Sudan

The U.N.’s humanitarian agency is warning that the situation for civilians in Sudan’s volatile Darfur region is worsening as fighting between the country’s two rival armed groups escalates and intercommunal tensions rise. It reports renewed clashes between the Sudan Armed…

Sudan’s warring parties have resumed negotiations in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending the war that has killed more than 9,000 people and displaced some 5.6 million since April. The talks are taking place “in partnership” with representatives of the African…

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) will resume peace talks this week in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, Anadolu Agency reported. According to a spokesman of SAF, the talks will begin with humanitarian issues,…

Humanitarian crisis rages on in Sudan as relief funding dwindles As Sudan’s civil war enters its sixth month, civilians are facing a colossal humanitarian crisis as relief funding dwindles and army-imposed restrictions strangle its delivery, Al Jazeera quotes aid groups.…

Since conflict erupted in Sudan in April, Islamic Relief has delivered aid to more than 225,000 people, including the displaced and those in desperate need. The UK-based Islamic charity has provided cash support to victims so that displaced families can…

Outbreaks of dengue fever and acute watery diarrhea have “killed hundreds” in war-hit Sudan, medics reported on Monday, warning of “catastrophic spreads” that could overwhelm the country’s decimated health system. In a statement, the Sudanese doctors’ union warned that the…

Civil society activists and non-governmental organizations in Sudan have called for demonstrations to stop the devastating conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Tuesday, they called on the international community concerned about…

More than 1,200 refugee children under 5 have died in Sudan amid on-going fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday. These children have died in nine camps in the…

Volker Perthes, the special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), reported on Wednesday that a minimum of 13 mass graves have been discovered in close proximity to…

At least 32 civilians have been killed and dozens injured in artillery attacks by the Sudanese army, one of the highest tolls from a single day of fighting since war broke out in April, the activist group Emergency Lawyers said.…