Press Releases

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(MENAFN) The Sudanese government declared on Tuesday that the Adre border crossing with Chad will stay open for an additional four months to facilitate the delivery of vital humanitarian assistance amid ongoing conflict.

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(MENAFN) Russia has expressed its willingness to assist in facilitating political discussions in war-stricken Sudan, should the country’s authorities request such help, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated during an embassy roundtable in Moscow...

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(MENAFN) More than 100,000 cholera cases have been recorded in Sudan over the past year, as the country grapples with both a devastating humanitarian crisis and ongoing conflict, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

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(MENAFN) Pakistan issued sharp condemnation Monday following a fatal assault on Bangladeshi peacekeepers stationed in Sudan that occurred Saturday.

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(MENAFN) At least nine Sudanese civilians were killed and 17 others wounded in a drone and artillery assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in South Kordofan state, a medical group reported Sunday.

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(MENAFN) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was officially inaugurated on Sunday as the leader of a competing administration in Sudan.

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(MENAFN) The head of the United Nations has issued a forceful denunciation of an attack in southern Sudan that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and wounded eight others, warning that such actions could amount to war crimes under international...

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(MENAFN) The World Food Programme (WFP) issued a stark warning on Friday about the extreme conditions in Sudan’s besieged city of El-Fasher, where an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 people remain trapped amid mass killings, starvation, and the...

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(MENAFN) The Sudanese cabinet convened in Khartoum on Tuesday for the first time since armed clashes erupted with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, marking a critical moment in the nation’s ongoing conflict.

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(MENAFN) At least 600,000 people, half of them children, have fled El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, amid an ongoing siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the UN children’s agency UNICEF reported Wednesday....

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

A recent media investigation has revealed a sharp rise in the deportation of Sudanese refugees from Egypt and highlighted criticism of the United Nations Refugee Agency’s perceived lack of action on it. The Libyan government has announced plans to...

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(MENAFN) The UN’s top human rights official stated on Wednesday that he is "extremely worried" about the possibility that the horrors witnessed in El-Fasher—seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in late October—could recur in...

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(MENAFN) The UN human rights chief, Volker Turk, expressed on Wednesday that he is “extremely worried” that atrocities similar to those in El-Fasher could occur in Sudan’s Kordofan region.

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(MENAFN) At least 114 people, including 63 children, have been killed in Sudan’s South Kordofan state following a series of drone attacks allegedly carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to regional authorities cited...

International Committee of the Red Cross

Present in Sudan since 1978, the ICRC supports people affected by conflict across the country, and promotes international humanitarian law, working independently or with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS). "In the first 6 months of the year,...

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(MENAFN) More than 900 individuals have been forced from their homes in South Kordofan state over a three-day period amid rapidly deteriorating security conditions, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Sunday.

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(MENAFN) More than 700 people were displaced in a single day across South and North Kordofan in southern Sudan as insecurity escalated, with attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) driving civilians from their homes, according to UN...

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(MENAFN) The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday delivered a combined 20-year prison term to former Sudanese militia figure Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, widely recognized as Ali Kushayb, for crimes against humanity and war crimes...

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(MENAFN) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced shock and condemnation following multiple drone bombardments in Sudan that left scores of civilians dead, including numerous children.

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(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced deep outrage on Sunday over recent drone attacks in Sudan that have resulted in the deaths of numerous civilians. "The Secretary-General is appalled by reports that dozens of children and other...