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The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

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

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

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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'

Daily Mirror

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UK evacuates 897 people from Sudan as ceasefire set to expire

The Foreign Office has said 897 people have been evacuated from Sudan on eight UK flights as of 4pm on Thursday, with further flights expected.

Evening Standard

Relatives’ relief as loved ones touch down on British soil

The Foreign Office has said 897 people have been evacuated from Sudan.

The Independent UK

‘By 7am, I’ve had three sets of guns pointed at me’: a British teacher’s escape from Sudan

Zoe Salim says waiting at the border between Sudan and Egypt was the worst part of her family’s journey

The Guardian - UK

Britain rescues 897 people from Sudan as end of ceasefire nears

Thousands more UK citizens could still be in the country.

The Independent UK

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James not so Cleverly plays the hero on Sudan – but at least he’s not in Crete

Foreign secretary clears low bar set by Raab during Kabul airlift, though his update appeared at odds with reality

The Guardian - UK

Britain relocates its Sudanese ambassador to Ethiopia

Britain said on Thursday that Giles Lever, its ambassador to Sudan, had been relocated to neighbouring Ethiopia after it temporarily closed its embassy in the conflict-riven east African country.

Reuters

Scramble to evacuate Britons from Sudan as ceasefire extended

Paramilitary and army accept three-day extension of truce

The Independent UK

Saudi, German FMs Discuss Developments in Sudan

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received on Thursday a phone call from his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the call, the two sides discussed the developments in Sudan, and the conditions of the foreigners stranded there. They stressed the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Wounded British doctor’s evacuation fate hangs in balance as he undergoes surgery at Sudan airfield

Retired doctor at risk of developing life-threatening sepsis and being unable to fly out of war zone

The Independent UK

Rohingya, Yemeni and Syrian refugees plead for help in Sudan

People had fled to Sudan to escape conflict and persecution in their home countries, but are now on the move again.

Al Jazeera

Middle East round-up: Civilians flee Sudan

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East and North Africa coverage this week.

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Britain has airlifted around 900 from Sudan to Cyprus

Britain had evacuated around 900 of its citizens from Sudan through Cyprus as of early afternoon Thursday and urged those remaining in the conflict-riven country to grasp an opportunity to leave during the final hours of a cease fire.

The Conversation

Sudan: questions about Wagner Group involvement as another African country falls prey to Russian mercenaries

After more than a week of intense fighting between Sudanese government troops and paramilitary forces in Khartoum, many western countries – including the US and UK – are evacuating their nationals from the strife-torn city.

The Guardian - UK

Supplies running out at Sudan’s remaining hospitals as healthcare disaster looms

In El Fasher, in North Darfur, only one hospital remains functional, with bomb damage, power cuts and only weeks until lifesaving equipment and drugs run out

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Businessman Flees Sudan Conflict to a Nation in Economic Crisis

As Lebanese businessman Ahmad Shams sheltered in the hotel he ran in Khartoum from the gunfire and shelling that erupted there this month, it brought back flashbacks of the civil war that had shattered Lebanon's capital in his youth. "It's the same picture – there are militias, there are international…

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Britain urging extension of Sudan ceasefire - PM Sunak's spokesperson

Britain's ambassador in Sudan is speaking to the warring parties in the country to urge them to extend a 72-hour ceasefire that is due to expire tonight, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday.

Reuters

Canada airlifts over 100 people from Sudan in first evacuation operation

Canada conducted its first evacuation operation in Sudan on Thursday, airlifting over 100 hundred people, including Canadians and other nationals, on two flights from the war-torn North African country, senior government officials said.

Reuters

Families in Sudan divided by rival military factions

As Sudan fell apart this month in pitched battles between warring military factions, Mohamed Jally's family in the vast desert region of Darfur was itself torn in two, with a brother fighting on each side.

Daily Mirror

Over 70 NHS doctors still stuck in Sudan as ceasefire ends TONIGHT and chaos continues

Nadia Baasher, a representative of the Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK SJDA and a paediatric emergency doctor in London, told the Mirror she is in a WhatsApp group with 75 NHS doctors stuck in the country where a deadly war has unfolded

Al Jazeera

Shifting alliances in Sudan’s Darfur as new civil war fears rise

Locals in Darfur arm themselves, believing army-RSF conflict could reignite ethnic violence and open war in region.

WEKU

Sudan's rival generals share a troubled past: genocide in Darfur

Two generals are currently battling for control of Sudan's capital Khartoum. In the early 2000s, both played key roles in the government's brutal crackdown in Darfur, which was ruled a genocide.

The New Daily

Air strikes echo in Sudan as US, African nations push for longer truce

The US and African nations are racing to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan, with the Sudanese army agreeing to talks.

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