Sudan
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UN Security Council To Vote On Sudan Ramadan Ceasefire Call
The UN Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Sudan to coincide with the beginning of Ramadan next week as conditions in the country…
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Impunity Endemic In S. Sudan Ahead Of Planned Elections: UN Body
Armed conflict, violence and entrenched impunity persist in South Sudan as it prepares to hold its first elections, the UN commission investigating human rights in the country said Friday. The…
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Sudan Authorities Block Cross-border Aid To Stricken Darfur
Authorities loyal to the army in war-ravaged Sudan have blocked cross-border aid to the western Darfur region, a move decried by aid workers and the United States. The vast Darfur…
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Economy Another Victim Of War In Impoverished Sudan
Before the Sudanese army and paramilitary fighters turned their guns on each other last year, Ahmed used to sell one of Sudan’s main exports: gum arabic, a vital ingredient for…
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‘Starving’: Sudan Aid Workers Sound The Alarm Over Spiralling Crisis
Sudanese aid worker Shakir Elhassan and his family were among millions forced to flee their homes and former lives after war broke out last year in Sudan. Some 10 months…
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US Deplores Holdups On Aid Into Sudan
The United States on Wednesday implored Sudan’s authorities to let aid into the country, denouncing holdups as the war between rival generals leaves millions in need of help. Samantha Power,…
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Eight Million Displaced By Sudan War: UN
The number of people uprooted by the war between rival generals in Sudan is around eight million, the United Nations said on Wednesday. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi,…
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Harvest Lost As War Expands In Famine-threatened Sudan
Since Sudan’s war spread to Al-Jazira state south of Khartoum, farmers have watched their livelihoods wither away after fighting between paramilitary forces battling the army wreaked havoc on once-bountiful lands.…
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Sudan Paramilitary Chief Bids For Legitimacy In Africa Tour: Analysts
Sudan’s paramilitary chief spent the first months of the country’s war in the shadows. Now he has emerged to embrace civilian politicians and tour African capitals in a bid for…
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In Chad Camps, Survivors Recount Sudan War Horrors
Sitting outside her makeshift shelter in eastern Chad, Sudanese refugee Mariam Adam Yaya warmed up tea on some firewood in a bid to quell the pangs of hunger. The 34-year-old…
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UN Sounds Alarm Over Fighting Near Sudan Aid Hub
The United Nations raised the alarm on Tuesday over fighting raging near the former safe haven of Wad Madani in Sudan where the population had swelled to more than 700,000.…
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Fighting Engulfs Sudan Aid Hub, Sparking New Exodus
Fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries engulfed the aid hub of Wad Madani Friday triggering an exodus of civilians already displaced by eight months of war, an AFP correspondent…
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War-torn Sudan Faces ‘Catastrophe’ As UN Funds Run Short
The United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction of the nearly 25 million people needing aid in war-devastated Sudan, the head of the UN’s humanitarian response in…
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US Finds War Crimes And Ethnic Cleansing In Sudan War
The United States said Wednesday that Sudan’s rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict and alleged a new ethnic cleansing campaign in scarred Darfur. After months…
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UN Security Council Puts End To Mission In Sudan
At the request of Sudanese authorities, the UN Security Council on Friday ended the world body’s political mission in the African country ravaged by more than seven months of fighting…
