Sudan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) commenced distributing food in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region for the first time in months, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. This deliveries on Friday come amidst warnings of an impending famine caused by a year-long…

The United Nations-backed global authority on food security warned on Friday of an urgent need to prevent a catastrophic hunger crisis in Sudan, Reuters reported. Due to the war, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has been unable to…

UN experts are alarmed by increasing reports of trafficking in persons, especially women and girls for sexual exploitation, and child recruitment for hostilities in Sudan, Anadolu Agency reported. The humanitarian crisis has led to the displacement of over 9 million…

Sudan is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history after nearly a year of war, the United Nations has warned. Fighting between the army, headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF),…

Almost five million people in Sudan could suffer catastrophic hunger in parts of the war-torn country in the coming months, United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths warned the Security Council on Friday as reported by Reuters. According to the UN…

Sudan’s military regained control of the national radio and television headquarters from a rival paramilitary group after a year-long battle, the Associated Press reported. The conflict, which began in April last year, stemmed from tensions between the paramilitary Rapid Support…

Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group engaged in military clashes in the capital Khartoum on Monday, defying calls for a truce during the holy month of Ramadan. More details in the following report: Clashes broke out…

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the warring parties in Sudan to agree to halt hostilities during Ramadan, with the Security Council negotiating a British-drafted resolution for a truce, Reuters reported. Addressing the 15-member Security Council, Guterres said: “This cessation of…

The chief of the Arab League has urged warring parties in Sudan to reach a ceasefire before Ramadan, warning of the ongoing bloodshed and wounds from the year-long war. Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called on the Sudanese people to prioritize…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, stated that Sudanese civilians are living in extreme terror due to the conflict in the country, which he described as harsh and reckless, posing a threat to regional peace. In…