♦ 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,...
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...
Jeddah talks resume as fighting in Sudanese capital intensifies
JEDDAH - May 15, 2023 The Jeddah negotiations between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
Call for concrete international intervention in Sudan amidst ‘secretive’ Jeddah talks
JEDDAH / KHARTOUM - May 9, 2023 Representatives of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
UN Secretary-General: ‘Khartoum is in turmoil, Darfur is burning once again’
NAIROBI / GENEVA / KHARTOUM / PORT SUDAN / EL GENEINA - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his “serious...
UN says Sudanese army and RSF agreed to negotiations, more mediation initiatives launched
KHARTOUM - May 2, 2023 United Nations Special Representative and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan...
Overcrowding and shortages in Port Sudan and Wad Madani
PORT SUDAN / WAD MADANI - May 2, 2023 Overcrowing, supply shortages, lacking medical infrastructure, and cash problems are leading...
Precarious 72-hour truce in Sudan, evacuation scramble continues
KHARTOUM - April 25, 2023 The warring Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a new 72-hour ceasefire,...
Sudan evacuation efforts continue
KHARTOUM - April 24, 2023 International evacuation efforts are continuing as countries try to evacuate their citizens from war-torn Sudan,...
Chad fears rising tribal tensions if RSF wins, as up to 20,000 Sudanese refugees crossed its border
KHARTOUM / N'DJAMENA - April 24, 2023 The clashes in Sudan are worrying its neighbour, Chad. The two countries share...
Japan to evacuate its citizens from embassy in Sudan
TOKYO / KHARTOUM - Japan readied a military operation to evacuate its citizens from Sudan due to the violent clashes...
Mediation efforts grind to a halt as warring parties in Sudan refuse to communicate
KHARTOUM / ADDIS ABABA / CAIRO - April 17, 2023 Internal and local efforts and negotiation initiatives put forward to...
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