Sudan’s warring sides agree to new 72-hour ceasefire
1 year, 6 months ago

Sudan’s warring sides agree to new 72-hour ceasefire

Al Jazeera  

Truce brokered by the US and Saudi Arabia takes effect as Khartoum reels from air attack that killed 17 people, including five children. Sudan’s armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air attacks in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United States of America announce the agreement of representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces on a ceasefire throughout Sudan for a period of 72 hours,” the statement said. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America announce that representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire across Sudan beginning on June 18 at 6:00 a.m. Khartoum time until June 21. pic.twitter.com/RgpVMoKCUV — Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 June 17, 2023 The US and Saudi Arabia have been mediating between the warring parties for weeks, and multiple ceasefire agreements failed to stop the fighting, which has only escalated across Sudan. Joint Facilitators' Statement From the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America announce that representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces agreed to a 72-hour… — U.S. Embassy Khartoum June 17, 2023 The statement noted that “should the parties fail to observe the 72-hour ceasefire, facilitators will be compelled to consider adjourning the Jeddah talks”, referring to the discussions in the Saudi Arabian port city.

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Fierce fighting in Khartoum endangers Sudanese civilians
1 week, 4 days ago

Fierce fighting in Khartoum endangers Sudanese civilians

Al Jazeera  

The army’s bid to retake the capital from a paramilitary has led to fierce clashes and high civilian casualties. Civilians in RSF areas rely almost entirely on ERRs, a network of community relief groups that have spearheaded the humanitarian response since the war began, local and international relief workers told Al Jazeera. He told Al Jazeera that of the 69 …

More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says
3 weeks, 1 day ago

More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says

Al Jazeera  

UN report finds at least 782 civilians killed since May ‘amid regular and intensive shelling’ of the North Darfur city. More than 700 people have been killed in el-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state since May, the United Nations human rights chief has said, imploring the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to halt a siege of the city. The siege and …

45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army
4 weeks, 1 day ago

45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-13 20:11 KHARTOUM - At least 45 civilians were killed and 28 others injured in an artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on residential neighborhoods and displacement camps in western Sudan, the Sudanese army said Friday. "Neighborhoods and camps in El Fasher city witnessed a significant massacre yesterday, as a result of deliberate shelling by …

45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army
4 weeks, 1 day ago

45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-13 20:11 KHARTOUM - At least 45 civilians were killed and 28 others injured in an artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on residential neighborhoods and displacement camps in western Sudan, the Sudanese army said Friday. "Neighborhoods and camps in El Fasher city witnessed a significant massacre yesterday, as a result of deliberate shelling by …

Dozens of civilians killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan
1 month ago

Dozens of civilians killed in two days of intense fighting in Sudan

Al Jazeera  

More people killed in North Darfur and Greater Khartoum attacks as fighting between the army and the RSF turns bloodier. Dozens of people have been killed over two days in Sudan as fighting between the army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces intensifies, according to officials, activists and rights groups. On Monday, an air attack on a busy market …

40 killed in central Sudan paramilitary attack on village: Medic
1 month, 3 weeks ago

40 killed in central Sudan paramilitary attack on village: Medic

Deccan Chronicle  

Port Sudan: An attack by paramilitary forces that began Tuesday evening has left 40 people dead, a medic told AFP from a central Sudan village, following a month of escalating violence in Al-Jazira state. “All 40 people suffered direct gunshot wounds,” the medic said from Wad Rawah Hospital, just north of Wad Oshaib village, requesting anonymity for their own protection …

Is there any way to stop the war in Sudan?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Is there any way to stop the war in Sudan?

