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Start of truce period brings lull in fighting to Sudan’s capital

People, who were evacuated from Sudan by an Iraqi military aircraft, are seen at Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, on 18th June, 2023.

Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters The start of a 72-hour ceasefire aimed at calming more than two months of conflict between rival Sudanese military factions brought a lull in clashes in Khartoum early on Sunday following battles and air strikes overnight, residents said. Sudan’s army and the rival Rapid Support Forces have agreed to refrain from […]

Sudan’s war exacts deadly toll on dialysis patients, leaves bodies rotting

An aerial view of the black smoke and flames at a market in Omdurman, Khartoum North, Sudan, on 17th May, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.

Cairo, EgyptReuters Kidney dialysis patients are dying and dead bodies have been left to decompose in a morgue and in city streets as Sudan’s war rages on, despite efforts by volunteers and aid workers to keep critical healthcare running. Sudan’s health sector was already on the edge of collapse due to a lack of resources before […]

Sudan war traps civilians after ceasefire ends

Khartoum, SudanReuters Air strikes, artillery and gunfire rocked several areas of Sudan’s capital on Monday as fighting between warring factions intensified for a second day, trapping civilians in a worsening humanitarian crisis. The war between the country’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has raged for almost two months, forcing almost 2 million to flee […]

Massive fire as Sudanese factions battle for control of arms factory

Khartoum, SudanReuters A massive fire broke out on Wednesday near a military complex containing an arms factory in southern Khartoum that Sudan’s army has battled to defend in some of the fiercest fighting for weeks in its conflict with a rival faction, witnesses said. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, in the eighth week of a […]

Shelling, looting in Sudan’s capital as military factions battle for eighth week

Boxes containing aid are stockpiled in a warehouses run by Sudan Humanitarian Aid Commission, following the crisis in Sudan's capital Khartoum, at the city of Port Sudan, Sudan, on 30th May, 2023

Khartoum, SudanReuters Shelling and heavy clashes hit areas of Sudan’s capital on Monday, residents said, with reports of spreading lawlessness in Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur after more than seven weeks of conflict between rival military factions. Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified after the expiry late […]

US imposes sanctions on companies tied to Sudan forces as fighting rages

A view shows black smoke and fire at Omdurman market in Omdurman, Sudan, on 17th May, 2023, in this screengrab from a video obtained by Reuters.

Khartoum, Sudan/Washington DC, US Reuters The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on companies it accused of fuelling the conflict in Sudan, stepping up pressure on the army and a rival paramilitary force to stop fighting raging in Khartoum and other regions. The US Treasury Department said it targeted two companies linked to the army, […]

Intense clashes in Sudan’s capital after ceasefire extended

Fanna Hamit, 58, a Chadian widow who hosts in her compound a family of 11 Sudanese who fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, washes the dishes while Saboura Ahmed, 30, one of her Sudanese refugee guests, parcels roasted large crickets to sell as snacks, in the yard of her house near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, on 11th May, 2023.

Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Intense clashes could be heard in Sudan’s capital on Tuesday, residents said, after military factions battling for more than six weeks agreed to extend a ceasefire aimed at allowing aid to reach civilians. The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed to extend a week-long ceasefire deal by five days […]

Truce reduces fighting in Sudan, but little relief for humanitarian crisis

Halime Adam Moussa, a Sudanese refugee who is seeking refuge in Chad for a second time, sits beside her shelter, near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, on 10th May, 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Khartoum was calmer on Saturday as a seven-day ceasefire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the capital. A truce signed on Monday by the two fighting parties – Sudan’s army and a […]

Sudan ceasefire starts precariously as continued fighting reported

A view of makeshift shelters of Sudanese people who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and were previously internally displaced in Sudan, near the border between Sudan and Chad, in Borota, Chad, on 13th May, 2023.

Khartoum, SudanReuters A week-long ceasefire in Sudan got off to a shaky start on Monday as witnesses in the capital Khartoum reported fighter jets flights over the city and continued fighting in some areas. Heavy bombardments could be heard in east Khartoum, witnesses said, and one resident shared a picture of thick black smoke rising […]

UN seeks $US3 billion for Sudan as fighting rages in Khartoum

A view shows plumes of smoke and fire at an Omdurman National Bank branch, in Omdurman, Sudan, on 11th May, 2023 in this screen grab taken from a video obtained by Reuters

Khartoum, Sudan/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations said on Wednesday more than half Sudan’s population now needed aid and protection, as civilians sought shelter from air strikes and sporadic clashes between rival military factions in the Khartoum area. Residents said power had been cut, food was in short supply, and drinking water scarce due to the […]

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