UN official says Sudan's war has killed at least 20,000 people

CAIRO (AP) — More than 16 months of war in Sudan has killed more than 20,000 people, a senior United Nations official said Sunday, a grim figure amid a devastating conflict that has wrecked the northeastern African country. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World...

UN-backed rights experts seek wider arms embargo and 'impartial force' deployed to war-torn Sudan

GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights investigators on Friday urged the creation of an “independent and impartial force” to protect civilians in Sudan’s war, blaming both sides for war crimes including murder, mutilation and torture and warning that foreign governments which arm and...

A dam collapse in eastern Sudan kills at least 30 people following heavy rains, a UN agency says

CAIRO (AP) — The collapse of the Arbaat Dam in Sudan’s eastern Red Sea state over the weekend flooded nearby homes and killed at least 30 people following heavy rains, a U.N. agency said. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said late Monday, citing...

A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall and local media report dozens missing

CAIRO (AP) — A dam in Sudan’s eastern Red Sea state collapsed and sent water flooding over nearby homes, killing at least four people, the country's health ministry said. Media reports said scores of people were missing. In a statement late Sunday, the ministry said that the...

American rapper Macklemore says he canceled Dubai show over UAE arming Sudan paramilitary forces

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American rapper Macklemore said he canceled an upcoming October concert in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates' role "in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis” in Sudan through its reported support of the paramilitary force that's been fighting...

UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan

CAIRO (AP) — Food aid is on the way to an area of Sudan facing famine amid the northeast African country's grinding conflict, a group of countries and the United Nations said in a joint statement Friday. The statement came at the conclusion of more than a week of talks in Geneva,...

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, health minister says

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and devastating floods. Health Minister Haitham...

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, health minister says

Sudan's paramilitary fighters killed 85 people in an attack on a central village, residents say

CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from Sudan's paramilitary group rampaged through a central village, looting and burning and killing at least 85 people, including women and children, authorities and residents said Saturday, the latest atrocity in the country’s 18-month devastating conflict. ...

Sudan's paramilitary fighters killed 85 people in an attack on a central village, residents say