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International Committee of the Red Cross

The ICRC is focusing its emergency response on the states of Khartoum, Gedaref, North Darfur, East Darfur and Sennar, where the combination of cholera and malnutrition is most severe.

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(MENAFN) Sudan on Saturday expressed support for regional and international initiatives aimed at ending the ongoing conflict and halting attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), while firmly opposing any foreign interference in its...

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(MENAFN) Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), launched drone attacks on Sunday, hitting a power station and other civilian infrastructure in White Nile State, central Sudan, according to a statement from Sudan's Transitional...

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(MENAFN) The relentless flow of increasingly lethal weaponry is driving Sudan's catastrophic conflict, and a top UN official declared Monday that those facilitating the war will face consequences. "The continued supply of weapons – increasingly...

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(MENAFN) The ongoing influx of increasingly lethal weapons is driving the brutal war in Sudan, and those facilitating the violence will be held responsible, a senior UN official warned Monday. “The continued supply of weapons – increasingly...

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(MENAFN) The ongoing influx of increasingly deadly weapons is driving the devastating conflict in Sudan, with those facilitating the war facing accountability, a senior UN official warned Monday.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s interim administration has declared the withdrawal of military forces from the capital, Khartoum.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s transitional government has announced the pullback of military forces from Khartoum, allowing residents who fled the city during a prolonged civil war to begin returning.

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday that attacks on health care in Sudan are becoming increasingly deadly and widespread, severely limiting access to critical medical services and putting health workers and humanitarian...

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(MENAFN) Early Thursday, casualties were reported following intensive drone airstrikes by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the northern city of Atbara, targeting critical electricity infrastructure and other locations, according...

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(MENAFN) A deadly artillery attack claimed nine civilian lives Wednesday in Dilling, a besieged city in Sudan's South Kordofan state, according to a local advocacy organization.

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(MENAFN) Mass displacement has engulfed North Darfur as more than 107,000 civilians escaped El-Fasher and neighboring settlements amid catastrophic security conditions, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced Sunday.

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(MENAFN) Artillery shelling in the city of Dilling, South Kordofan state, killed nine civilians, including three children, and wounded several others on Wednesday, according to a Sudanese non-governmental platform.

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(MENAFN) At least nine civilians, including three children, were killed and several others wounded Wednesday after artillery struck residential areas in the city of Dilling, located in Sudan’s South Kordofan state, according to a local monitoring...

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(MENAFN) A grueling nine-day exodus has brought nearly 2,000 civilians to safety after paramilitary forces seized a strategic western Sudanese city, local media reported Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Nine civilians, among them three children, lost their lives, and several others were injured on Wednesday when artillery shells struck the city of Dilling in Sudan’s South Kordofan state, according to a Sudanese nongovernmental platform....

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Phone lines become lifelines Every call made through the ICRC telephone booth is emotionally charged.

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(MENAFN) Early Thursday, casualties were reported after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out heavy drone airstrikes on the northern Sudanese city of Atbara, focusing on crucial electricity infrastructure and other strategic...

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(MENAFN) More than 107,000 civilians have been forced to leave the city of El-Fasher and nearby villages in North Darfur as violence and insecurity intensify, according to reports from the United Nations migration agency.

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(MENAFN) Ireland's head of state issued a sobering holiday appeal Monday, drawing attention to escalating humanitarian catastrophes engulfing populations across three continents amid overlapping emergencies of armed conflict, forced migration, and...