Number of displaced by Sudan war surpasses three million – IOM
Reuters The number of people uprooted by a conflict between military factions in Sudan that erupted nearly three months ago has surpassed three million, according to estimates from the International Organization for Migration. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced internally and more than 730,000 have crossed into neighbouring countries, data published late on […]
Eastern African bloc seeks summit to deploy regional force in Sudan
Addis AbabaReuters An eastern African bloc called on Monday for a regional summit to consider deploying troops into Sudan to protect civilians, after nearly three months of violence between the army and a paramilitary faction. Fighting that erupted on 15th April in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, has spread to other parts of the country and driven […]
Hunger haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray region after years of war
Mekelle, Ethiopia Reuters Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, an emaciated little girl struggles to breathe, as her father softly strokes her gaunt face and her mother sits crying. Tsige Shishay, whose pink sweater reads “beautiful” on the front, is 10-years-old but weighs just 10 kilograms. Her doctor says she […]
Centre opens to build cases against Russian leaders for Ukraine aggression
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Law enforcement officials from Ukraine, the European Union and the United Sates on Monday opened an international centre to build cases against the Russian leadership for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities are reviewing more than 93,000 reports of war crimes and have filed charges against 207 suspects in domestic […]
Sudanese families fleeing to Egypt separated by new visa rules
Port Sudan, SudanReuters Elsafi Mahdi was separated from his wife and three younger children on 1st June near Sudan’s border with Egypt. He does not know when he’ll see them again. Like many families fleeing the war in the capital Khartoum, Mahdi, a prominent music teacher and conductor, left home without a visa required for […]
Russia tries to signal normalcy as Ukraine forces advance
South-eastern Ukraine Reuters Russia announced plans on Thursday to stage elections in occupied parts of Ukraine in just three months, Moscow’s latest bid to signal it is in control even as a Ukrainian counter-offensive has pushed its forces back in some areas. The Ukrainian assault is in its early stages, and military experts say the […]
Pope joins with imam in making calls for peace before UN Security Council vote
United NationsAP Pope Francis and a leading Sunni imam made calls for peace as the UN Security Council met Wednesday to discuss the importance of “human fraternity” and condemn the hatreds that kindle conflicts. The Pope, who is in hospital recovering from abdominal surgery, sent a statement saying that a third world war is being […]
Sudan’s western cities under fire as war spreads
Cairo, EgyptReuters Fighting rocked several cities in western Sudan on Wednesday in an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war as a regional governor was killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on the country’s paramilitary force. The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a humanitarian crisis in […]
Essay: Chad on the brink – how the war in Sudan hurts its fragile neighbour
In an article first published on The Conversation, political scientist and expert in ethnic and religious conflict, HELGA DICKOW, looks at the strain the conflict in Sudan is putting on neighbouring Chad…
Sudan’s war scatters country’s emergent art scene
Cairo, EgyptReuters Like many other residents of Sudan’s capital, painter Yasmeen Abdullah had to leave much behind when she fled the war erupting around her. As an artist, that included most of her work. “I had to abandon many things but also leave without knowing when I’d return, or if the things I did leave […]