20 tonnes of medicines, including life-saving drugs and anaesthetics, surgical sutures, gauze, cannulas, antibiotics and syringes, were dropped by aircraft on al-Fashir, the capital of the North Darfur state and the scene of heavy fighting

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation labelled the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces as 'a rebel force': the first time an international body has used this definition in a resolution

The country has declared a cholera epidemic, with 22 deaths recorded in the past weeks; WHO recently made known that 78 cholera deaths were recorded in Sudan between 1 January and 28 July this year

The head of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, will move his headquarters to Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum, to personally lead military operations

110 million euros have been allocated by the German Foreign Ministry to help those affected by the ongoing crisis in Sudan