May 23, 2023
Sudan: ♦ Sudan - This Week's News in Brief ♦
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Sudan: Judicial Facilities Destroyed in War ' Shows Alarming Collapse' of Sudan's Justice System
Emergency Lawyers reported the bombing, looting, and destruction of eight judicial facilities in the ongoing war, which can have a severe impact on ongoing court cases and the… Read more »
Sudan: Heavy Gunfire in North Darfur Capital
The army and the RSF exchanged heavy gunfire and shelling in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, from Sunday evening until yesterday morning. The healthcare situation is worrying… Read more »
Sudan: UNITAMS Head - Commanders' Choice to Resolve Conflict On the Battlefield Is Ravaging Sudan
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes, has told the UN… Read more »
Sudan: U.S. Secretary of State - 'Civilians Must Define Sudan's Path Forward'
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, has encouraged the warring Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to abide by the seven-day humanitarian ceasefire that took… Read more »
Sudan: Clashes Continue As Sudan Ceasefire Starts
Skirmishes and air raids have been reported in and around Khartoum despite the start of a seven-day ceasefire yesterday evening. This is the seventh ceasefire since the start of… Read more »
Sudan: Qastal-Ashkit Border Crossing Into Egypt Re-Opened As Wadi Halfa Becomes More Crowded
The Egyptian authorities re-opened the Qastal-Ashkit crossing to vehicles coming from Wadi Halfa yesterday, after a five-day closure. The humanitarian situation in Wadi Halfa is… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Sudan: Heavy Shelling in Khartoum Hours Before Onset of Humanitarian Truce
Large parts of the Sudan capital Khartoum, and neighbouring Omdurman and Bahri witnessed heavy bombardment this morning, just hours before a short-term seven-day truce, designed to… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Health Ministry - 'Relief Medicines Delivered to States'
Sudan's Ministry of Health says that consignments of essential medicines provided by international aid organisations have now been delivered to 11 states. Read more »
Sudan: Appeal for Aid for People With Disabilities in Sudan
Entities representing people with disabilities have called on the international community, UN bodies, and all humanitarian organisations, to urgently provide the necessary aids and… Read more »
East Africa: Sudan-South Sudan Border - Five Dead in Attack On Nomads in Abyei
Five people have been killed and six, including women and children injured, in an attack by gunmen on a nomadic group in the Hafir El Silik area of the disputed Abyei region on the… Read more »
Sudan: Soldiers, Civilians Die in Darfur Attacks
Two Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers were reportedly killed In North Darfur, when their military camp came under fire at the weekend. Two civilians died and others were injured in… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Army Asks Resistance Committees to Continue Humanitarian Relief During Truce
The General Command of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) today addressed a statement "to the young women and men of our country in the resistance committees around Sudan,"… Read more »
Sudan: Humanitarian Truce Welcomed in Sudan and Abroad
The agreement on a seven-day 'short-term ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements, signed in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, which becomes effective at 21:45 (Khartoum time… Read more »
May 21, 2023
Sudan: Sudan Journalists Syndicate Demand RSF Leaves Broadcasting HQ
As Sudan entered its 34th day of war on Friday, the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS) released a statement condemning the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) use of "media and press… Read more »
Sudan: SAF and RSF Sign Week-Long Ceasefire 'To Facilitate Humanitarian Response'
Representatives of the warring Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) signed an agreement on a seven-day 'short-term ceasefire and humanitarian… Read more »
Sudan: El Burhan Sacks Hemedti As Deputy President of Transitional Council
The President of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), and commander-in-chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has issued a constitutional… Read more »
May 19, 2023
Sudan: Warring Parties 'Detain Activists, Hold Volunteers Incommunicado'
Both the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly detained 'hundreds of activists and volunteers' in the country's capital. Two young activists… Read more »
Sudan: 25.7 Million Sudanese in Need of Humanitarian Assistance - United Nations
As the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and UN call for urgent funding to aid humanitarian efforts, it is estimated that 25.7 million people are now in need of… Read more »
May 18, 2023
Sudan: Sudan Conflict Alarms World Gum Arabic Market
Potential disruptions to the supply chain of gum arabic*, as fallout from the Sudan conflict, is causing alarm among international manufacturers. As about 70 per cent of the… Read more »
Africa: Long Waits, Soaring Costs At Egypt-Sudan Border
Wadi Halfa in Sudan's Northern State is struggling to cope with an increasing number of people hoping to cross the border into Egypt, who now outnumber the city's own population.… Read more »
Sudan: UN WFP to Ramp Up Food Aid for 4.9 Million in Sudan
Sudan's deepening humanitarian crisis as a result of the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is being met head on by… Read more »
May 17, 2023
Sudan: Rapid Support Forces Occupy Two Cathedrals in Khartoum
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have occupied the Episcopal All Saints Cathedral and the Coptic Virgin Mary Cathedral in Khartoum. Read more »
May 16, 2023
Sudan: As Many As 2,000 Dead in West Darfur Violence
Residents of El Geneina reported more heavy gunfire and artillery fired at residential areas and mosques yesterday, forcing more people to flee. Over 2,000 people might have died… Read more »
Sudan: UNITAMS Head - 'Quick Military Fix Not an Option in Sudan'
Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), told Radio Dabanga from… Read more »