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push to negotiate On Friday, Burhan sacked Daglo, giving his post of deputy chairman of the ruling sovereign council to former rebel leader Malik Agar, and appointed three aides to top jobs in the military. Agar, a former rebel leader who signed a peace deal with Khartoum authorities in 2020, said in a statement on […]
Proceed to monitor future ceasefires The conflict began when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, established and prepared by former dictator Omar al-Bashir for the scorched-earth campaign in Darfur, refused to integrate into Sudan’s military as part of a planned transition to civilian rule. Forces of Freedom and Change, the pro-democracy force sidelined by two generals […]
The US-Saudi statement cited efforts by other countries and organizations behind this weekend’s talks, including Britain, the United Arab Emirates, the League of Arab States, the African Union and other groups. In Khartoum, witnesses reported that airstrikes and explosions continued on Friday, including near the airport. The fighting intensified despite the threat of sanctions from […]
A group of countries led by Britain, the United States, Germany and Norway is set to request an urgent meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on the Sudan crisis next week, a document showed on Friday. Across Khartoum, factories, banks and shops have been looted or damaged, electricity and water supplies are failing and […]
US President Joe Biden called the violence a betrayal of the Sudanese people’s demands for civilian government and said the US stood ready to offer humanitarian aid “when the situation allows”. Shelling and clashes were heard in Khartoum and the surrounding towns of Omdurman and Bahri on Thursday in violation of the latest, seven-day, ceasefire […]
‘Heartbreaker’ Guterres spoke on the same day that his top humanitarian official, Martin Griffiths, was in Sudan, as neighboring South Sudan announced on Tuesday that the warring sides had agreed “in principle” to a seven-day ceasefire from May 4. In a statement on Thursday morning, the army said it had “accepted” the proposed ceasefire extension, […]
Fighting in Sudan has forced more than 330,000 people to flee their homes within the country, while more than 100,000 have fled across the border, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN refugee agency UNHCR estimates that more than 800,000 people could potentially flee to neighboring countries as fighting continues in Sudan between the […]
“UNHCR, with governments and partners, is preparing for the possibility that more than 800,000 people may flee fighting in Sudan to neighboring countries,” the agency’s head, Filippo Grandi, said in a tweet. “We hope it does not come to that, but if the violence does not stop, we will see more people forced to flee […]
At least 528 people have been killed and about 4,600 injured in the violence, according to Sudan’s health ministry, but the death toll is expected to be much higher. Fighting has also spread throughout Sudan, particularly in the long-restucated Darfur region, where eyewitnesses reported intense fighting and looting. The United Nations said at least 96 […]
He made the appeal at a press briefing after chairing an inter-ministerial meeting at the ministry on plans to evacuate Bangladeshis from Sudan. Alam said some Bangladeshis, now living in Sudan, may consider staying back in the war-torn African country or moving to another country, but “it will not be easy for them”. “As the […]
Fighting in Khartoum has so far seen RSF forces spread across the city as the army tries to target them en masse using airstrikes from drones and fighter jets. The conflict has sent thousands of people across Sudan’s borders and sparked warnings that the country could disintegrate, destabilizing a volatile region. Mohammad Ali, a Pakistani […]
