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UN ends political mission in Sudan, where world hasn't been able to stop bloodshed

Dec. 01, 2023 18:56 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council voted Friday to end its political mission of a few hundred people dedicated to ending the civil war in Sudan. Russia abstained from the unanimous vote to end UNITAMS, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance...

A watchdog urges UN Security Council to consider all options to protect Sudan's Darfur civilians

Nov. 27, 2023 03:15 AM EST

CAIRO (AP) — An international watchdog urged the United Nations Security Council on Monday to consider all options to protect civilians in Sudan’s Darfur region after the latest attacks on non-Arabs killed hundreds of civilians. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which was...

Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28?

Nov. 26, 2023 00:07 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a city known for its excesses, whether reaching toward the sky with the world's tallest building or hard partying at its beach resorts and bars, Dubai has pulled off another record-breaking feat in the rolling dunes of its desert outskirts. ...

UN warns food aid for 1.4 million refugees in Chad could end over limited funding

Nov. 21, 2023 09:56 AM EST

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Food assistance to 1.4 million refugees in Chad who fled the conflict in parts of the Sahel could end because of limited funding, the United Nations food agency warned Tuesday. Most of the refugees escaped the war in Sudan and crossed into Chad in the last six...

32 killed in attacks in the Abyei region, which is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan

Nov. 21, 2023 08:28 AM EST

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy fighting Sunday in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people, a regional official said. The civilians died when unknown gunmen attacked two villages in the southern part of the Abyei administrative region, local...

US, UK and Norway urge South Sudan to pull troops from oil-rich region of Abyei amid violence

Nov. 21, 2023 07:37 AM EST

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.S., Norway, and the UK are urging the government of South Sudan to withdraw its troops from the disputed region of Abyei amid violence in which at least 27 people have been killed in recent days. “We renew our calls upon the transitional government...

US, partners condemn growing violence in Sudan's Darfur region

Nov. 17, 2023 15:21 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, Britain and Norway on Friday condemned rising violence and human rights abuses that some claim amount to ethnic cleansing in Sudan’s western Darfur region. The three countries, known as “the Troika,” said in a statement that the Sudanese...

More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says

Nov. 11, 2023 14:53 PM EST

CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through a town in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur, reportedly killing more than 800 people in a multiday attack, doctors and the U.N. said. The attack on Ardamata in West Darfur province...

Over half of Sudan's population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN says

Nov. 10, 2023 23:40 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Almost seven months of war between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group have left a wave of destruction with over half the population in need of humanitarian aid and raised fears of a repeat of the deadly ethnic conflict in Darfur 20 years ago. ...

Sudan's military conflict is getting closer to South Sudan and Abyei, UN envoy warns

Nov. 06, 2023 20:53 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The “unprecedented” conflict between Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary force now in its seventh month is getting closer to South Sudan and the disputed Abyei region, the U.N. special envoy for the Horn of Africa warned Monday. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh...