Sudan's army has launched a major offensive against the powerful paramilitary group it is fighting in the country's civil war, targeting areas in the capital it lost at the start of the conflict.
In dawn strikes on Thursday, government forces (...)
Sudan's ex-leader Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted from power in a popular uprising several years ago, has been moved from a jail north of Omdurman to a medical facility.
Since war broke out in April last year between the Sudanese military and its (...)
Civilians caught up in Sudan's civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our journalists have managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital, Khartoum.
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In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan's central Al Jazira state, known as the country's breadbasket, with an ultimatum: "Enlist or die."
Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a (...)
At least 35 people have been killed after a crowded market in Sudan's capital was hit with "explosive weapons", a medical charity says.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) described it as "carnage", saying that more than 60 people had also been wounded (...)
With cross-border displacement nearing the one million mark, a protracted conflict in Sudan could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday.
Griffiths called on the warring parties (...)
A Sudanese army air strike on the capital has killed at least 22 people and injured many others, eyewitnesses and an official have said.
Women and children were among the victims, the eyewitnesses told the BBC.
The airstrike hit the Dar Es Salaam (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and the United States of America expressed their deep regret over the return of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to violence immediately after the end of the 24-hour ceasefire.
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For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, humanitarians have been able to reach desperate families trapped in the conflict's epicenter, Khartoum, with food assistance, the UN's World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Despite pressure to maintain another 72-hour ceasefire, fighting has entered a third week in Sudan.
The truce appears to have broken down in Khartoum — where more air, tank and artillery strikes have been reported. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) (...)
A former Sudanese politician wanted for alleged crimes against humanity has said that he and other former officials are no longer in jail — following reports of a break-out.
Ahmad Harun was among those being held in Kober prison in the capital (...)
Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary force battled fiercely Saturday in the capital and other areas, leaving dozens dead and hundreds wounded while dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) yesterday signed an agreement with Al Basar International Foundation to implement the first phase of rehabilitating the new building of Mecca Medicine Eye Hospital in Omdurman, the Republic (...)
Reported killings and injuries during peaceful demonstrations in Sudan is a cause for deep concern, said the UN human rights office on Friday (OHCHR).
OHCHR also highlighted attacks, which reportedly took place against a hospital and media office on (...)
At least 39 people have been killed by security forces in Sudan since the 25 October military coup, 15 of whom were reportedly shot dead on Wednesday, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
On Thursday, Michelle Bachelet condemned (...)
In cooperation with the Muslim World League, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has concluded its Cardiac and Catheterization Program for adults at Alia Specialized Hospital in Omdurman in Sudan, by performing 102 cardiac (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) launched yesterday the project to combat blindness and its causes in Sudan, during the period 22-27, May, 2021, in the presence of Saudi Ambassador to Sudan Ali bin Hassan Jafar and a number (...)
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has continued implementing the water and environmental sanitation project to preserve the lives of families in Hodeidah Governorate, Yemen.
During December 2020, 1,443,000 liters of (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) launched here yesterday a new voluntary medical campaign to combat blindness and the diseases that cause it, in the presence of a delegation from the Sudanese Ministry of Health, (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed yesterday 66 tons and 982 KGs of food baskets in Omdurman, Sudan, benefiting 3,756 individuals.
This aid comes within the framework of a project to distribute food baskets to (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 100,000 cartons of dates for the people affected by floods and rains in Omdurman in the Republic of Sudan within the Saudi relief airlift to the Sudanese people.
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Sudan's military council spokesman said on Friday that nine soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the country's most powerful paramilitary group, have been dismissed and detained in connection with the killing of protesters this (...)
A campaign of civil disobedience to demand civilian rule left the streets of Sudan's capital Khartoum largely deserted as the working week began on Sunday, while a 20-year-old man was shot dead in Omdurman, witnesses and opposition medics (...)
Sudan's ruling military council said on Tuesday it was canceling all agreements with the main opposition coalition and called for elections within nine months after protest rocked Sudan on Monday.
Sudan's opposition on Tuesday rejected the plan by (...)
A number of Sudanese troops have entered the site of a protest sit-in where heavy gunshots were heard on Monday, Al Arabiya reported, in what activists said was an attempt to disperse the protest outside the Defense Ministry.
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