WHO alarmed by health workers, civilians ‘forcibly detained’ in Sudan
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): The World Health Organization voiced alarm Tuesday at reports that more than 70 health workers and around 5,000 civilians were being detained in Nyala in southwestern Sudan. Since April 2023, Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal conflict that has killed tens of thousands of […]
Odisha man rescued from Sudan, CM Majhi thanks MEA
Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (IANS) Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday thanked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), expressing happiness over the successful rescue of Adarsh Kumar Behera from Odisha, who had been trapped in the African nation of Sudan. Behera, a resident of Kotakana village in the Tirtol area of Jagatsinghpur district, had been […]
Sudan once again tops International Rescue Committee crises watchlist
PORT SUDAN(RAHNUMA):Sudan has once again topped a watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid organization, as warring sides press on with a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people. It is the third time in a row Sudan has headed the list, which was published on Tuesday. […]
Sudan general ready to talk to Trump for peace
PORT SUDAN(RAHNUMA): Sudan’s de facto leader, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, is ready to work with US President Donald Trump to resolve the conflict splitting his country, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The ministry released a statement after the army chief visited Riyadh as a guest of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who recently […]
Sudan militia advances could trigger new refugee exodus
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): Advances by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan could trigger another exodus across the country’s borders, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has said. The RSF took over Darfur’s city of El-Fashir in late October in one of its biggest gains of the 2-1/2-year war with Sudan’s army. This month, advances have continued […]
Trump’s Africa envoy says Sudan ‘world’s biggest humanitarian crisis’
DOHA(RAHNUMA): US President Donald Trump’s Africa envoy Massad Boulos on Saturday called the war in Sudan “the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis,” telling AFP he hoped to see diplomatic progress toward peace. Since its outbreak in April 2023, the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands of […]
UN chief ‘gravely’ concerned about situation in Sudan
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed grave concern about the worsening conflict in Sudan and called for the safe delivery of humanitarian aid, a UN spokesperson said. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns reports of violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights in El Fasher, including indiscriminate attacks […]
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 […]
