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Sudan’s military regains control of TV and radio headquarters from RSF after intense fighting

Mar. 12, 2024 10:30 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military has said it regained control of the country’s national radio and television headquarters on Tuesday from a rival paramilitary group it has been battling for about a year. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the headquarters of Sudan's...

UN Security Council urges Sudan's warring parties to halt hostilities during holy month of Ramadan

Mar. 08, 2024 18:07 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council urged Sudan’s warring parties on Friday to immediately halt hostilities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and allow aid to get to 25 million people in desperate need of food and other assistance. Ramadan is expected to begin...

Draft UN resolution calls for cease-fire in conflict-torn Sudan during upcoming Muslim holy month

Mar. 06, 2024 22:20 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain has circulated a draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in conflict-wracked Sudan ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins soon. The draft, obtained late Wednesday by The Associated Press, expresses...

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

Feb. 23, 2024 05:19 AM EST

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoinng conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. Sudan plunged into chaos in...

Sudan's army is investigating a video purportedly showing troops carrying severed heads

Feb. 16, 2024 10:07 AM EST

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s armed forces have ordered an investigation into a video that purportedly shows some of its troops carrying the severed heads of members of the rival paramilitary faction in the country's civil war, the military said Friday. The military released a statement...

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan

Feb. 02, 2024 13:59 PM EST

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese...

Sudan paramilitary leader says he's committed to cease-fire, but no progress on proposed peace talks

Jan. 04, 2024 22:35 PM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said Thursday he was committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war that has wrecked his country, even as fighting continues and there has been no progress on proposed peace talks between Dagalo and...