UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in “extreme, immediate danger”
United Nations Reuters Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur,” top UN officials warned the Security Council on Friday. War erupted in Sudan one year ago between the Sudanese army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces […]
US urges UN Security Council action to get aid into Sudan from Chad
United Nations Reuters The United States warned on Thursday that it would push the UN Security Council to take action to get aid to starving people in Sudan, possibly by authorising cross-border deliveries from Chad, if the Sudanese armed forces do not restore full access. Ahead of the one year anniversary of the conflict in […]
Curfew imposed in Sudan’s North Darfur after militias loot UN food stores
Khartoum, SudanReuters Authorities in Sudan’s North Darfur state announced a night curfew on Wednesday after armed groups looted a UN World Food Programme warehouse and facilities used by a former peacekeeping mission. According to initial reports, the warehouse in El Fasher looted by unknown armed groups late on Tuesday contained up to 1,900 tonnes of […]
Religious freedom ‘essential goal’ in normalising relations with Sudan, says US commission
World Watch Monitor A new report highlights the lack of religious freedom in Sudan and says improvements in this area remain “an essential goal” for the US before relations between the two countries can be fully normalised. A delegation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent, bipartisan advisory body, visited Khartoum and North Darfur […]