Africa Sudan A delegation of the Coordination of Civilian Democratic Forces met with Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, head of the Rapid Support Forces, in Addis Ababa to discuss a potential ceasefire
Africa Sudan The military government rejected the request for a UN fact-finding mission to send an international force to protect civilians from the civil war
Africa Sudan 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
Africa Sudan 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
Africa Sudan 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