Al Jazeera  

The fighting is estimated to have killed tens of thousands of civilians. Nineteen months into the war in Sudan, the scale of the impact on civilians is becoming clearer. One recent study says at least 61,000 people have been killed in Khartoum State alone. However, the United Nations Security Council is to discuss another resolution demanding an end to hostilities. …

Deadly Attack by Sudanese Paramilitary Group on Village near Khartoum, Sudan Leaves 124 Dead
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Deadly Attack by Sudanese Paramilitary Group on Village near Khartoum, Sudan Leaves 124 Dead

CNN  

At least 124 people were killed in an attack by the Sudanese paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village south of Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Friday. The attack follows the defection of the RSF commander in Al-Jazirah, the region where the massacre allegedly took place. The true number of victims may be significantly higher, with over 200 …

Sudan’s paramilitary fighters killed 85 people in an attack on a central village, residents say
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sudan’s paramilitary fighters killed 85 people in an attack on a central village, residents say

LA Times  

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan has been repeatedly accused of massacres, rapes and other violations across the country since a war started in April 2023. Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary group rampaged through a central village, burning and looting and killing at least 85 people, including women and children, according to authorities and residents, the latest atrocity in the …

Sudan’s army repels major assault on el-Fasher; kills RSF commander
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Sudan’s army repels major assault on el-Fasher; kills RSF commander

Al Jazeera  

The war has created the worst humanitarian situation in the world with an estimated 756,000 people in Sudan facing ‘catastrophic food shortages’ by September. Sudan’s Armed Forces “aborted the attack and inflicted huge losses” with “hundreds” of dead and wounded in the failed RSF assault, it said in a statement. The conflict in Sudan broke out in April 2023 between …

Sudanese RSF paramilitaries clash with the army, leaving at least 100 people dead
7 months ago

Sudanese RSF paramilitaries clash with the army, leaving at least 100 people dead

The Hindu  

At least 100 people were killed, and dozens were injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira province in Sudan on Wednesday, officials said. A grassroots group set up to protect residents in Wad Madani, the capital city of Gezira, said late Wednesday on social media that the paramilitary force, which has been fighting the Sudanese …

Sudanese RSF paramilitaries clash with the army, leaving at least 100 people dead
7 months ago

Sudanese RSF paramilitaries clash with the army, leaving at least 100 people dead

Associated Press  

CAIRO — At least 100 people were killed, and dozens were injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira province in Sudan on Wednesday, officials said. Women, children, and the elderly were among the victims in the RSF attacks on Wad al-Noura village in Gezira, Mini Arko Minawi, the governor of Darfur province, said on X, …

Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Sudan’s military and allied armed groups staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab militias on a major city in the western region of Darfur, officials and residents said Saturday. The RSF and their allies launched the attack on el-Fasher’s eastern side early Friday and clashed with military forces and other armed groups defending the city, …

Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city

The Independent  

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Children ‘piled up and shot’ in Sudan as UN envoy says world cannot ignore this ‘silent war and famine’
8 months ago

Children ‘piled up and shot’ in Sudan as UN envoy says world cannot ignore this ‘silent war and famine’

The Independent  

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After a year of war in Sudan, what is the situation now?
9 months ago

After a year of war in Sudan, what is the situation now?

Al Jazeera  

Peacemaking efforts and attempts at ceasefire have all collapsed since fighting broke out in Khartoum last year. The war in Sudan broke out on April 15, 2023, when a power struggle between the army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo reached a tipping point. According to a UN report seen by Reuters in January, between …

A paramilitary group at war with Sudan’s military endorses a cease-fire during holy fasting month
10 months ago

A paramilitary group at war with Sudan’s military endorses a cease-fire during holy fasting month

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A Sudanese paramilitary group battling the country’s military in a nearly yearlong ruinous conflict endorsed Saturday a resolution by the U.N. Security Council calling for a cease-fire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The group, known as the Rapid Support Forces, said in a statement that it hopes the resolution, adopted by the U.N. Security Council on …

US, partners condemn growing violence in Sudan’s Darfur region
1 year, 1 month ago

US, partners condemn growing violence in Sudan’s Darfur region

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States, Britain and Norway on Friday condemned rising violence and human rights abuses that some claim amount to ethnic cleansing in Sudan’s western Darfur region. The three countries, known as “the Troika,” said in a statement that the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces must end the fighting that has killed at least 800 people …

More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says
1 year, 1 month ago

More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Fighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through a town in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, reportedly killing more than 800 people in a multiday attack, doctors and the U.N. said. The attack on Ardamata in West Darfur province earlier this month was the latest in a series of atrocities in Darfur that marked …

More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed this month in attack on Darfur town, U.N. says
1 year, 2 months ago

More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed this month in attack on Darfur town, U.N. says

