August 27
Sudan: Sudan Dam Disaster - 50,000 People Effected By Flood
Dabanga
Humanitarian partners and authorities are working on deploying more teams to assess the damage and address the urgent needs of an estimated 50,000 people affected by the… Read more »
August 26
Sudan: Swath of Death and Destruction in Wake of Sudan Dam Collapse
Dabanga
More than 130 people are reported to have been killed - a figure that is quite likely to rise as news unfolds - following the collapse of the Arbaat Dam, 20 kilometres north of… Read more »
Sudan: Darfur and Sudan Aid Distribution Hampered As Bridges Succumb to Floods
Dabanga
Humanitarian convoys bound for Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan, especially via the Adré crossing at the Sudan-Chad border, which was recently opened for aid, face the… Read more »
Sudan: WFP Expands Aid Operations in Sudan
Dabanga
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed that it is ramping up its aid distribution efforts in Sudan, focusing particularly on the conflict-ridden region of Darfur.… Read more »
Sudan: RSF Reaffirm Jeddah Declaration Commitment During Sudan Geneva Talks
Dabanga
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have reiterated their commitment to the Jeddah Declaration, a key agreement aimed at addressing the ongoing crisis in Sudan. Speaking at… Read more »
Sudan: Fast-Acting Interventions Needed for Sudanese Refugee Children As Needs Outpace Response
IPS
As peace eludes war-torn Sudan, thousands of displaced people fleeing the deadly battle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have found refuge in… Read more »
August 25
Sudan: Comms Blackout Across Sudan As Rains Damage Essential Fiber Optic Cable Hub
Dabanga
Cable outages attributed to heavy rains and flash floods in the Haiya area of Sudan's Red Sea state, have continued across much of the country for the second day in a row.… Read more »
Chad: SAF-RSF Pledge to Open Adré Sudan-Chad Border Crossing. Geneva Delegates 'Watching Developments On the Ground'
Dabanga
The group of countries and organisations participating in the negotiations in Geneva between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which sent… Read more »
August 24
Sudan: Sudan Talks Close With Progress On Two Safe Aid Routes but Not On Ceasefire
RFI
US-led mediators say they have secured guarantees from Sudan's warring parties at talks in Switzerland to improve access for humanitarian aid, but the Sudanese army's absence from… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Media Forum - Hunger, Shelling, Airstrikes Scourge Sudan's Civilians
Dabanga
The aerial bombardment by the army's warplanes has escalated since the beginning of this week in large parts of Darfur and central Sudan. In contrast, the artillery shelling by the… Read more »
Sudan: Cholera Poses New Risks for Millions of Sudan's Displaced
VOA
U.N. agencies are scaling up cholera prevention and treatment programs to get on top of a new, deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan that threatens to further destabilize communities… Read more »
August 23
Sudan: Aid Teams Cite Huge Challenges in Tackling New Sudan Cholera Outbreak
UN News
Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge challenge for aid teams after more than 16 months of heavy fighting, combined with… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Peace Talks End With Breakthrough On Humanitarian Aid
VOA
U.S.-brokered peace talks on Sudan have failed to end the country's 16-month conflict but have succeeded in gaining greater humanitarian access to millions of people who have been… Read more »
Sudan: North Darfur - 'Children Dying As RSF Block Aid'
Dabanga
In the heart of Zamzam camp, near El Fasher, North Darfur's capital, Maryam Abdallah, a displaced resident, endured the horror of watching her infant starve to death. Her family,… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan's Suakin Sea Port 'Paralysed By Workers Strike'
Dabanga
Small traders and workers at the Osman Digna Port in Suakin south of Port Sudan, the capital of Red Sea state, are blocking the harbour since Wednesday morning, in protest against… Read more »
Sudan: With Sudan's Media Muzzled, Famine Ravages a Nation in the Dark
Dabanga
Our country Sudan is enduring an unprecedented humanitarian tragedy, as evidenced by reports and statistics from international humanitarian agencies, testimonies from grassroots… Read more »
Sudan: New Darfur Political Alliance Formed in Ethiopian Capital
Dabanga
The newly formed United Civil Forces alliance, chaired by Haroun Medeikhir, a leading member of the Darfuri Revolutionary Awakening Council (RAC), will present its members and… Read more »
August 22
Sudan: Hundreds of Unaccompanied Children Among Thousands Fleeing Latest Surge of Fighting [press release]
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Escalation in violence in Sennar's state capital Sinja on 29 June triggered widespread fighting which has displaced about 725,000 people, over half of whom are estimated to be… Read more »
Sudan: Customs Officers At Sudan-Egypt Border On Strike, El Burhan Intervenes
Dabanga
Workers of the Wadi Halfa Customs Clearance Department at the border crossings to Egypt downed their tools on Saturday in protest against the increase in clearance costs and tough… Read more »
Chad: Aid Trucks Cross Chad-Darfur Border Via Adré
Dabanga
More than a dozen trucks carrying humanitarian aid crossed from Chad into Darfur, Sudan, yesterday, according to a statement by the World Food Programme (WFP). The WFP convoy,… Read more »
August 21
Sudan: Sudan Aid Breakthrough
UN News
The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan's Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese… Read more »
Sudan: First WFP Trucks Cross Sudan's Reopened Adre Border With Food for Communities At Risk of Famine
WFP
The first WFP food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan's Darfur have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened by the Sudanese authorities following… Read more »
Sudan: Cholera Cases Surge in Sudan, Health Campaigns Intensify
Dabanga
The Federal Health Ministry reported a rise in cholera cases to 556, with 27 deaths, predominantly in in eastern Sudan's Kassala. The ministry recorded 49 new cases across 16… Read more »
Sudan: WFP Trucks Enter Sudan's Darfur Region
VOA
World Food Program trucks carrying urgently needed food and nutrition supplies have entered Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nations agency said Wednesday. Read more »
Sudan: El Sisi Reiterates Egypt's Push for Sudan Peace
Dabanga
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reaffirmed Egypt's commitment to ending the conflict in Sudan, emphasising the need for international cooperation to resolve the ongoing… Read more »