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...
Sudan’s warring parties ‘detain activists, hold volunteers incommunicado’
KHARTOUM / WAD MADANI - Both the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly detained hundreds...
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 conflict alarms world gum arabic market
KHARTOUM – Potential disruptions to the supply chain of gum arabic*, as fallout from the Sudan conflict, is causing alarm...
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...
Rapid Support Forces occupy cathedrals in Sudan capital
KHARTOUM - The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are occupying the Episcopal All Saints Cathedral and the Coptic Virgin Mary Cathedral...
UNITAMS head: ‘Quick military fix not an option in Sudan’
PORT SUDAN – Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission...
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...
Sudanese condemn rapes in Khartoum
KHARTOUM - May 16, 2023 Large sectors of the Sudanese civil society have reacted with outrage after various reports of...
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