UN launches six billion-USD humanitarian appeal for Sudan
Khartoum, Feb 17 (IANS) The United Nations (UN) has launched a $6 billion humanitarian appeal to assist nearly 26 million Sudanese affected by the ongoing conflict, both inside Sudan and in neighbouring countries, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced in a statement on Monday. The statement announced the launch of […]
Sudan to form new government after regaining Khartoum, say military sources
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): The formation of a new Sudanese government is expected to happen after the recapture of Khartoum is completed, military sources told Reuters on Sunday, a day after army head Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said he would form a technocratic wartime government. The Sudanese army, long on the backfoot in its war with the paramilitary Rapid […]
UN ‘alarmed’ at reported summary executions of civilians in Sudan
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): The UN rights chief said Friday that he was “deeply alarmed” by reports of summary executions of civilians in Khartoum North, allegedly by Sudanese army fighters and allied militia. “Deliberately taking the life of a civilian or anyone not or no longer directly taking part in hostilities is a war crime,” Volker Turk said […]
UN says 3 million Sudan children facing acute malnutrition
PORT SUDAN, Sudan(RAHNUMA): An estimated 3.2 million children under the age of five are expected to face acute malnutrition this year in war-torn Sudan, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Of this number, around 772,000 children are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition,” Eva Hinds, UNICEF Sudan’s Head of Advocacy and Communication, […]
Sudan’s army chief welcomes Turkish offer to resolve conflict: FM
PORT SUDAN, Sudan(RAHNUMA): Sudan’s army chief has welcomed a Turkish offer to resolve the brutal 20-month conflict between his forces and their paramilitary rivals, the Sudanese foreign minister said. In early December, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a phone call with Sudan’s Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan that Ankara could help establish “peace and stability” […]
