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Residents and regional experts say governments and NGOs should have been better prepared for violence

The three-day reprieve announced by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday night has raised hopes of rescue efforts in the country.

The United States is pressing Sudanese military leaders to expand a ceasefire and is exploring options to return a diplomatic consular presence to the country as soon as possible, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.

Tehran has expressed outrage at US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s pledge to obstruct Iran’s arms purchases, describing it as “provocative” and an attempt to “stir up differences” between countries in the region. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that Iran’s military program was “merely for defense and deterrence”,…

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Joe Biden says US has retrieved personnel from Khartoum as fighting continues between rival armed groups

U.S. diplomats have departed Sudan’s airspace, days after fighting erupted in the north African nation.

Street fighting between the forces of two rival generals eased in parts of Sudan's capital by Friday evening, witnesses reported, after repeated calls for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire to the nearly week-long conflict. More than 400 people have been killed and thousands wounded since the fighting erupted Saturday between forces loyal…

Sudan’s army and a rival paramilitary group declared a cease-fire following seven days of conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives and brought the northern African nation to the brink of an all-out civil war.