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Heavy clashes rock Sudan’s capital despite truce extension

Sudanese residents say heavy explosions and gunfire rocked parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s rival top generals

The Independent UK

Fierce fighting rages across Sudan despite ceasefire extension

Sudanese fighter jets pounded paramilitary positions in Khartoum on Thursday while deadly fighting and looting flared in Darfur, despite the army and a rival force agreeing to extend a ceasefire deal.

Radio France Internationale

How Sudan's military factions set path to war as mediation stalled

Alarmed that movements of rival military factions in Sudan could bring bloodshed, a group of mediators pushed for last-ditch talks between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo two weeks ago.

Reuters

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Sudan crisis: UN urges both sides to stop targeting civilians; Turkey says evacuation plane shot at – as it happened

UN human rights commissioner intervenes; Turkey’s defence ministry says plane was shot at while landing at Wadi Seidna airstrip

The Guardian - UK

Sudan – live: UK evacuation flights to end on Sunday, minister confirms

Operations to cease following ‘significant decline’ in number of British nationals seeking to flee

The Independent UK

Sudan conflict threatens supply of key soft drink ingredient

Sudan's eruption into conflict has left international consumer goods makers racing to shore up supplies of gum arabic, one of the country's most sought-after products and a key ingredient in everything from fizzy drinks to candy and cosmetics.

Reuters

Sudan: Armed Forces to extend ceasefire for another 72 hours

Trilateral Mechanism the Quad on Sudan released a joint statement on Sudan welcoming the announcement by the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to extend the current ceasefire for an additional 72 hours. Read further on Dynamite News:

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16,000 People Crossed Sudan Border into Egypt

Cairo said it facilitated the entry of over 16,000 foreign nationals from Sudan into Egypt since deadly fighting erupted in their country in mid-April, the official spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, Ahmed Abu-Zeid, stated on Thursday. “Egyptian efforts to facilitate the crossing of refugees from Sudan over the past few…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Constant Fear’: War Shakes Sudan Despite Truce Pledges

Strikes by air, tanks and artillery shook Sudan's capital Khartoum and the adjacent city of Bahri on Friday, witnesses said, mocking a 72-hour truce extension announced by the army and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands have fled for their lives in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bristolians coming home after fleeing chaos and killing in Sudan

Bristol Sudanese Community Association to hold a fundraiser on Sunday 7 May

Bristol Post

Malign actors could ‘hyper-charge’ Sudan conflict, say ex-envoys

Former ambassadors and analysts say lasting ceasefire vital to thwart attempts to capitalise on unrest

The Guardian - UK

First batch of evacuees scheduled to come home

A flight transporting 78 Thais from Sudan was scheduled to arrive in Bangkok at 10pm last night, the air force said, making them the first group of evacuees to arrive home since the conflict in the North African country began.

Bangkok Post

Britons in Sudan urged to head to airfield ‘quickly’ after ceasefire extended

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged UK nationals ‘wishing to leave to proceed to the airport as quickly as possible to ensure their safety’.

The Independent UK

Sudan’s army and RSF say ceasefire extended but fighting goes on

Military and Rapid Support Forces agree to extend truce but violence continues to rock Khartoum and Darfur region.

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France 24

Sudan's warring generals agree to extend three-day truce

In tonight's edition: Sudan's rival generals agree to extend a fragile truce for another 72 hours. Meanwhile, citizens continue to flock to the country's borders to escape the violence. We're joined by a Franco-Sudanese evacuee, who's just arrived in France. Also, the US postpones its meeting over HIV and AIDS…

The Independent UK

Ceasefire extended in Sudan in boost for British evacuation mission

The rival generals agreed to a further 72-hour pause to the fierce fighting as a midnight deadline approached.

Daily Mirror

British doctor flees Sudan with mum but now faces agonising wait for her UK visa

UK doctor Mustafa Al Hassan, from Southampton, is pleading for the UK government to allow his 65-year-old mum to come to the country after fleeing the crisis in Sudan

Daily Mirror

East Africa's drought crisis in numbers with 120 million people struggling to survive

Around 120 million people in northern Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan are struggling without the food they need to survive

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Daily Mirror

'Negligent and reckless Tories are once again the only party with no planners'

Paul Routledge on the latest Conservative farce, the failure to bring home thousands of Brits from war-torn Sudan – and it's all down to a lack of governing by the Government, the job that comes with the job

France 24

Is Sudan heading towards a new civil war?

Don't be fooled by tenuous truces. Nearly two weeks on in Sudan, with no clear winner in sight, the personal power play between rival generals shows all the signs that it could spiral into all-out civil war. Residents are desperately trying to leave the capital Khartoum. Tens of thousands have…

Evening Standard

Armed fighters rampage through Darfur city despite Sudan ceasefire

A three-day ceasefire was due to end on Thursday night

The Guardian - UK

Fighting surges in Sudan even as ceasefire is extended

Army and RSF agree to extend truce but violence means no respite for exhausted civilians

The Independent UK

‘Massive relief’ as son reunited with father who fled Sudan

Ahmed Babikir is a British-Sudanese start-up founder from Kingston upon Thames.

The Guardian - UK

‘What I saw was terrifying’: Britons land in Cyprus after Sudan escape

Elation among evacuees airlifted to safety but also fury at disorganisation that has plagued UK’s rescue operation

Daily Mirror

Student fleeing Sudan for UK says dogs are eating dead bodies in the war-torn country

Alaaldeen Hussin, who survived a perilous three-hour journey to an airfield before flying to Cyprus, also hit out at the Foreign Office, saying 'they could have done more'

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