The death of a well-known actress, killed in crossfire in the north of Khartoum, has shocked residents of Sudan’s capital as they hear of more and more friends and relatives caught up in the fighting. Asia Abdelmajid, who turned 80 last year, was famous for her theatre performances – first coming to prominence in the 1965 production of the…
Summary A first convoy of 13 buses left Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Thursday for the Egyptian border with a plan to fly on Friday to Nigeria, but the group was refused permission to cross the frontier Lagos. Nigeria’s government on Tuesday sought to overcome problems hampering the evacuation of around 3,000 of its nationals from Sudan, where rival military…
More than 800,000 people could flee Sudan if fighting continues, triggering a massive refugee crisis in the region, the United Nations refugee agency warned. Some 73,000 refugees have already left the war-torn Horn of Africa country, the agency said Monday, as the ongoing bout of violence enters a third week. The latest influx of displaced people will add to…
Summary The Tanzanians, most of whom are students who were studying in Sudan, had to be evacuated after fighting broke out between the Sudanese Army (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) An ATCL Dreamliner plane touched down at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam today at 9:15 PM carrying some 206 Tanzanians who have been…
Sudan’s warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting today, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said the U.S. and Saudi Arabia mediated the truce. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the agreement first and said it followed two days of intense negotiations. The two…
Summary “Life in Khartoum is impossible if this war does not stop,” said Alawya al-Tayeb, 33, on her way out of the city Khartoum. Thousands of residents fled from Sudan’s capital where witnesses reported bodies in the streets and embassies said more than 270 civilians had been killed in battles between the army and paramilitaries by Thursday, with no…