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Sudan risks long conflict as entrenched rivals struggle for control

Sudan's warring factions are locked in a conflict that two weeks of fighting shows neither can easily win, raising the spectre of a drawn-out war between an agile paramilitary force and the better-equipped army that could destabilise a fragile region.

Reuters

UN envoy sees Sudan combatants more open to talks

Warring sides in Sudan are more open to negotiations and have accepted the conflict that erupted two weeks ago cannot continue, a U.N. official told Reuters on Saturday, a possible flicker of hope even as fighting continued.

Reuters

Heavy battles in Sudan despite latest truce, over 70 dead in recent violence

Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman, residents said, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s two top generals whose power struggle has left hundreds dead.

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Watch live: Smoke rises over Sudan’s capital as ‘airstrikes’ continue amid ceasefire

Thick smoke has been spotted rising over Khartoum, Sudan as fighting enters a third week and ceasefires come to an end this weekend.

The Independent UK

Iran Hails Saudi Arabia's Role in Evacuating Iranians from Sudan

Iran on Saturday hailed Saudi Arabia’s role in evacuating 65 Iranian citizens from conflict-torn Sudan. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that since the onset of the unrest in Sudan, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has deported 65 Iranians stranded in Sudan, and “has taken the necessary arrangements to transfer…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Deadline passes for British nationals in Sudan to reach evacuation airfield

Some 1,573 people on 13 flights have been evacuated from the airfield near the capital of Khartoum but thousands more British citizens may remain.

The Independent UK

A race to the border after childbirth as fighting forces Sudanese to flee

As armed militias attacked and pillaged her village near the town of El Geneina in the western Darfur region of Sudan, pregnant 23-year-old Zamzam Adam was stranded, in labour, and alone, as neighbours fled across the border into Chad.

Reuters

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Watch: Sudan evacuees arrive in Jeddah after fleeing conflict

More evacuees from Sudan are expected to arrive in Jeddah today (29 April), after fleeing the conflict before the country’s ceasefire ends.

The Independent UK

Sudan ceasefire falls apart as rival factions escalate war in Khartoum

Air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum as fighting in Sudan enters a third week.

The New Daily

Sudan: NHS doctors allowed on last evacuation flights following U-turn

Ministers have now expanded the criteria so that all residents of Britain who do not hold a passport can now board an evacuation flight on Saturday

Evening Standard

Sudan fighting in its 15th day: A list of key events

Explosions and gunfire continue despite a 72-hour ceasefire; the UN says violence could escalate in West Darfur.

Al Jazeera

Sudan: Hamedti Says Ready for Negotiations with Burhan if Fighting Stops

Leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, said on Saturday that he is ready for negotiations with army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on condition that fighting stops between the rival sides. In remarks to BBC on Saturday, Dagalo, better known by his nickname…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan – live: Evacuation flights for British nationals end despite fears more remain trapped in Khartoum

Heavy clashes erupt again in the war-torn capital

The Independent UK

Operation Kaveri: Another flight carrying 231 Indian passengers from Sudan reaches New Delhi

Another flight carrying 231 Indian passengers evacuated from conflict-torn Sudan reached New Delhi on April 29.

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Fighting rages in Khartoum, but envoy sees sides more open to talks

Air strikes and artillery rocked Khartoum on Saturday as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire, prompting more civilians to flee and renewed warnings of wider instability if the war is not stopped.

Al Jazeera

For Syrians in Sudan, returning home is not an option

Syrians fled to Sudan to avoid the war in their country. The prospect of going back is not one they want to consider.

The Guardian - UK

Deadline for British nationals to reach evacuation airfield in Sudan passes

Deputy PM to chair Cobra meeting on security situation in Khartoum as UK government prepares to end flights

Dynamite News

IndiGo joins 'Operation Kaveri', 231 Indians leave Jeddah in New Delhi-bound flight

To further boost the ongoing repatriation efforts under 'Operation Kaveri' of the Union government, Indian carrier IndiGo joined the mission and with 231 stranded Indians took off from Jeddah. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Saudi Arabia Evacuates More than 2,900 People of 80 Nationalities from Sudan

In continuation of the evacuation efforts exerted by Saudi Arabia under the directives of the Kingdom’s Leadership, more than 190 evacuees arrived in Jeddah Friday Sudan. The new arrivals are from Pakistan, Palestine, Thailand, Mauritania, Sri Lanka, USA, Poland, India, UK, Austria, Indonesia, Canada, Iraq, Egypt, Australia and Syria. They…

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Tunisia Retrieves 41 Drowned Migrants as Death Toll Soars

Coastguards have retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official said on Friday, raising the number of victims of migrant shipwrecks off the country's coast to 210 in 10 days. The bodies were in a decomposed state, suggesting they had been in the water for several days, said…

Daily Mirror

Sudan evacuation plane rescuing Brits pictured leaking fuel and covered with bullets

Images of a Turkish transport plane that flew into British-controlled Wadi Sayedna airfield in Sudan showed extensive damage to the plane's body, as it arrived to rescue Brits

ABC News

First Australian solider to die overseas Robert Weir's descendant disappointed by repatriation push doubt

A move to bring back the remains of Private Robert Weir, who died fighting in Sudan in 1885, is facing uncertainty and the soldier's great-nephew has given up hope of bringing his ancestor home.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | IAF rescues 121 people from unprepared airstrip in Sudan in midnight operation; Delhi Police register two FIRs in wrestlers’ case, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

The Independent UK

Time running out as British nationals have until midday to reach Sudan airfield

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is urging those left in Sudan to travel to the Wadi Saeedna site before 12pm.

Bangkok Post

Evacuated Thais happy to be home

Several students evacuated from war-torn Sudan have safely arrived in their hometowns in the southern province of Pattani.

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