Africa Sudan Six months after fighting began in Sudan on 15 April, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday that nearly 4.000 people had been killed and thousands injured
Africa Sudan In Sudan's tangled political and military scene, new armed actors are emerging, fuelling fears that the conflict that has been going on since last April between the army and the paramilitary rapid support force could last for a long time
Africa Sudan Sudan's state-owned mining services company said its gold production has dropped to two tons due to ongoing clashes, down from 18 tons in 2022
Africa Sudan The most recent drone attack on an open-air market in Khartoum, with a still provisional death toll of dozens of people, also shows that now drones are part of the weapons used in the ongoing conflict
Africa Sudan Since the beginning of the civil war in Sudan in April, more than 50 new illegal detention centres have been opened, inside which both Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have committed widespread atrocities, according to Emergency Lawyers
Africa Sudan An average of more than 700 children have been displaced every hour in the country since the conflict began, reaching over two million
Africa 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
Africa Sudan 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
Africa Sudan Médecins Sans Frontières said its team was attacked in Khartoum, warning that it could suspend operations at one of the few hospitals still operating in Sudan's war-torn capital
Africa Sudan 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
Africa Sudan 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
Africa Sudan 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
Africa Sudan 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