Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has replaced two state governors, state-run new agency Suna reports. It comes as fighting intensifies in the capital, Khartoum, and other areas between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the two seized power in a coup in Continue Reading
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government says 10 of its citizens died after their university campus was “bombarded” in air strikes in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on Sunday The foreign affairs ministry said in a statement that it had “learned with deep dismay” the killing of its citizens at the International University of Africa. Minister Continue Reading
The deputy head of Sudan’s ruling council, Malik Agar, has welcomed negotiations for a further ceasefire but said no truce can hold until all forces are withdrawn from the capital. There’s been an alarming escalation of violence in Khartoum and in the western Darfur region since the negotiations in Saudi Arabia broke down last week. […]Continue Reading
Sudan’s army is resisting an attempt by paramilitaries to advance towards its main airbase near the capital Khartoum, residents have said. The airfield is used by the military to carry out air strikes on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and was also used by foreign governments to evacuate their nationals early in the conflict. The […]Continue Reading
Saturday marked the arrival of the fifteenth group of Nigerian students from Sudan, to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The group of 147 nationals took off from Port Sudan International Airport on Tarco Air and arrived around 8:30 p.m. local time. All Nigerian students in Port Sudan and Egypt border have been evacuated, This […]Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia says it expects talks which began in Jeddah on Saturday between Sudan’s warring military factions will reach an effective ceasefire. In the first confirmation that the meetings had started, the Saudi foreign ministry said both sides recognized the need to ease the suffering of the Sudanese people. It said, as well as stopping […]Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia is to host the first face-to-face talks on Saturday between the warring armies in Sudan after several ceasefires broke down. A joint US-Saudi statement welcomed the start of “pre-negotiation talks” in Jeddah between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Friday reports spoke of continuing clashes in Khartoum. The Sudanese Continue Reading
The first batch of returnees from Sudan have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The returnees touched down onboard a Nigeria Airforce and Air Peace Aircraft at about 11.35pm on Wednesday. While receiving the evacuees at the Airport, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq said […]Continue Reading
The death of a well-known actress, killed in crossfire in the north of Khartoum, has shocked residents of Sudan’s capital as they hear of more and more friends and relatives caught up in the fighting. Asia Abdelmajid, who turned 80 last year, was famous for her theatre performances – first coming to prominence in the […]Continue Reading
The UN has warned 800,000 people may flee Sudan as rival military factions battle in the capital, Khartoum, despite a supposed ceasefire. There seems little prospect of a quick resolution to the crisis, which has unleashed a humanitarian disaster, damaged swathes of Khartoum, risked drawing in regional powers, and reignited conflict in the western Darfur region. […]Continue Reading
Fighting has intensified in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, shattering the latest ceasefire aimed at allowing people to flee to safety. On Sunday the army said it was attacking the city from all directions, with air strikes and heavy artillery, to flush out its paramilitary rivals. The truce was due to end at midnight on Sunday. Millions […]Continue Reading
An operation to evacuate people from Sudan has been “extremely successful”, a government minister has said, as the UK ended its evacuation operation. The Foreign Office said the last flight left the capital, Khartoum, at 22:00 local time (21:00 BST) on Saturday. “We can’t stay there forever in such dangerous circumstances,” said Foreign Office Continue Reading
The Chairman, Air Peace, Allen Onyema has expressed the willingness to evacuate Nigerians who are stranded in Sudan, North-East Africa free of charge. In a statement on Monday, he said Nigerian students and others stranded in the war-racked nation urgently “need our help.” ”If the Nigerians could be moved to a neighbouring country the airline […]Continue Reading
Fighting in Sudan’s capital entered a second week Saturday as crackling gunfire shattered a temporary truce, the latest battles between forces of rival generals that have already left hundreds dead and thousands wounded. Overnight, the heavy explosions that had previously rocked the city in recent days had subsided, but on Saturday morning, bursts of gunfire […]Continue Reading
Residents of Sudan’s capital say parts of Khartoum feel like a ghost town, in stark contrast to the joyful mood usually seen during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. After a week of fighting between two factions of the country’s military leadership at least 400 people have been killed. Witnesses say bombing, shelling and gunfire […]Continue Reading
Sudan’s paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) alleges it has shot down two military helicopters in a reprisal attack against the army. The group said the army attacked its fighters in Omdurman, near the capital Khartoum on Thursday morning despite the truce announced on Wednesday. “But the forces responded to the attack and inflicted heavy […]Continue Reading
A power struggle between Sudan’s army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country, with more than 50 civilians reported dead. Residents dodged gunfire in the capital, Khartoum, as rival forces battled over the presidential palace, state TV, and army headquarters. Twenty-five people, including 17 civilians, have died in the city, a doctors’ Continue Reading
*Also Video of the situation in Sudan At least three have died as Sudan’s army and a notorious paramilitary force battle with heavy weapons in the capital Khartoum amid tensions over a proposed transition to civilian rule. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has taken control of at least three airports, the army […]Continue Reading
Sudanese military ruler Lt Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir have agreed to set up a joint force to secure their two countries’ 1,800km- (1,120 mile-) border, state-owned channel Sudan TV has reported. The agreement was announced following talks between the two leaders in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Thursday. The […]Continue Reading
A 19-year-old demonstrator was shot and killed by security forces during the latest protests against last year’s coup, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said. Police also stormed a hospital in the capital, Khartoum, and fired tear gas inside the wards on Wednesday. Ninety-four protesters are now known to have died since Sudanese army officers […]Continue Reading
Super Eagles of Nigeria will be hoping to make it back to back wins at the ongoing Africa cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon when they face Sudan in their second group B match. The Super Eagles, who had an impressive victory against the Pharaohs of Egypt in their opening match, are in high spirit […]Continue Reading
The People of Surma tribe are found in Southern Sudan as well as Southwestern Ethiopia. During teenage years, females undergo the lip stretching procedure which involves removing their lower teeth to accommodate a lip plate; the lip plate is increased in size yearly until it is an astounding size. Some of the men do this […]Continue Reading