♦ Sudan: This week’s news in brief ♦
DABANGA SUDAN – May 23, 2023 Sudan’s warring parties ‘detain activists, hold volunteers incommunicado’ KHARTOUM / WAD MADANI – May 19,...
Communication problems in Darfur as clashes continue
EL GENEINA / ZALINGEI / NYALA - May 23, 2023 Communication is difficult in many parts of Darfur as communication...
Border crossing into Egypt re-opened as Sudan’s Wadi Halfa crowded
WADI HALFA - May 23, 2023 The Egyptian authorities re-opened the Qustul-Ashkeet crossing to vehicles coming from Wadi Halfa yesterday, after...
War in Sudan: SAF and RSF sign week-long ceasefire ‘to facilitate humanitarian response’
JEDDAH / KHARTOUM – Representatives of the warring Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) signed...
25.7 million Sudanese in need of humanitarian assistance
KHARTOUM - As the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and UN call for urgent funding to aid humanitarian efforts, it...
UN WFP to ramp up food aid for 4.9 million in Sudan
EL GEZIRA / EL FASHER / PORT SUDAN / WADI HALFA - Sudan’s deepening humanitarian crisis as a result of...
Sudan exodus – how to stem the flow?
KHARTOUM – As the fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) enters its second...
Long waits, soaring costs at Egypt-Sudan border
WADI HALFA – Wadi Halfa in Sudan’s Northern State is struggling to cope with an increasing number of people hoping...
As many as 2,000 reported dead in West Darfur violence
EL GENEINA / EL FASHER - May 16, 2023 Residents of El Geneina reported more heavy gunfire and artillery fired...
Open letter to support Sudanese refugees seeking safety in Egypt
ARGEEN / PORT SUDAN - May 16, 2023 An activist group published an open letter to urge the Egyptian government...
Nearly a million Sudanese now displaced by SAF-RSF clashes
KHARTOUM / OMDURMAN / KHARTOUM NORTH - May 15, 2023 Battles continued in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the...
More than 100 people reported dead in new attacks on West Darfur capital
EL GENEINA - Large groups of armed men launched attacks on El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, on Friday. In...
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