The threat of invasion darkens the daily struggle for life in El Fasher, the main city in Sudan’s western Darfur region and the last major urban centre still under the army’s control. “We all live in absolute fear and constant worry of what awaits us in the coming days,” says Osman Mohammed, a 31-year-old English […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Over 7 million people in South Sudan are expected to face acute food insecurity or worse during “the lean season” between now and July, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organizations said in a report Tuesday. The FAO said the highest prevalence of acute hunger, ranging between 65% and 75% of the […]
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations has urged South Sudan to remove newly imposed taxes and charges that led to the suspension of U.N. food airdrops for thousands of people who are depended on outside aid. The U.N Humanitarian Affairs Agency in a statement on Monday said the pausing of airdrops in March […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have “devastating consequences” for the city’s 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. said, the rival Sudanese Armed Forces “appear to be positioning themselves.” […]
Months after South Sudan signed a deal with the Africa Tourism Board to boost its tourism industry hurt by years of civil war, a Facebook user published several photos claiming they showed a local attacking a tourist who ended up in hospital. According to the post, the images proved why “tourists don’t visit South Sudan”. […]
Germany, France and the European Union appealed to the international community on Monday to provide urgent support for Sudan, in light of the catastrophic humanitarian situation that conflict has wrought on the northeast African state. “If we don’t take massive countermeasures now as a global community, Sudan faces a terrible famine catastrophe. In the worst-case […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that world donors are pledging more than two billion euros in aid for Sudan after a year of war that has pushed its population to the brink of famine. Mr Macron spoke at the end of an international conference in Paris aimed at drumming up support for Sudan’s people. […]
Around 20,000 people are newly displaced every day in Sudan, according to UN figures released on Monday to mark one year of civil war in the country. More than half of them are children and young people, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. More than 8.6 million people are estimated to have fled […]
One year after a brutal war erupted between rival factions of Sudan’s security forces, France and Germany are leading an international donor conference in Paris on Monday to raise funds for urgently needed humanitarian aid. French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell headline the event […]
Celebrities including Bill Nighy and Paloma Faith have signed an open letter to the Foreign Secretary calling for further action to stop the “terrible” war in Sudan that has now raged for a year. Actors Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bill Nighy and Will Poulter signed the letter to Lord David Cameron along with singers Annie […]
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Sunday will announce an additional $100 million in aid to respond to the conflict in Sudan, according to a statement seen by Reuters, as Washington seeks to spur international response ahead of Monday’s anniversary of the war. U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power […]
A conflict in Sudan that erupted a year ago has wreaked havoc across swathes of the country, unleashed waves of ethnic violence in Darfur, driven millions into extreme hunger and created the world’s largest displacement crisis. What triggered the violence? Tensions had been building for months before fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid […]