United Nations experts say serious human rights violations have been commited by both sides in the war. Sudan is facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Fighting between the army and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions…
Warring parties have committed ‘harrowing human rights violations’ that could amount to war crimes, report finds. United Nations-backed human rights experts have called for an “independent and impartial force” in Sudan and the widening of an arms embargo to protect civilians in the escalating conflict. The warring parties had committed…
Local media have reported that the dam burst on Saturday night due to heavy seasonal rainfall in the northeast. A dam has collapsed in northeastern Sudan as the country deals with heavy rainfall leading to disastrous floodwaters, the Federal Ministry of Health said. The ministry said in a statement late…
Sudan’s de facto ruler, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said his government would not join peace talks in Switzerland, saying the military would “fight for 100 years” if necessary to defeat the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Burhan, who leads the governing Transitional Sovereignty Council, told reporters in Port Sudan…
Sudan’s warring parties have ended peace talks in Switzerland by agreeing to improve access for humanitarian aid, with two routes identified to ensure the flow of resources to civilians. But mediators at the peace talks noted that the Sudanese army’s absence from the discussions hindered progress in the discussions to…
World Food Programme says a small convoy carrying food enters Sudan via a temporarily reopened border crossing with Chad. The World Food Programme (WFP) says a convoy of humanitarian aid has entered the Sudanese region of Darfur, offering temporary respite after Sudan’s forces sealed sections of the border with Chad…
Lying on a hospital bed, Aisha Mohammed said she was suffering from cholera symptoms, an increasingly common disease in Sudan where a prolonged war has ravaged the healthcare system. Cholera, caused by contaminated water or food, had been common in Sudan, particularly during the rainy season even before a conflict…
Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim has declared a cholera epidemic due to contaminated drinking water and weather conditions. Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement…
Countries call for ‘unhindered’ access to respond to growing humanitarian crisis in war-torn African nation. The international mediators engaged in talks to bring Sudan’s war to an end have welcomed decisions by the warring sides to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian relief to the country. In a joint statement on…
US-backed talks to end the 16-month conflict are under way in Geneva despite the Sudanese army’s absence. It has been 16 months since the lives of millions of people in Sudan were plunged into conflict and uncertainty. Since then, the fight for control between the army and Rapid Support Forces…
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |