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Sudan govt accuses paramilitary forces of blocking UNICEF aid trucks
Khartoum: Sudan’s Foreign Ministry has alleged that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had blocked several United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) trucks carrying humanitarian aid en route to El Fasher, the capital…
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42 killed in fresh communal clashes near South Sudan
Juba: At least 42 people were killed, including a UN peacekeeper, during clashes last week in the Abyei Administrative Area between armed youth of the Twic community of neighbouring Warrap state and…
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Sudan’s army chief rules out reconciliation with paramilitary forces
Khartoum: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has ruled out reconciliation with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and vowed to continue fighting. “There is no reconciliation or agreement with…
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Sudan’s army chief demands paramilitary forces’ withdrawal to achieve ceasefire
Khartoum: Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), has said that stopping the war in Sudan would not be achieved…
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AIMIM legislator urges Jaishankar to evacuate 70 Indians stuck in Sudan
Hyderabad: AIMIM legislator Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala has appealed to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to take steps for evacuation of 70 Indians stranded in war-torn Sudan. In a letter to the…
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UN chief appoints new Sudan envoy as Khartoum seeks end of UN political mission
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed a personal envoy for Sudan following Khartoum’s demand to shut down the UN political mission in the war-torn country, a UN spokesman said. The UN…
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Sudan’s warring parties trade blame over destroying major bridge
Khartoum: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have blamed each other for destroying a major bridge in the capital Khartoum. “As part of its plan to…
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Sudanese warring parties trade accusations over oil refinery explosion
Khartoum: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have traded accusations over the responsibility for an explosion at a major oil refinery. The SAF said on Tuesday…
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Saudi: Sudanese woman gives birth at Grand Mosque’s yard in Makkah
Riyadh: A Sudanese woman gave birth to a baby in the western yard of the Grand Mosque near the Al-Tawhid Hotel, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia after she went into sudden labour on…
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Sudanese ceasefire talks resumed in Saudi Arabia
Washington: The United States, Saudi Arabia and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) reconvened ceasefire talks between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), US Department of State…
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Sudan’s warring parties resume peace talks in Saudi Arabia
Khartoum: Amid continued violence in Sudan, warring rivals — the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — announced that their delegations had arrived in Saudi Arabia’s port city…
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44-truck convoy delivering aid in Sudan after 6-week conflict delay: UN
United Nations: UN humanitarians said a 44-truck convoy, which had been delayed by conflict for six weeks, is delivering aid in Sudan, a country suffering from twin crises of a deadly conflict…
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19 mn Sudanese children out of school as war continues
United Nations: An estimated 19 million children in Sudan are out of school as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) approaches the six-month…