UN Urges Sudan Rivals to Engage in Dialogue As 7-Day Ceasefire Starts
VOA
A weeklong cease-fire in Sudan went into effect late Monday as witnesses in the capital, Khartoum, reported some clashes. Read more »
MSF Facilities Looted, Medical Activities Impeded By Violence in Sudan [press release]
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unacceptable harassment of our staff and the violent looting and occupation of our medical premises and supported… Read more »
Communication Problems in Darfur As Clashes Continue
Dabanga
EL GENEINA / ZALINGEI / NYALA - May 23, 2023 Read more »
Sporadic Shelling As U.S. Announces Aid
DW
Despite some fighting, Khartoum residents say the situation in the capital is relatively calm after a new truce took effect. Meanwhile, the US announced a new humanitarian aid… Read more »
Sudan's Peace Mediation Should Be Led By the African Union - 3 Reasons Why [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Questions about who mediates in a conflict - and when - are crucial. Mediation is about trust, an awareness of regional realities and insights into complex politics. It should… Read more »
Qastal-Ashkit Border Crossing Into Egypt Re-Opened As Wadi Halfa Becomes More Crowded
Dabanga
The Egyptian authorities re-opened the Qastal-Ashkit crossing to vehicles coming from Wadi Halfa yesterday, after a five-day closure. The humanitarian situation in Wadi Halfa is… Read more »
Clashes Continue As Sudan Ceasefire Starts
Dabanga
Skirmishes and air raids have been reported in and around Khartoum despite the start of a seven-day ceasefire yesterday evening. This is the seventh ceasefire since the start of… Read more »
Khartoum - the Creation and the Destruction of a Modern African City [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Khartoum is - was - a city that did not know war or fighting in its recent history. Now it is in the grip of a civil war between rival military forces. Read more »
Clashes Reported After Weeklong Ceasefire Starts
DW
Just minutes after a cease-fire brokered by Washington and Riyadh, Sudan's warring parties continued to fight each other. Previous truces struck during the past weeks of the… Read more »
Sudan Health Ministry - 'Relief Medicines Delivered to States'
Dabanga
Sudan's Ministry of Health says that consignments of essential medicines provided by international aid organisations have now been delivered to 11 states. Read more »
Sudan Army Asks Resistance Committees to Continue Humanitarian Relief During Truce
Dabanga
The General Command of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) today addressed a statement "to the young women and men of our country in the resistance committees around Sudan,"… Read more »
Khartoum Is Falling - the Global Community Must Move Fast to Protect Children in Their Darkest Moments [opinion]
IPS
As unprecedentedly fierce armed battles play out on the streets of Khartoum, more than 600 people are dead, thousands injured, and over 1 million displaced. Read more »
7-Day Cease-Fire Starts in Sudan
VOA
The United Nation's top envoy in Sudan on Monday welcomed a U.S.-Saudi brokered cease-fire even as he warned that the Sudan conflict shows no sign of slowing down. Read more »
Heavy Gunfire in North Darfur Capital
Dabanga
The army and the RSF exchanged heavy gunfire and shelling in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, from Sunday evening until yesterday morning. The healthcare situation is worrying… Read more »
Heavy Shelling in Khartoum Hours Before Onset of Humanitarian Truce
Dabanga
Large parts of the Sudan capital Khartoum, and neighbouring Omdurman and Bahri witnessed heavy bombardment this morning, just hours before a short-term seven-day truce, designed to… Read more »