Since fighting broke out between the army and RSF paramilitaries in April, some 200 disappearances have been registered in the capital alone amid reports of targeted arrests and torture in detention centers
The five-day extension of the cease-fire between Sudan’s military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, was announced in a joint statement late Monday by Saudi Arabia and the United States
According to the International Organization for Migration, 320,000 people have fled to Sudan’s neighboring countries of Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, and the Central African Republic
The Secretary of State’s statement came as residents reported sporadic fighting on Tuesday between the warring sides in the capital of Khartoum and a northern city
The seven-day truce kicked in Monday night and Volker Perthes warned earlier that the growing ethnic dimension to the fighting risks engulfing the geographically strategic country into a prolonged conflict that threatens the region
The talks in Jeddah had previously produced an agreement between the two sides on protecting civilians and easing the flow of humanitarian assistance to those affected by the conflict
Senior officers from both the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have described how each side accumulated power and shifted alliances, leading to the eruption of all fighting between them last month — two top generals fighting against each other
The extraction industry is growing and fueling the conflict between the country’s rival generals, as well as aiding Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. But much of it is being smuggled out, depriving the state of much-needed revenue
Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming surge in tuberculosis, which is now killing more people worldwide than Covid-19 or AIDS
They are waiting to be evacuated from the chaos-stricken nation after more than two weeks of fighting has increasingly turned the country’s capital of Khartoum into a ghost town
Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman’s colleagues in Sudan and Mercy Hospital in Iowa City are mourning the loss of a man they see as a powerhouse doctor and humanitarian
The land evacuation came six days after U.S. special operations troops briefly flew to Khartoum to airlift out American staffers at the embassy and other U.S. government personnel from the east African country
Violence has pushed the capital to almost total collapse, but neighborhood groups that emerged during the country’s long struggle for democracy are filling the void left by the state and NGOs
While the U.S. has said it won’t conduct a large-scale military evacuation for Americans still in Sudan, it is considering how Navy ships or establishing an increased State Department presence at a key Sudanese sea port or across the sea in Saudi Arabia could help get people out
French military spokesperson Col. Pierre Gaudilliere said France evacuated more than 500 civilians from 40 different nations by plane over the weekend after securing the airbase north of Khartoum Saturday
So far, a series of short cease-fires the past week have either failed outright or brought only intermittent lulls in the fighting that has raged between the forces of the country’s two top generals since April 15
About 100 U.S. troops in three MH-47 helicopters carried out the operation. They airlifted all of roughly 70 remaining American employees from a landing zone at the embassy to an undisclosed location in Ethiopia
The prospect has vexed officials as most major airports have become battlegrounds and movement out of the capital, Khartoum, has proven intensely dangerous
Experts warn of the possible intervention of rebel forces and foreign militias in an already unstable area. Fighting continues this Saturday near the presidential palace in Khartoum despite the truce proposed by the UN
An estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens are registered with the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum as being in Sudan, where warring factions are in a violent conflict
The fighting, which began as the country attempted to transition to democracy, already has killed hundreds of people and left millions trapped in urban areas, sheltering from gunfire, explosions and looters