Sudanese Christians stay at home from services amid attacks on churches
Nairobi, Kenya Evangelist James Kuwa is unable to continue his ministry in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, as his church, along with hundreds of others, has faced ongoing attacks. “We are unable to gather for services and worship God due to attacks on places of worship,” he stated. He pointed out that even mosques have […]
Biden calls on Sudan’s warring parties to re-engage in negotiations
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Sudan’s warring parties to re-engage in negotiations to end a war that has been ongoing for more than 17 months. “We call for all parties to this conflict to end this violence and refrain from fueling it, for the future of Sudan and […]
Sudan conflict: Unruly RSF fighters sow chaos in farming heartland
NAFISA ELTAHIR and KHALID ABDELAZIZ, of Reuters, report on witness accounts of the looting, kidnapping and killing that have taken place after the Rapid Support Forces seized most of the state of El Gezira in December…
US invites Sudan’s warring parties for talks, RSF to participate
Washington DC, US Reuters The United States has invited the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for US-mediated ceasefire talks starting on 14th August in Switzerland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said early on Wednesday they will constructively participate in the talks to achieve “a […]
Essay: Sudan’s civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight
In an article first published on the Conversation, JAN POSPISIL, an associate professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University in the UK, looks at the two-year-old conflict in Sudan and the challenges facing a peaceful resolution…
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 […]
Sudan’s army claims control of national broadcast building
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s army said it had taken control of the state broadcast headquarters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday in what would be its most significant advance against its paramilitary rival in nearly 11 months of war. The broadcast building lies in Omdurman, a city across the River Nile […]
Sudan army general rules out Ramadan truce unless RSF leaves civilian sites
Omdurman, Sudan Reuters A top general from Sudan’s army has ruled out a truce in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan unless the paramilitary group it is battling leaves civilian and public sites. The statement by Yasser al-Atta, a deputy commander of the army, comes after the army claimed advances in Omdurman, part of the […]
“Grave danger”: Millions of Sudanese go hungry as war disrupts food supply
NAFISA ELTAHIR, of Reuters, reports on the daily struggle Sudanese are facing to find food in a nation riven by war…
UN rights chief: blocking aid to Sudan could be a war crime
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The United Nations human rights chief on Friday said that the apparent deliberate denial of safe access for humanitarian agencies within war-torn Sudan could amount to a war crime. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has been fighting Sudan’s army for control of the country since April last year in a war that […]