On Wednesday, the United Nations suggested providing urgent aid to the conflict-engulfed Sudan. it also added that over 1 million people are expected to flee, and $3.03 billion would be needed. The UN said as it revised its response plan because needs have increased ever since the conflict started in Sudan last month. “Today, 25 million people, more than half ...
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Sudan’s Warring Sides Agree To Protect Civilians As Ceasefire Talks Continue
Sudan’s warring sides on Friday ( May 12 ) signed an agreement and committed to protect civilians and the movement of humanitarian aid. However this is nearly a week following the US-Saudi Arabia brokered talks between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary faction rapid support forces began in Jeddah. A report from the AFP media citing a US involvement in ...
Read More »Sudan Crisis: Fighting Increases After Army Bombs RSF Out Of Khartoum
Khartoum, the Capital of Sudan, has had air strikes all over despite a truce letting civilians leave the area. The army revealed that it launched the air strikes to flush out its paramilitary rivals, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The two sides had previously said they would extend the truce by another three days to allow civilians to leave. But ...
Read More »UN Chief Antonio Guterres To Send Envoy To Sudan As Fighting Continues
United Nations secretary General Antonio Guterres is to send an envoy to Sudan amidst the unprecedented situation in the conflict torn country,his spokesman said on Sunday. UN emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths is to serve as the envoy. The UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that the envoy would travel to the region immediately. “ The scale and speed of what ...
Read More »Sudan’s Opposing Factions Agree To 72 -hour Ceasefire Commencing Tuesday
The two warring sides in Sudan have agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire from Tuesday, 10:00PM Greenwich Mean Time according to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken said agreement was reached between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after 48 hours of negotiations. An impending observation of ceasefire by the two sides is expected to leave ...
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