartoum, Sudan, […]
Sudanese general warns Kenya against sending peacekeepers
Cairo, EgyptReuters A Sudanese general rejected in threatening language a Kenyan-led proposal that East African peacekeepers help end a more than 100-day war in Sudan in a video released on Monday, drawing sharp criticism from Kenyan authorities. The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces it is fighting have received multiple international mediation offers, […]