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Sudan military offensive sparks new fighting in Khartoum as cholera outbreak worsens

Sep. 26, 2024 22:01 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — New fighting rocked Sudan's capital on Thursday with airstrikes and drone attacks in and around Khartoum amid a worsening cholera outbreak, officials said. Sudan’s military launched an operation in the early hours of Thursday aimed at taking control of areas in the...

Sudan’s jailed former strongman Omar al-Bashir is taken to a hospital in the north for better care

Sep. 25, 2024 04:05 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's former autocratic President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled for 30 years before he was toppled in a popular uprising and then jailed by the country's military rulers, has been transferred to a medical facility in northern Sudan, his lawyer said Wednesday. Since war...

Jill Biden reveals $500 million plan that focuses on women's health at Clinton Global Initiative

Sep. 23, 2024 18:28 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Jill Biden on Monday unveiled a new set of actions to address health inequities faced by women in the United States, plans that include spending at least $500 million annually on women's health research. Jill Biden made the announcement at this year’s...

Cholera is spreading in Sudan as fighting between rival generals shows no sign of abating

Sep. 23, 2024 14:42 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Cholera is spreading in war-torn Sudan, killing at least 388 people and sickening about 13,000 others over the past two months on Monday, health authorities said, as more than 17 months of fighting between the military and a notorious paramilitary group shows no sign of abating. ...

Relentless fighting is devastating Sudan and escalating in Darfur's capital, UN says

Sep. 19, 2024 00:54 AM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Relentless violence has devastated Sudan and large-scale fighting has escalated in and around the only capital in Sudan’s western Darfur region not held by paramilitary forces, the United Nations top humanitarian official said Wednesday. Acting humanitarian...

UN warns some 25 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations

Sep. 12, 2024 12:25 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — The World Food Program needs better access to people at risk of starvation in Sudan and more money from the crisis-weary West to feed more than 25 million people facing acute hunger, the U.N. agency's director said Thursday. “Sudan’s nearly a forgotten crisis right...

Sudan accuses UAE of arming rivals and prolonging war, UAE accuses Sudan of refusing to talk peace

Sep. 11, 2024 20:41 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Sudanese government accused the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday of providing weapons to its rival paramilitary force and prolonging the 17-month war. The UAE called the allegations “utterly false” and “baseless” and accused the government of refusing to...

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

Sep. 08, 2024 09:17 AM EDT

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...

Kremlin says it has 'no worries' about Putin visit to Mongolia despite an ICC warrant for his arrest

Aug. 30, 2024 13:09 PM EDT

The Kremlin says it has “no worries” about President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to Mongolia, a country that is a member of the International Criminal Court, which last year issued a warrant for his arrest. The visit, scheduled for Sept. 3, will be Putin’s first trip to an...

Putin to travel to Mongolia next week despite an ICC warrant for his arrest

Aug. 29, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Mongolia next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, despite the country being a member of the International Criminal Court, which last year issued a warrant for his arrest. The visit, scheduled for Sept. 3, will be Putin's first trip to an ICC...