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Sudan doctors: At least 100 killed in Darfur clashes
CAIRO: Clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive Darfur region killed at least 100 people, according to Sudan’s…
Sudan paramilitary RSF to attend Jeddah talks with armed forces
RIYADH -Envoys from Sudan‘s warring military factions – the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – were in Jeddah for talks on Saturday, Saudi…
US President Biden says Sudan conflict ‘must end,’ threatens sanctions
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday said weeks of urban fighting in Sudan “must end” and authorized potential new sanctions against those responsible for…
Sudan: UN humanitarian chief in Sudan, seeking guarantees on aid
PORT SUDAN: The UN’s humanitarian chief arrived in Sudan‘s main seaport on Wednesday, as thousands of Sudanese and foreign nationals gathered there in hopes of…
Air strikes heard in Sudan’s capital after more truce pledges
KHARTOUM: Air strikes were heard in Khartoum on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, even as warring factions agreed to a new seven-day ceasefire from Thursday,…
Sudan military faction chiefs agree to May 4-11 truce in principle
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s warring military factions agreed on Tuesday in principle to a seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, South Sudan announced, as more air strikes and shooting…
Sudan: Sudan’s army and rival extend truce, despite ongoing clashes
CAIRO: Sudan‘s army and its rival paramilitary said Sunday they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to…
UN sending envoy over ‘unprecedented’ Sudan war fallout
KHARTOUM: The top United Nations humanitarian official is heading to the Sudan region due to the “rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis” in the conflict-racked country, the…
Sudan’s army agrees to extend truce for 72 hours
CAIRO: The Sudanese army said in a statement on Sunday that it had agreed to extend a truce with the paramilitary RSF for a period…
Emergency aid supplies reach Sudan, as fighting sputters on
CAIRO: An aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical aid landed Sunday in Sudan to resupply hospitals devastated by more than two weeks of fighting…