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Clashes in Sudan on Eid holiday despite truce announcements

Residents in Khartoum say fighting continued after the army announced a three-day truce for the Eid festival.

Al Jazeera

Residents of Sudan's capital seek perilous escape as war shatters holiday

The Eid al-Fitr holiday is usually a time for many residents of Sudan's capital to visit relatives outside the city, which falls quiet. This year, those who can are making a frantic escape from Khartoum, driven out by war.

Reuters

Sudan: violence between army and militia is a symptom of an old disease that is destroying Africa

A three-day ceasefire to mark the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Fitr in Khartoum appears to be dead in the water as fighting continues in the Sudanese capital. According to the World Health Organization, more than 330 people have been killed over the past week. Now, with reports emerging that arms are…

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Refugees sent to Rwanda at risk of a deadly malaria variant

Letter: Prof Elspeth Webb fears those deported will be vulnerable to falciparum malaria and won’t receive help

The Guardian - UK

Trapped Britons say Foreign Office won’t help them escape Sudan warzone

Foreign nationals, including Brits, have been left to fend for themselves in Khartoum as governments, aid agencies say it is too dangerous to run evacuations

The Independent UK

Sudan faces surge in fighting as ceasefire attempts fail before end of Eid

More shelling and gunfights in Khartoum amid fears opportunity to avoid full civil war may be lost

The Guardian - UK

EU mulls evacuation of citizens from Khartoum as latest ceasefire collapses

The European Union says it is planning for a possible evacuation of EU citizens from Khartoum, when the security situation allows, as armed clashes continue to rage in the Sudanese capital.

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Kenya probes ‘starvation cult’ graves

NAIROBI: Kenyan police have begun marking out the locations of more than a dozen suspected graves thought to contain the remains of followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death, two witnesses said.

Bangkok Post

Glasgow pilot project to tackle 'holiday hunger' in Cardonald to be rolled out

Funding for the initiative, which is helping children get regular meals during school holidays, will be used to help more people.

Glasgow Live

London Marathon 2023: Running saved me again, says Rwanda victim

Claude Umuhire came to London aged 10 after his father and two brothers were killed in Rwandan genocide

Evening Standard

Pressure mounts on Sudan to end fighting as death toll rises

Sudan’s army and a rival paramilitary group are facing mounting international pressure to end a conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives since it erupted last weekend.

Tribune News Service

US and UK troops moving close to Sudan for possible evacuation

MoD engaged in ‘prudent planning’ as several hundred British citizens are estimated to be in country

The Guardian - UK

Explainer-Sudan's conflict and what worries neighbours, the U.S. and others

A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making.

Reuters

Fighting trumps faith: No Eid truce in Khartoum

The feuding factions tearing apart Sudan's hard-won stability have ignored the sacred Eid holiday to exchange fire in Khartoum's streets

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Babies abandoned in hospital incubators as Brits trapped with 400 dead in city

One Brit said she has been taking shelter in a school basement in Sudan with her friends and six children, including her daughter as fighting rages in Khartoum

Wales Online

The fear in Cardiff's Sudanese community as their homeland's capital is torn apart by fighting

“I can’t send any money home because the banks are closed. People from Cardiff want to support their relatives but they can’t."

The Independent UK

Amid joy and tragedy, Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday

The holiday of Eid al-Fitr has ushered in a day of prayers and joy for Muslims around the world

Al Jazeera

US deploys more troops to Djibouti for possible Sudan evacuation

US preparing to send additional troops to nearby Djibouti in case an evacuation of Americans from Sudan is needed.

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Sudan’s top general makes first video address since conflict as death toll passes 400

‘We are confident that we will overcome this ordeal...’

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Massacre of the Hungry’ in Sanaa Leaves More than 200 Dead, Wounded

Medical sources in Sanaa reported that more than 200 people were killed and wounded in what has come to be called the “massacre of the hungry”. The stampede tragedy occurred when hundreds of people in the poverty-hit country had gathered at a school in the capital Sanaa to receive cash…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Ready to Evacuate Embassy in Khartoum if Necessary

The US is preparing to send a large number of additional troops to its base in Djibouti in case of an eventual evacuation from Sudan, US officials said on Thursday. “The US Africa Command is monitoring the situation in Sudan and conducting prudent planning for various contingencies,” said Lt. Col.

The Guardian - UK

Cholera resurges in Syria after earthquakes hamper efforts to control outbreak

Successful vaccination campaign has been severely disrupted by the devastation in February that caused widespread damage to water supply and transport links

The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody is left’: brutal fighting lays waste to wealthy central Khartoum

The most sought after addresses in Sudan’s capital city are now so dangerous that residents cannot wait to flee

Tribune News Service

US positions troops for possible Sudan embassy evacuation

The U.S. is positioning more military capabilities near Sudan for a potential mission to evacuate its diplomats from the capital Khartoum as security there deteriorates.

Reuters

Little let-up in Khartoum fighting despite Sudan truce declaration

Sporadic shelling rang out late on Friday in Sudan's capital even though warring factions announced a truce, while one force said it was willing to allow airports to reopen for the evacuation of foreign nationals.

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