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Sudan Reports 239 Children Dead Since January

(MENAFN) Since January, at least 239 children have died in western Sudan due to severe shortages of food and medical supplies, the Sudan Doctors Network reported on Sunday. The civilian medical group revealed that its team documented these child...

Regional Blocs Criticize Rival Authority in Sudan

(MENAFN) The African Union, Arab League, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have expressed strong disapproval over the announcement made by Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), regarding the establishment of a competing...

Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman Greenlights Seven-Day Ceasefire in El-Fasher

(MENAFN) Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, authorized a crucial seven-day humanitarian ceasefire on Friday in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state in western Sudan. This decision followed a direct phone appeal...

Paramilitary-headed group forms opponent government in conflict-torn Sudan

(MENAFN) A Sudanese political alliance linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has declared the formation of a parallel government in the war-torn nation, which has been embroiled in conflict for over two years. The Sudan...

Essential water facility demolished in war-torn Sudan

(MENAFN) The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have destroyed Khartoum state’s main water quality testing laboratory, dealing a severe blow to vital infrastructure amid Sudan’s ongoing civil war, a senior official revealed. Mohamed Ali...

Sudan’s Crisis Draws Warning from UN Rights Chief

(MENAFN) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, issued a cautionary message on Friday regarding the escalating conflict and increasing breaches of human rights in Sudan, where an internal war has persisted since April 2023. "The...

Cholera Cases Climb to 1,300 in Sudan

(MENAFN) Sudan’s Health Ministry revealed on Tuesday that 1,307 new cholera cases and 18 fatalities linked to the disease were recorded over the past week. According to an official statement, these infections emerged across 12 of Sudan’s 18 states...

Rubio Urges Iraq to Deal with Energy Attacks

(MENAFN) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently held a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to discuss a string of assaults on Iraq’s energy facilities, including those run by American firms, according to a...

Sudan calls on its citizens in Iran to evacuate

(MENAFN) Sudan’s transitional government has mandated the urgent evacuation of its nationals from Iran, following a sharp escalation in hostilities between Tehran and Israel. The country, itself embroiled in a fierce conflict with the paramilitary...

Sudan’s FM accuses Ukraine of being proxy for West

(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry representative has accused Ukraine of acting as a proxy for Western powers by supporting militant groups responsible for attacks in several African nations. In an interview given Saturday, Muhammad Al-Sirr...

Sudanese official states Ukraine doing West’s ‘dirty work’ in Africa

(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official, Muhammad Al-Sirr, has accused Ukraine of doing the West’s “dirty work” by backing armed groups involved in terrorist attacks across African countries like Libya, Somalia, and Niger. In an interview...

UN raises alarm over sudden increase in violence across Sudan

(MENAFN) The United Nations has expressed serious concern over a sharp increase in violence across Sudan, particularly in North Kordofan State, where recent attacks have resulted in significant civilian casualties. According to the UN Office for...

RSF Egregious Attack Kills Eleven Civilians in Sudan

(MENAFN) At least 11 civilians, including three children, were killed in western Sudan’s North Kordofan State after an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to local medical officials on Sunday. The Sudan Doctors Network...

New RSF Assaults in W. Sudan Claim at Least Eighteen Lives

(MENAFN) At least 18 civilians lost their lives and 31 more were wounded in recent assaults carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s North Kordofan State, according to reports released Sunday by a local volunteer...

Sudan’s New Premier Reveals Plans to Reinstate Security, Unity

(MENAFN) Sudan’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Kamil Idris, declared on Sunday that his administration’s foremost goals include securing national stability and reinstating the government’s control across the country. In his inaugural address on...

Sudan's new Prime aims to reach national security

(MENAFN) On Sunday, Sudan’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Kamil Idris, outlined his government’s main objectives, prioritizing the establishment of national security and the reassertion of state control. In his inaugural speech, which was...

Sudan’s New Premier Swiftly Dismantles Caretaker Government

(MENAFN) Sudan’s freshly appointed prime minister, Kamil Idris, moved quickly on Sunday to dismantle the caretaker government just one day after his formal inauguration in front of Transitional Sovereignty Council leader and military chief Abdel...

Sudan Unveils Massive Cholera Vaccine Rollout Amid Rapid Outbreak

(MENAFN) The Sudanese Ministry of Health revealed on Friday that it has received more than 2.9 million cholera vaccine doses in response to a sharp rise in cases, particularly concentrated in the capital, Khartoum. According to the ministry’s...

Sudan Launches Emergency Response to Curb Cholera Outbreak

(MENAFN) Sudanese health authorities declared on Wednesday a set of urgent actions aimed at curbing a recent cholera outbreak, noting that 90 percent of newly reported cases are concentrated in Khartoum State. Federal Health Minister Haitham...

Sudanese Returnees Confront Threat of Unexploded Ordnance

(MENAFN) Sudanese civilians displaced by more than two years of relentless conflict are now encountering a lethal new hazard as they attempt to return home: unexploded ordnance (UXO), landmines, and discarded explosives scattered throughout urban...