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The UN warns Sudan's warring parties that Darfur risks starvation and death if aid isn't allowed in
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency warned Sudan’s warring parties Friday that there is a serious risk of widespread starvation and death in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan if they don’t allow humanitarian aid into the vast western region. Leni Kinzli, the World...
Sudanese military leader's son dies of injuries following a motorcycle crash in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The son of Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah Burhan, has died in hospital on Friday two months after he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey's state-run news agency reported. Mohammed Fattah Burhan Rahman was...
First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations said Friday it has begun distributing food in Sudan’s restive western Darfur region for the first time in months, following two successful cross-border deliveries in March, but the population still faces widespread hunger unless more help arrives. ...
Sudan’s military regains control of TV and radio headquarters from RSF after intense fighting
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
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
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
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
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...