Sudanese paramilitary forces killed at least 80 people in a southeastern village. File | Photo Credit: AP Sudanese paramilitary forces killed at least 80 people in a southeastern village, a medical source and witnesses said on Friday (August 16, 2024), in an attack that followed U.S.-sponsored talks aimed at ending 16 months of devastating war. … Read more
U.N. Special Representative in Sudan Volker Perthes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations envoy to Sudan, a key mediator in the country’s brutal conflict, is no longer welcome in the African country, Sudanese authorities say. A terse statement issued by Sudan’s Foreign Ministry late Thursday comes just weeks after the head of the … 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
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
Union MoS for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan receives Indian nationals evacuated from war-torn Sudan under ‘Operation Kaveri’ upon their arrival, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. | Photo Credit: PTI Several States have opened help desks and announced assistance like free travel and lodging for Indians evacuated from strife-torn Sudan once they arrive in the country. The … 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
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