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Nigeria, S/Africa call for ceasefire, end to conflict in Sudan
Nigeria and the Republic of South Africa on Saturday reiterated their call for an immediate ceasefire and end to the conflict in Sudan. The two countries also called for the commencement of a process to expedite access to humanitarian assistance in the country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar and Mr Ronald Lamola Minister of International Relations and Cooperation,…
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More than 10m people displaced by Sudan war – IOM
More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20 per cent of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday, as the world’s largest displacement crisis continues to worsen. The number is the latest dire figure out of the east African country, devastated by a conflict that began…
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UN chief advocates ‘global push’ for Sudan ceasefire
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a boost in humanitarian funding and a global push for peace to end a year of brutal fighting between rival militaries in Sudan. With attention over the weekend focused on the Middle East, he said the conflict between the national army and Rapid Support Forces militia had turned into “a war being waged…
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U.S. pushes peace talks to avert ‘point of no return’ in Sudan
The United States hopes for a relaunch of talks toward ending the conflict in Sudan and opening up humanitarian access soon after Ramadan ends in mid-April, Washington’s newly appointed envoy said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia and the United States led talks in Jeddah last year to try to reach a truce between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
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UN appeals for support as millions face food insecurity in E. Africa
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has called for urgent support from the international donor community as millions suffer from acute food insecurity in East Africa. In a statement, the WFP said that as of the last quarter of 2023, some 59 million people, or about 20 percent of the total population in East Africa, were suffering from acute…
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Sudan: UN chief appeals all parties to observe Ramadan ceasefire
The UN Secretary-General on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and unhindered humanitarian access as the country teeters on the brink of further disintegration. The war between rival militaries, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its eleventh month, has not only claimed thousands of lives but has also created a massive…
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Sudan to deepen diplomatic relations with Nigeria–Envoy
The government of Sudan says efforts are being made to strengthen its diplomatic relations with Nigeria. Mr. Ahmed Jaboul, Charge d’Affaires of the Sudan Embassy in Nigeria, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, said already existing bilateral cooperation between both countries would be consolidated. He said that the existing relations between Sudan and…
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UN begins talks in Sudan to resolve post-coup crisis
The United Nations said it had begun talks in Sudan on Monday to save the move towards democracy after a military coup. UN officials contacted political parties to find a way to move forward, and the military did not challenge the initiative, UN Special Rapporteur Volker Perthes told reporters. “We want to act quickly,” he said. The UN plan currently…
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Sudan denies Ethiopian accusations of supporting rebel forces
Sudan has denied Ethiopian accusations of supporting the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) which is fighting the Ethiopian army. “Sudan controls all of its internationally recognized territories and borders with neighboring Ethiopia, and has never, and will never, allow its use for any aggressions,’’ said Sudan’s foreign ministry in a statement, late Sunday. The ministry made the statement in response…
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Nile Dam: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan reach out to AU
Leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt said they were hopeful that the African Union could help them broker a deal to end a decade-long dispute over water supplies within two or three weeks. Ethiopia, which is building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which worries its downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan, said it would fill the reservoir in a few…
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Sudan reopens airspace
Sudan has reopened its airspace after putting down an armed revolt by former security agents linked to toppled ruler Omar al-Bashir, the head of the sovereign council that runs the country said on Wednesday. The army said two soldiers were killed and four wounded in several hours of fighting in Khartoum with former members of the once-feared security service before…
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Family of Sudanese Christian convert sues to annul daughter’s marriage
The family of a Sudanese woman who was spared a death sentence for marrying a Christian South-Sudanese American has filed a lawsuit to have her marriage annulled in a new attempt to stop her leaving the country. Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, says she was born and raised as a Christian by an Ethiopian family in Sudan and later abducted by…
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