Jun 21 Fresh clashes in Sudan end three-day ceasefire By Associated Press Residents are reporting that clashes between warring factions resumed in Sudan’s capital and a neighboring city after a three-day cease-fire expired. Continue reading
Jun 18 Sudan begins new cease-fire ahead of conference to raise funds for humanitarian aid By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Residents in the capital, Khartoum, and its neighboring city of Omdurman reported “relative calm” in the first hours of the cease-fire Sunday morning, after fierce clashes were reported the previous day. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 7:45 Battle for power in Sudan reignites conflict in Darfur By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi Intense fighting rages on between Sudan’s armed forces and the rebel forces. Hundreds of civilians have been killed during two months of combat, nearly two million people have fled their homes and hundreds of thousands have escaped to neighboring countries. Continue watching
May 27 Fleeing Sudan’s deadly conflict, thousands of exhausted South Sudanese refugees return home By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Years of fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan killed almost 400,000 people and displaced millions until a peace agreement was signed nearly five years ago. Now, many are heading home as they flee a brutal conflict in neighboring Sudan. Continue reading
May 08 At least 100 people were killed during clashes in Sudan’s Darfur region, doctors’ union says By Associated Press The fighting in Genena, which broke out a few days after Sudan’s two rival generals took arms against each other in the capital of Khartoum, pointed to the possibility that the conflict could engulf other parts of the East African… Continue reading
May 01 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as Sudan’s warring sides agree to negotiate By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Sudan's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the top U.N. official in the country said Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital of Khartoum despite another three-day extension of a… Continue reading
Apr 24 Locals seek refuge, foreigners continue to evacuate amid crisis in Sudan By Jack Jeffery, Noha Elhennawy, Associated Press Many Sudanese are desperately seeking ways to escape the chaos that has engulfed their country as two rival generals fight for control. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 2:31 News Wrap: Civilians, foreign diplomats evacuated from Sudan conflict In our news wrap Sunday, U.S. special forces airlifted embassy employees out of Sudan as fighting continues in the North African nation, former Vice President Mike Pence said at a gathering in Iowa that a nationwide ban on abortion after… Continue watching
Apr 23 Diplomats, foreign nationals flee violence in Sudan as citizens struggle to escape By Associated Press While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos. Many risked dangerous roads to seek safer spots or crossed the northern border into Egypt. Continue reading
Apr 23 Special forces evacuate U.S. embassy staff from Sudan’s capital By Matthew Lee, Tara Copp, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the American embassy in warring Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital, Khartoum, with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. Continue reading