White House says US ‘facilitating’ US citizens’ departure from Sudan amid outbreak of violence The US evacuated its embassy in Khartoum over the weekend The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
Sudan: thousands flee Khartoum as civilian casualties escalate Lack of supplies and rising prices add to perilous journey by road to Egyptian border and Port Sudan The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023
UK troops fly to Sudan as officials work on evacuation plan for Britons Government still working out evacuation plan as pressure builds to help ‘abandoned’ UK citizens The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF agree to ceasefire starting at midnight – as it happened Nationwide pause to violence started at midnight, and US is supporting attempts to create a committee to oversee ending hostilities The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023
Migrants mount legal challenge to UK-Rwanda deportation plan Several asylum-seekers and refugee groups have begun a court challenge to the British government’s plan to send hundreds of migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
Kenya's Ruto vows action as religious cult death toll continues to rise Kenyan President William Ruto has vowed to crack down on "unacceptable" religious movements after police discovered the bodies of at least 58 people suspected of belonging to a Christian cult that practised starvation. Radio France Internationale · Apr 24, 2023
Judges showed ‘deference’ to Home Office view of Rwanda’s pledges, court told Rwanda was described as “a highly autocratic repressive state” that “imprisons, tortures and murders those it considers to be its opponents”. The National (Scotland) · Apr 24, 2023
Sudan unrest: evacuations intensify as US warns of humanitarian crisis US agency sends in disaster response teams as western nations pull diplomats and citizens out of strife-torn country The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023
Which countries are evacuating citizens from Sudan? Hundreds of foreign nationals have been safely evacuated from Sudan where continued fighting threatens to plunge the African country deeper into chaos The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 73, police say Kenyan President William Ruto said the religious cult mass deaths were ‘akin to terrorism’. Al Jazeera · Apr 24, 2023
Judges showed ‘deference’ to Home Office view of Rwanda’s promises, court told Government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are being challenged at the Court of Appeal. The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
Kenya police warn more bodies likely to be found after 58 discovered in graves linked to ‘starvation cult’ Authorities warn they have ‘not even scratched the surface’ as exhumations continue The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
Seventy-one NHS doctors trapped in Sudan have 'lost all hope' of evacuation Dr Reem Taha, a trustee of UK Sudanese Junior Doctors Association, has lost contact with most NHS staff in Sudan after internet connections in the country went down Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023
Kenya president says cult deaths akin to terrorism Kenya’s president says the starvation deaths of dozens of followers of a pastor is akin to terrorism The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
Daily Record · Apr 24, 2023 Scots mum and kids trapped in Sudan's warzone as family beg for help Jennifer McLellan, 36, is hunkered down with her family near capital Khartoum amid a bitter conflict which has killed hundreds.
Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023 London doctor pleads for help for relatives stuck in Sudan A London doctor whose relatives are among an estimated 4,000 Britons stuck in war-torn Sudan has made a heartfelt plea for the UK government to take urgent action.
Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023 Sudan war: Three blind men trapped with no way out as chaos and violence escalates Earlier this month, chaos broke out as the Sudanese army and rebel Rapid Support Forces clashed with heavy bombing and gunfights breaking out in Khartoum
Manchester Evening News · Apr 24, 2023 'The shelling is literally on his doorstep': Family of Manchester dad trapped in war-torn Sudan speak of fear Elmugiera Hafazalla, a 56-year-old delivery driver and university student from Gorton, is trapped in Khartoum after flying out for a family wedding
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023 What other countries are doing to evacuate nationals from Sudan The UK and US announced this weekend they had flown diplomats out of the country
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 24, 2023 Sudan’s Treasury Risks Losing $2 Billion in Gold Revenues Sudanese economists have warned that the prolongation of the war will afflict the Sudanese economy with huge losses and increase the average inflation rate, which has already reached 600 percent. Sudanese Economist Dr. Muhammad Al-Nayer estimated that the suspension of operations at the Khartoum airport to have disrupted 5 percent…
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023 Michael Martin: 50 Irish citizens evacuated from Sudan, and more to come The Tanaiste said evacuations from the capital, Khartoum, to Djibouti were carried out with the assistance of Spain and France.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 24, 2023 Sudan Evacuations Speed Up during Fighting Lull European nations, China and others from around the world raced to extract thousands of their citizens from Khartoum on Monday during an apparent lull in fierce fighting between the army and Rapid Response Forces (RSF). The sudden eruption of violence between the military and the RSF paramilitary group on April…
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023 Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting Foreign government have airlifted hundreds of diplomats and other citizens out of Sudan, and several governments have said more evacuations are possible if security conditions allow
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 24, 2023 Ethiopia Ready to Help Resolve Sudanese Crisis Ethiopia announced it was ready to help resolve the current crisis in Sudan through dialogue, denying it was taking advantage of the unrest to deploy its forces in disputed border areas. Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ambassador Meles Alem announced that Addis Ababa is playing a pivotal role in calming the…
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023 Sudan conflict explained: What’s happening in Khartoum? Little sign of compromise between warring factions as foreign governments race to shutter embassies and evacuate diplomats and citizens with violence intensifying