LA Times  

The ruins of a livestock market in El Fasher, capital of Sudan’s North Darfur province, on Sept. 1. Fighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through a town in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, reportedly killing more than 800 people in a multi-day attack, doctors and the U.N. said. The attack on Ardamata in West Darfur …

‘Corpses on streets’: Sudan’s RSF kills 1,300 in Darfur, monitors say
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Corpses on streets’: Sudan’s RSF kills 1,300 in Darfur, monitors say

Al Jazeera  

The mass killing might be the largest in the civil war that erupted in April, based on reports from monitors. “There were so many corpses in the streets.” The latest atrocities are part of a wider campaign by the RSF and its allied militias to eradicate the non-Arab Masalit tribe from West Darfur, according to activists and survivors. There is …

Sudan's military clash killed over 9,000 people, UN dubs it worst humanitarian nightmare in recent history
1 year, 2 months ago

Sudan's military clash killed over 9,000 people, UN dubs it worst humanitarian nightmare in recent history

India TV News  

Six months of war between Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary group has killed up to 9,000 people and created "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history," the United Nations humanitarian chief said on Sunday. Sudan has been engulfed in chaos since mid-April when simmering tensions between military chief General Abdel-Fattah Burhan and the commander of the paramilitary …

Sudan’s military leader warns the war in his country could spread beyond its borders
1 year, 3 months ago

Sudan’s military leader warns the war in his country could spread beyond its borders

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The war in Sudan could spread beyond the northeast African country’s borders if it is not stopped, Sudan’s army chief told the United Nations General Assembly, while urging world leaders to designate the rival paramilitary force as a terrorist group. This is like the spark of war, a war that will spill over to other countries in …

Sudan Conflict: Landmark Skyscraper In Khartoum Engulfed In Flames During Clashes Between Rival Forces
1 year, 3 months ago

Sudan Conflict: Landmark Skyscraper In Khartoum Engulfed In Flames During Clashes Between Rival Forces

ABP News  

New Delhi: An 18-storey building was engulfed in flames in Sudan’s capital after heavy fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary force. The Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the Sudanese capital, caught fire during clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, the Associated Press reported citing Sudanese media. Air …

Central Khartoum in flames as war rages across Sudan
1 year, 3 months ago

Central Khartoum in flames as war rages across Sudan

The Hindu  

Flames gripped the Sudanese capital Sunday and paramilitary forces attacked the army headquarters for the second day in a row, witnesses reported, as fighting raged into its six month. "Clashes are now happening around the army headquarters with various types of weapons," witnesses told AFP Sunday from Khartoum, while others reported fighting in the city of El-Obeid, 350 kilometres south. …

Qouro Market Massacre: 46 Die in Air Raid in Sudan Capital Khartoum
1 year, 4 months ago

Qouro Market Massacre: 46 Die in Air Raid in Sudan Capital Khartoum

News 18  

Air strikes killed at least 46 people and injured dozens Sunday at a Khartoum market, local activists said, one of the deadliest single attacks in Sudan’s nearly five months of war. The number of victims in Sunday’s “Qouro market massacre” had risen to 46 by evening, said the local resistance committee, one of many groups that used to organise pro-democracy …

A drone attack on an open market has killed at least 43 people in Sudan as rival troops battle
1 year, 4 months ago

A drone attack on an open market has killed at least 43 people in Sudan as rival troops battle

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A drone attack Sunday on an open market south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killed at least 43 people, activists and a medical group said, as the military and a powerful rival paramilitary group battle for control of the country. More than 55 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum’s May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military …

Sudan: A drone attack kills at least 30 in Khartoum as rival troops battle
1 year, 4 months ago

Sudan: A drone attack kills at least 30 in Khartoum as rival troops battle

India TV News  

At least 30 people were killed in Sudan's capital city Khartoum in a drone attack on an open market on Sunday, as the the military and a powerful paramilitary group battle for control of the country. Activists and medical workers said that at least three dozen others were injured in the attack in Khartoum's May neighbourhood. Sudan has been rocked …

At least 25 civilians killed in 48 hours in Sudan: activists, medic
1 year, 4 months ago

