‘It’s crisis of humanity’, UN condemns rising sexual violence in Sudan
The United Nations on Wednesday condemned what it called rising sexual violence against women and girls in Sudan as fighting has raged there for more than two months.
Nearly 500 flee Sudan for Saudi Arabia on two ships
Nearly 500 people arrived Monday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia aboard two vessels, one a US ship and the other Saudi, after fleeing the fighting in Sudan. The US Navy’s USS Brunswick arrived in the Saudi Red Sea port Monday carrying 308 people, according to Al-Ekhbariya TV, which showed images of numerous passengers wearing red shirts […]
Attempt to destroy judiciary is invitation to another ‘Sudan’, Keyamo warns
Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo has warned those planning to scuttle judicial processes not to invite crisis into the country.
Clashes rock Sudan despite truce as ex-PM warns of ‘nightmare’
Heavy fighting again rocked Sudan’s capital Sunday as tens of thousands have fled the bloody turmoil and a former prime minister warned of the “nightmare” risk of a descent into full-scale civil war.
UK to end Sudan evacuation flights on Saturday
The UK said Friday it will end evacuation flights from Sudan for its citizens and their relatives on Saturday, after airlifting over 1,500 people out of the conflict-hit country so far this week. The flights from the Wadi Saeedna airfield near the Sudanese capital Khartoum, which Britain began on Tuesday, will cease at 1700 GMT […]
Palestinian students reach Gaza after fleeing Sudan
Palestinians embraced at the Egyptian border with the blockaded Gaza Strip on Friday as students returned home after fleeing the eruption of violence in Sudan. Gaza’s Crossing and Border Authority said “172 students arrived in the homeland through the Rafah border crossing, as the first batch of students coming from Sudan.” There were hugs and […]
Sudan: Nigerians stranded in Egypt’s border over visa protocols — FG
‘Over 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians are not being allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival late Thursday evening’
Turkish evacuation plane shot in Sudan as crisis resumes
A Turkish evacuation plane was shot on Friday as it landed at an airbase outside Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.
Sudan truce extended, but strikes continue
Sudanese fighter jets pounded paramilitary positions in Khartoum on Thursday while deadly fighting and looting flared in Darfur, despite the army and a rival force agreeing to extend a ceasefire deal. In the final hours of a repeatedly broken three-day ceasefire, due to end at midnight (2200 GMT), the army and the Rapid Support Forces […]
Nigerian students stranded in Sudan as ceasefire expires Friday
Some Nigerian students cried out that they were stranded in a desert in the war-laden Sudan on Thursday.
