World - War in Sudan

Atrocious Sudan war pushing refugees further afield: UNHCR chief

The UN's refugee chief questioned Sunday what future awaited the Sudanese people as the country's civil war rages, pushing its people ever further afield including to Uganda and Europe's maritime borders.

'Barely anyone left': Sudan's El-Fasher devastated by fighting

Civilians combed through the wreckage of their homes Sunday in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, besieged for months by paramilitaries who have now launched a "full-scale assault", according to the United Nations.

Relentless fighting is devastating Sudan and escalating in Darfur: UN

Relentless violence has devastated Sudan and large-scale fighting has escalated in and around the only capital in Sudan’s western Darfur region not held by paramilitary forces, the United Nations top humanitarian official said Wednesday.

Biden calls for Sudan parties to 're-engage' in peace talks

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for Sudan's warring parties to "re-engage" in peace talks and facilitate humanitarian access, in some of his most direct comments yet on the country's deadly conflict.

Sudanese city pounded as analysts report 'unprecedented' combat

Heavy fighting on Saturday shook a Sudanese city besieged by paramilitaries, witnesses told AFP, as US researchers reported unprecedented and escalating combat in the North Darfur state capital.

Sudan museums' precious antiquities looted in war

Sudan's priceless archaeological heritage is being stripped from museums, with looters loading statuettes and fragments of ancient palaces onto lorries, smuggling them out of the war-torn country, and selling them online.

UN Security Council extends arms embargo on Sudan

The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended an arms embargo on Sudan's Darfur region for another year, after experts said it had been regularly violated amid the ongoing civil war.

Paramilitary gunfire in Sudan city a day after deadly shelling

Paramilitary gunfire sounded in Sudan's southeastern city of Sennar on Monday, a day after shelling blamed on the paramilitaries killed around 30 people at a market, activists and witnesses said.

More civilians killed hours after Sudan rejects UN experts' report

Shelling killed at least 21 people at a market in southeast Sudan Sunday, a day after the country's rulers rejected a call by UN experts for an independent force to protect civilians from the devastating civil war.

Sudan rejects UN call for 'impartial' force to protect civilians

Sudan has rejected a call by UN experts for the deployment of an "independent and impartial force" to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes by more than a year of war.

Families flee intense fighting near Sudan's Khartoum

Hundreds of families fled a northern suburb of Sudan's capital Khartoum on Saturday after fighting between the army and paramilitaries intensified around a key military base, witnesses told AFP.

'Impartial force' must be deployed to war-torn Sudan: UN experts

Flagrant rights violations by Sudan's warring parties require the deployment of an "independent and impartial force" to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes, UN experts said Friday.

UN official says more needed to help war-torn Sudan

The UN's deputy secretary-general welcomed food aid reaching Sudan but said it is insufficient as she visited a border post in Chad to witness the passage of a humanitarian convoy.

US presses Sudan warring sides to rein in abuses

A US envoy called Tuesday on Sudan's warring sides to enforce a code of conduct to curb widespread abuses, saying the army was looking at the proposal after rival paramilitary forces signed on.

Dozens missing after dam collapses in eastern Sudan

A dam collapsed in Sudan's eastern Red Sea state, sending water flooding over nearby homes, the country's health ministry said. Local media said dozens of people are missing.

'We will not go to Geneva... we will fight for 100 years': Sudan leader Burhan

Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Saturday his government would not join peace talks with rival paramilitaries in Switzerland, vowing instead to "fight for 100 years".

Sudan warring parties agree to two safe aid routes: Mediators

The warring parties in Sudan have both agreed to provide safe humanitarian access into the conflict-ravaged nation along two key routes, countries staging talks in Switzerland said Friday.

Sudan's conflict deepens as famine and displacement spread amid failed peace talks

Crises are rapidly escalating in Sudan as the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to ravage many regions.

Blinken hopes Sudan humanitarian progress brings broader deal

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Tuesday that an emerging humanitarian agreement in Sudan would build momentum for a broader deal to end the country's devastating war.

Sudan health minister says Cholera outbreak killed at least 22 people

Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday.

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