At least 25 civilians killed in 48 hours in Sudan: activists, medic

The Hindu  

Five civilians were killed by bombs that "fell on their homes" in Khartoum, a Sudanese medical source told AFP, a day after an air strike in the city's south killed at least 20 civilians. "The death toll from the aerial bombardment" in southern Khartoum late Saturday "has risen to 20 civilian fatalities", according to a statement from the neighbourhood's resistance …

Sudanese factions fight over army base in Khartoum
1 year, 4 months ago

Sudanese factions fight over army base in Khartoum

Firstpost  

After the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces circulated video of its soldiers claiming to have entered the base and captured tanks, army sources said they had managed to drive them out Sudanese military factions battled for a third day over an army base in the capital, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday, as both sides struggle for advantage in a more than four-month …

Fighting for army base rages for third day in Sudan’s capital Khartoum
1 year, 4 months ago

Fighting for army base rages for third day in Sudan’s capital Khartoum

Al Jazeera  

Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are trying to take one of the army’s last strongholds in the capital. Sudanese military factions battled for a third day over an army base in the capital, witnesses have said, as both sides struggle for advantage in a more than four-month war that has devastated the country. After the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces circulated video …

War in Sudan kills more than twice as many civilians in Khartoum as officially reported
1 year, 5 months ago

War in Sudan kills more than twice as many civilians in Khartoum as officially reported

Hindustan Times  

In early May, a loud explosion rocked Shambat, a neighborhood to the north of Sudan's capital of Khartoum. The seven victims of the Shambat strike share something in common with many of the fatalities in the war that has ravaged Sudan since mid-April: They are not included in the official death count in Khartoum State, which has seen most of …

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages
1 year, 5 months ago

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Amna al-Nour narrowly escaped death twice. “They want to uproot us all.” Al-Nour and her three children now live in a school-turned-refugee housing inside Chad, among more than 260,000 Sudanese, mostly women and children, who have fled what survivors and rights groups say is a new explosion of atrocities in the large western region of Sudan. “This spiraling …

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn in rampages
1 year, 5 months ago

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn in rampages

LA Times  

Refugees who fled the conflict in Sudan gather this month at the Zabout camp in Goz Beida, Chad. “They want to uproot us all.” Nour and her three children now live in a school-turned-refugee housing facility in Chad, among more than 260,000 Sudanese, mostly women and children, who have fled what survivors and rights groups say is a new explosion …

At least 9 people killed in a plane crash in eastern Sudan as the war reaches the 100-day mark
1 year, 5 months ago

At least 9 people killed in a plane crash in eastern Sudan as the war reaches the 100-day mark

The Hindu  

A civilian plane crashed after taking off from an airport in eastern Sudan, killing nine people, including four military personnel who were aboard the aircraft, the military said, as the conflict in the northeastern African country reached the 100-day mark on July 24 with no sign of abating. The military said in a statement that a child survived late Sunday's …

100 days of conflict in Sudan: A timeline
1 year, 5 months ago

100 days of conflict in Sudan: A timeline

Al Jazeera  

Despite ceasefire attempts and diplomatic efforts, fighting between the army and the RSF in Sudan continues to rage. April 27: Ceasefire violated The Sudanese army and the RSF agree to extend the faltering ceasefire for “an additional 72 hours” amid continuing violence in Khartoum and the western Darfur region. June 9: UN envoy declared ‘persona non grata’ Sudanese authorities declare …

Sudan's neighbors meet in Cairo at summit seeking to end raging conflict
1 year, 5 months ago

Sudan's neighbors meet in Cairo at summit seeking to end raging conflict

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Leaders from Sudan’s six neighboring …

U.N. chief says Sudan on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” after nearly three months of fighting
1 year, 6 months ago

U.N. chief says Sudan on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” after nearly three months of fighting

The Hindu  

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan was on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital, Khartoum. Sudan descended into chaos after months of tension between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and his rival Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting …

UN chief says Sudan is on the brink of a ‘full-scale civil war’ after nearly 3 months of fighting
1 year, 6 months ago

UN chief says Sudan is on the brink of a ‘full-scale civil war’ after nearly 3 months of fighting

Associated Press  

CAIRO — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital of Khartoum. Guterres warned late Saturday that the war between the Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary force is likely to destabilize the entire region, according to Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson …

UN warns of ‘full-scale civil war’ in Sudan, Egypt to host summit
1 year, 6 months ago

