United Nations: For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, UN humanitarians have been able to reach desperate families trapped in the conflict’s epicenter, Khartoum, with food assistance, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported. WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe,
Rome: Two UN agencies warned Monday of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods. The four countries join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
Riyadh: Amid the ceasefire that is to expire Monday evening (today), Saudi Arabia and the United States urged to extend a week-long ceasefire that reduced the intensity of six-week-long fighting in Sudan between the two warring generals. The war has disrupted the basic humanitarian supplies for
Khartoum: Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital. Night-time airstrikes were reported in at least one area after the ceasefire
Khartoum: Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan's capital as clashes flared near a military camp, witnesses said, in fighting that has displaced nearly 1 million people and left residents of Khartoum struggling to survive. Air strikes by the army targeting the paramilitary Rapid Support
United Nations: Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have been displaced inside the country, the UN said Friday. "As violence in Sudan continues for a fourth week, nearly 200,000 refugees and
Goungour, Chad: When a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to take her five children and run. But four days after seeking refuge in neighbouring Chad
Khartoum: Fighting could be heard in south Khartoum as envoys from Sudan's warring parties met in Saudi Arabia for talks that international mediators hope will bring an end to a three-week-old conflict that has killed hundreds and triggered an exodus. The U.S.-Saudi initiative is the first
Khartoum: Air strikes battered Sudan's capital on Saturday, as fighting entered a fourth week only hours before the warring parties are to meet in Saudi Arabia for their first direct talks. Hundreds of people have been killed since the outbreak of the conflict on April 15
Khartoum: The United Nations warned that the conflict in Sudan could force 800,000 people to flee the country as battles between rival military factions persisted in the capital despite a supposed ceasefire. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded over 16 days of battles