Sudan

Without emergency visas granted by the Sudanese authorities, Médecins Sans Frontières may soon be forced to withdraw its support for the Turkish hospital in the capital Khartoum after visa applications have been pending for eight weeks

The armed conflict that began in the streets of Khartoum more than 100 days ago has left nearly 14 million children - one in two - in dire need of humanitarian aid

The closure of the country's airspace has been extended until 31 July, due to ongoing clashes, in the seventh extension by the Sudanese Aviation Authority; only humanitarian aid and evacuation flights will be exempt from the closure

Medical sources, eyewitnesses, army officers and activists have reported that paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are besieging the military hospital in Alia in Omdurman, defended by the army and where former President Omar al-Bashir is believed to be

International donors pledged nearly $1,5 billion in aid for the humanitarian response in Sudan and neighbouring nations hosting refugees fleeing the conflict in the country

The fighting, with air raids, artillery and machine-gun fire, resumed with renewed intensity in the country, only 30 minutes after the end of the cease-fire brokered in Jeddah, various and concordant sources report

Governor of Darfur region has declared the area a "disaster zone" amid continuous killings and crimes against civilians, adding that inhabitants of the town of Kutum, in North Darfur, and El-Geneina, in West Darfur, "are subjected to atrocious violations"

Gum arabic, once the thriving first export industry, is suffering from the conflict, leaving producers and the local market in dire straits: companies such as Coca Cola and Pepsi could be without supplies in six months

More than 700.000 people are forced to flee their homes to escape the fighting, an estimate of a humanitarian picture that is worsening by the day, according to Oim

61% of health facilities are closed in Khartoum and only 16% are functioning normally, according to the WHO, resulting in more deaths from epidemics and disruption of essential health services and first aid

Sudan's belligerent forces clashed again in the capital, with shelling and over 350 casualties reported, ignoring calls by world powers for a ceasefire at the end of Ramadan

The Khartoum faculty of archaeology registered a booming enrollment of women - over 90%, according to the Voice of Africa