UN warns of ‘full-scale civil war’ in Sudan, Egypt to host summit

Al Jazeera  

Diplomatic efforts to halt fighting between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary have so far proved ineffective. The United Nations has warned Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war”, as Egypt said it would host a summit on July 13 to discuss ways to end a 12-week conflict between rival Sudanese military factions. Diplomatic efforts …

'Like hell': Sudan airstrike kills 22 as fight between rival generals continues
1 year, 6 months ago

'Like hell': Sudan airstrike kills 22 as fight between rival generals continues

India Today  

An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between the country’s rival generals. At the time of the attack early Saturday, the military was hitting the RSF, which took people’s houses as shields, and the RSF fired anti-aircraft …

At least 22 killed in air strike on Sudan's Omdurman
1 year, 6 months ago

At least 22 killed in air strike on Sudan's Omdurman

The Hindu  

At least 22 people were killed and scores injured in an air strike by Sudan's Army on western Omdurman, the Khartoum state Health Ministry said on July 8, as the war between the country's military factions entered its 12th week. While the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces quickly dominated the capital Khartoum and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri after fighting …

Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals
1 year, 6 months ago

Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals

Associated Press  

CAIRO — An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between the country’s rival generals. At the time of the attack early Saturday, the military was hitting the RSF, which took people’s houses as shields, and the RSF …

Air raid kills at least 22 in Sudan’s city of Omdurman
1 year, 6 months ago

Air raid kills at least 22 in Sudan’s city of Omdurman

Al Jazeera  

Attack in Omdurman was one of the deadliest since fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and RSF armed group on April 15. An air raid on a Sudanese city has killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks yet in the weeks-long fighting between Sudan’s army and a renegade paramilitary force. The RSF, …

Fighting rages in Sudan as army tries to cut RSF supply lines
1 year, 6 months ago

Fighting rages in Sudan as army tries to cut RSF supply lines

Al Jazeera  

The army launches air strikes as heavy artillery fire and ground battles are reported in Omdurman. Fierce battles have broken out across Omdurman, a city across the Nile from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, as the army tries to cut off supply routes used by its paramilitary rivals to bring in reinforcements. The army launched air strikes and fired heavy artillery on …

Fighting reignites between Sudan army, RSF in Khartoum
1 year, 6 months ago

Fighting reignites between Sudan army, RSF in Khartoum

Al Jazeera  

Humanitarian groups say disease and malnutrition threaten the rising number of those displaced by relentless fighting. Fierce fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces shook the capital Khartoum, as disease and malnutrition threatened the rising number of displaced people. Reporting from Omdurman – Khartoum’s twin city – Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan said the fighting started in …

Air raids hit Sudan capital despite Eid truce
1 year, 6 months ago

Air raids hit Sudan capital despite Eid truce

Al Jazeera  

Residents and local reports say intense fighting continuing in Omdurman on Wednesday afternoon as UN urges the warring Sudanese army and paramilitary RSF group to maintain the ceasefire. Air raids and anti-aircraft fire struck Sudan’s capital Khartoum according to residents, despite warring parties declaring truces for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The three cities that make up the wider …

Fighting surges in Khartoum as Sudan war enters 11th week
1 year, 6 months ago

Fighting surges in Khartoum as Sudan war enters 11th week

Al Jazeera  

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces says it has seized the headquarters of a heavily armed police unit in southern Khartoum. Clashes, artillery fire and air raids surged in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, witnesses said, as a war between rival military factions that has displaced 2.5 million people and caused a humanitarian crisis entered its 11th week. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces …

Fighting resumes after Sudan cease-fire as number of people displaced passes 2.5 million
1 year, 6 months ago

Fighting resumes after Sudan cease-fire as number of people displaced passes 2.5 million

The Independent  

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Fighting resumes after Sudan cease-fire as number of people displaced passes 2.5 million
1 year, 6 months ago

Fighting resumes after Sudan cease-fire as number of people displaced passes 2.5 million

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Clashes resumed between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force after a three-day cease-fire expired Wednesday morning, a protest group and residents reported. The truce had brought relative calm to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, since it took effect, but fierce fighting was reported starting Tuesday night in parts of the city. The conflict has been centered largely in the …

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