UN human rights chief Volker Türk is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe if the Sudanese town of Al-Fashir comes under attack. The capital of North Darfur is currently facing escalating violence with arbitrary killings, village burnings, and a tightening siege cutting off aid and trade. The ongoing conflict between military and paramilitar...
Port Sudan, Sudan — AFP Clashes reignited between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries earlier this week in the key Darfur town of El-Fasher, the United Nations has said, killing at least 27 people in one day. Eyewitnesses have reported air strikes, artillery fire and machine gun clashes battering the city since Friday, when an [&h...
United Nations, United States — AFP Senior UN officials have warned the Security Council of the risks of a new front opening in Sudan, around the town of el-Fasher in Darfur, where the population is already on the brink of starvation. After a year of war between the armed forces (SAF) of General Abdel Fattah […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK has announced sanctions against three businesses over “funding the military groups behind the conflict in Sudan.” The newly imposed measures include asset freezes on companies associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), curtailing their financial capabi...
United Nations, United States – AFP After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for lack of action. Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since ...
ANKARA (AA) — The UN on Friday called on the conflicting sides in Sudan to lay down arms and protect civilians during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. “Sudan is barreling toward a full year of war,” Martin Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said on X. “Despite a Security ...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has warned that there is a “gaping hole” in effective dialogue towards ending the war in Sudan, where a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since last April has led to thousands of killings, displacement and shortage of food and other essentials. [&...
GENEVA (AA) – Bitter fighting in Sudan continues fueling one of the world’s biggest displacement crisis and in response the UN has appealed for a combined $4.1 billion to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs of civilians. The UN said the appeal, also on behalf of its partners, seeks to help cover more than 1.5 […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – More than 13,000 people have been killed and 26,000 others injured in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the United Nations humanitarian office said Sunday. Sudan has been mired by fighting between the army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, and the Rapid Support Forces [&hel...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Sudan’s government has announced that it is suspending its membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). A statement issued by the Foreign Ministry in the capital Khartoum, which is loyal to the army led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said the decision is a reaction to the eight-country e...
