Israeli armored personnel carriers head toward the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP One million Gazans displaced in a week, says UN as Israel readies for ground attack More than one million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip in the last week, the UN … Read more
This picture released on the Sudanese Army’s Facebook page on May 30, 2023, shows army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan cheering with soldiers as he visits some of their positions in Khartoum. Fighting flared again in Sudan on May 30 despite the latest ceasefire pledges of warring generals meant to allow desperately needed aid to reach … Read more
Smoke rises above buildings after an aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan. | Photo Credit: Reuters Air strikes hit outer areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight and on Saturday morning, as the fighting — that has trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and … Read more
Armed fighters rampaged through a city in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and homes, residents said. The violence came despite the extension of a fragile truce between Sudan’s two top generals, whose power struggle has killed hundreds. The mayhem in the Darfur city of Genena pointed to … Read more
Sudan’s battling generals have agreed to a three-day ceasefire, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, after 10 days of urban combat killed hundreds, wounded thousands, and sparked a mass exodus of foreigners. Previous bids to pause the conflict failed to take hold but Blinken announced: “Following intense negotiation over the past 48 … Read more
This photo taken by a drone shows a plane on fire at Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, Sudan. | Photo Credit: AP The Sudanese Army said on April 22 it was coordinating efforts to evacuate diplomats from the United States, Britain, China, and France out of the country on military airplanes, as fighting persisted in … Read more
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. File | Photo Credit: AP Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly cut short a Pacific tour on April 21 to return to Britain and deal with the deteriorating situation in Sudan. Sudan’s military ruled out negotiations with a rival paramilitary force on April 20, saying it would only accept its surrender … Read more