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NHS medics and UK nationals faced risky route to Sudan evacuation point

Hundreds of people were told to make own way through ongoing fighting to airbase north of Khartoum

The Guardian - UK

Sudan risks long conflict as entrenched rivals struggle for control

Sudan's warring factions are locked in a conflict that two weeks of fighting shows neither can easily win, raising the spectre of a drawn-out war between an agile paramilitary force and the better-equipped army that could destabilise a fragile region.

Reuters

UN envoy sees Sudan combatants more open to talks

Warring sides in Sudan are more open to negotiations and have accepted the conflict that erupted two weeks ago cannot continue, a U.N. official told Reuters on Saturday, a possible flicker of hope even as fighting continued.

Reuters

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Heavy battles in Sudan despite latest truce, over 70 dead in recent violence

Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman, residents said, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s two top generals whose power struggle has left hundreds dead.

Radio France Internationale

A race to the border after childbirth as fighting forces Sudanese to flee

As armed militias attacked and pillaged her village near the town of El Geneina in the western Darfur region of Sudan, pregnant 23-year-old Zamzam Adam was stranded, in labour, and alone, as neighbours fled across the border into Chad.

Reuters

Global Food Security Remains Under Threat, Despite Drop in Commodity Prices

Global commodity prices are expected to decline this year at the fastest clip since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, clouding the growth prospects of almost two-thirds of developing economies that depend on commodity exports, according to the World Bank's latest Commodity Markets Outlook report. However, according to the bank's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan ceasefire falls apart as rival factions escalate war in Khartoum

Air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum as fighting in Sudan enters a third week.

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Sudan: NHS doctors allowed on last evacuation flights following U-turn

Ministers have now expanded the criteria so that all residents of Britain who do not hold a passport can now board an evacuation flight on Saturday

Evening Standard

Operation Kaveri: Another flight carrying 231 Indian passengers from Sudan reaches New Delhi

Another flight carrying 231 Indian passengers evacuated from conflict-torn Sudan reached New Delhi on April 29.

The Hindu

For Syrians in Sudan, returning home is not an option

Syrians fled to Sudan to avoid the war in their country. The prospect of going back is not one they want to consider.

Al Jazeera

Deadline for British nationals to reach evacuation airfield in Sudan passes

Deputy PM to chair Cobra meeting on security situation in Khartoum as UK government prepares to end flights

The Guardian - UK

Sudan evacuation plane rescuing Brits pictured leaking fuel and covered with bullets

Images of a Turkish transport plane that flew into British-controlled Wadi Sayedna airfield in Sudan showed extensive damage to the plane's body, as it arrived to rescue Brits

Daily Mirror

One in four households in Northumberland affected by food insecurity

The leader of Northumberland Labour slammed the Government after the figures were published

Chronicle Live

Children account for majority of Kenyan cult deaths - interior minister

Children account for most of the 109 bodies so far recovered in mass graves linked to a cult in Kenya, the interior minister said on Friday, the latest details in a case that has shocked the country and prompted calls for tighter regulation of religious fringe groups.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

Britons in Sudan have until midday on Saturday to fly out, ministers say

Government announces end to airlifts amid calls for NHS doctors without UK passports to be rescued

The Independent UK

Let all British residents join Sudan evacuation, Labour urges government

But ministers are refusing to widen eligibility

Al Jazeera

Sudanese face ‘shocking’ delays, no aid at Egypt border

After perilous journey to the border, people escaping war wait for days without any aid before crossing into Egypt.

Al Jazeera

What next for Sudan fighting after top Bashir-era officials freed

Analysts say revival of loyalists of former ruler Omar al-Bashir could tilt balance of power in war between army and RSF

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The Conversation

I was evacuated from South Sudan in 2013 - here's what I learned

We all knew that there were political tensions. Yet none of us believed it enough to change our plans or everyday routines. None of us expected fighting to erupt. It was December 15 2013, and I was in South Sudan. Like many people there, I was distracted by plans for…

Manchester Evening News

Manchester doctor trapped in Sudan feels 'betrayed' as he's turned away from evacuation flight

Dr Abdulrahman Babiker is due back on shift at Manchester Royal Infirmary on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

UN representatives criticise Germany over reparations for colonial crimes in Namibia

Rapporteurs also chastise the German and Namibian governments for excluding Herero and Nama minorities from talks dealing with the mass murder of their ancestors

The Guardian - UK

‘The cost is crazy’: fighting in Sudan sends food prices soaring

At Omdurman’s open-air market, half of the stalls are shut, customers are scarce and money is tight

Al Jazeera

Analysis: UAE, Egypt closer to different sides in Sudan conflict

With Egypt sidling up to Sudan’s army and the UAE holding some sway over RSF, what will the regional implications be?

Reuters

Head of regional force tackling east Congo violence resigns, Kenya denies

The Kenyan commander of a regional force set up to tackle militia violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said he had resigned due to obstruction and threats to his safety, adding to doubts over whether the mission can be effective.

The Independent UK

Wounded British doctor finally escapes Sudan war zone with mother - but countless NHS doctors left behind

Daughter told of utter “relief” after “nightmare four days” and calls for others to be evacuated

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