SAF withdraws from Jeddah talks as Sudan violence continues
KHARTOUM / OMDURMAN / KHARTOUM NORTH / EL OBEID / JEDDAH - At least 15 people were killed and 30...
UN aid convoys arrive across Sudan, curfew in Port Sudan
KHARTOUM / PORT SUDAN – More than 1.2 million people have now been displaced as a result of the escalating...
‘Cautious calm’ in Sudan capital on second day of extended truce
KHARTOUM – Much of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum reported a ‘relative calm’ on Tuesday, following the signing of a...
UNHCR calls on countries to keep borders open to Sudanese refugees as numbers grow
CAIRO / N'DJAMENA - May 30, 2023 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, has called on...
Sudan’s fragile ceasefire extended
JEDDAH - May 30, 2023 The warring Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to extend...
Agar favours IGAD mediation for Sudan peace process
KHARTOUM - May 19, 2023 Malik Agar, newly appointed Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, stated that Sudan needs a...
El Burhan demands replacement of UN special representative in Sudan
KHARTOUM / NEW YORK - Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and President of...
US/Saudi facilitators: Sudan warring parties must put the needs of the people first
JEDDAH - Saudi Arabia and the USA today issued a statement in which they urge the warring Sudan Armed forces...
Thousands flee to Abyei and Nuba Mountains, Port Sudan ‘overcrowded’
ABYEI / KAUDA / PORT SUDAN – Abyei, a disputed region on the border of Sudan and South Sudan, has...
US/Saudi facilitators urge Sudan’s warring SAF and RSF to uphold humanitarian ceasefire
KHARTOUM / JEDDAH / WASHINGTON – The joint facilitators of the Jeddah Agreement on a short-term seven-day ceasefire and humanitarian...
SA Secretary Blinken: ‘Civilians must define Sudan’s path forward’
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has encouraged the warring Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces...
UNITAMS head: Commanders’ choice to resolve conflict on the battlefield is ravaging Sudan
NEW YORK – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in...
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