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UN pressures Sudan's warring generals after aid looted

The United Nations pressed Sudan's warring factions on Wednesday to guarantee safe passage of humanitarian aid after six trucks were looted and air strikes in the capital undermined a supposed truce.

Reuters

Sudan fighting in its 19th day: A list of key events

Sudan’s warring military factions agreed to a new and longer seven-day ceasefire from Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia Condemns Storming of its Cultural Attaché Office in Sudan

The Saudi Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that its cultural attaché office in Khartoum was stormed earlier in the day by an armed group that looted the property. The group also destroyed equipment and cameras. The ministry expressed the Kingdom’s strong condemnation of the incident, calling on all sides to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Sudanese Australians call for emergency visas to help loved ones escape worsening conflict

Government urged to implement humanitarian response like that seen after Ukraine invasion as evacuation flight with 36 Australians lands in Cyprus

The Guardian - AU

Perth residents recount 'terrifying' escape from Sudanese conflict

Perth residents are among more than 150 people flown home to Australia by the government to escape conflict in Sudan. They remain fearful for those left behind.

ABC News

Syrians in Sudan flee war for second time

Radwan Hisham Wahba fled Syria in 2012 for Sudan, hoping to build a new life after being shot when his country collapsed into civil war. Now, as violence engulfs his adopted home, he and many other Syrians living there are on the move once more.

Reuters

British families ripped apart as relatives left in Sudan: ‘We had one chance and it’s gone’

‘My wife doesn’t even have access to her passport because it is with the British embassy’

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India temporarily relocates embassy from Khartoum to Port Sudan

The Indian embassy in Khartoum is located just opposite to the airport in the city and that zone has seen a lot of fighting

The Hindu

Sudan Military Faction Chiefs Agree May 4-11 Truce in Principle

Sudan's warring military factions agreed on Tuesday in principle to a seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, South Sudan announced, as more air strikes and shooting in the Khartoum region disrupted the latest short-term truce. A statement released by the foreign ministry of South Sudan, which had offered to mediate in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘One of you has to have a gun’: Khartoum residents band together for protection

Armed robberies rise across Sudan capital as fighting causes breakdown in law and order

The Guardian - UK

Khartoum hospitals being hit as Sudan fighting intensifies

Several people killed outside East Nile hospital as civilian groups step in to help people caught in conflict

The Guardian - UK

Explainer-What is happening in Sudan? Fighting in Khartoum explained

A conflict in Sudan that erupted on April 15 has killed hundreds of people, driven more than 100,000 to flee across the borders and displaced hundreds of thousands inside the country where many already relied on international aid before fighting began.

Reuters

Sudan's warring generals extend theoretical truce but keep fighting

Sudan's warring military factions agreed to a new and longer seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, neighbour and mediator South Sudan said, even as more air strikes and shooting in the Khartoum capital region undercut their latest supposed truce.

Reuters

WHO says risk 'moderate' after laboratory in Sudan seized by fighters

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it had found after a risk assessment that there was a "moderate risk" related to the seizure of a public health laboratory in Sudan's capital Khartoum by one of the warring parties.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudanese Fleeing Clashes Flood Port City, Borders with Egypt

Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in their capital flooded an already overwhelmed city on the Red Sea and Sudan’s northern borders with Egypt, as explosions and gunfire echoed Monday in Khartoum. Many exhausted Sudanese and foreigners arrived in Port Sudan, the country's main seaport, joining thousands who have…

The Independent UK

What is happening in Sudan and why? The war and conflict explained

Warring factions observe fragile truce as foreign governments shutter embassies and race to evacuate their diplomats and citizens

France 24

Sudan conflict pushes 100,000 to flee across borders to neighbouring countries

The fighting in Sudan has caused more than 330,000 people to flee their homes within the country, with over 100,000 others escaping over the borders, the United Nations said Tuesday, as gunfire and explosions echoed across the capital despite another ceasefire deal.

The Independent UK

Sudanese fleeing clashes flood port city, borders with Egypt

Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in their capital city are flooding an already overwhelmed city on the Red Sea and Sudan’s northern borders with Egypt

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Battles Rage as UN Agencies Warn of ‘Catastrophe’

Fierce fighting between rival generals raged on in Sudan Tuesday despite the latest truce, as warnings multiplied of the potential for a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands of refugees. Bloodshed has gripped Sudan since April 15 when tensions erupted into armed exchanges between regular army chief Abdel Fattah…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hemedti to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Have Control of Khartoum, We Don’t Fear Foreign Meddling

General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Daglo, commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stressed that his forces are now in complete control of the capital Khartoum’s three main districts: Khartoum, Khartoum Bahri and Omdurman. In an interview to Asharq Al-Awsat, he added that the RSF is working closely with the citizens…

Al Jazeera

UN refugee agency warns more than 800,000 may flee Sudan

Some 73,000 have already left Sudan and the UN warns thousands will flee as fighting rages on and resources dwindle.

Reuters

Sudanese fleeing north face arduous crossing into Egypt

(This May 1 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error in paragraph 17)

Daily Mirror

Brits race to make it onto final Sudan rescue flights as battles erupt

The extra rescue missions left Port Sudan after UK citizens faced a noon deadline to complete a dangerous 500-mile drive from Khartoum

The Guardian - UK

Medics in Sudan warn of crisis as health system near collapse

Critical shortages of basic goods including water, and bodies piling in streets creating ‘environmental catastrophe’

Al Jazeera

Sudanese civilian groups band together to provide essential aid

Civilians are helping Sudan’s most vulnerable via food banks, donations, logistical coordination and medical support.

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