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The UN agencies have sounded the alarm over the devastating impact the crisis in Sudan is having on young lives, with over 1,200 children having died in refugee camps since May, succumbing to suspected measles and malnutrition. These statistics come amidst an ominous warning issued by the United Nations, saying that thousands more, including vulnerable […]
Two former executives at a Swedish oil company Lundin Oil are going on trial on Tuesday (5 September), with both defendants accused of complicity in war crimes in present-day South Sudan, with prosecutors saying both were complicit in atrocities by Sudanese army and militias between 1999 and 2003, which both flatly deny. Swiss national Alex […]
During a major foreign policy speech to ambassadors gathered in Paris on Monday (28 August), French President Emmanuel Macron said his country refuses any “paternalism” but also any “weakness” in Africa, as the Sahel faces an “epidemic of putsches” amid a wave of anti-French sentiment. In his speech, Macron called for a strengthening of France’s […]
UN agencies and humanitarian organizations are urging global action as millions of people in Sudan run out of food and many die due to the lack of healthcare after four months of bloodletting. The situation in Sudan, which could possibly amount to “crimes against humanity”, is rapidly “spiraling out of control” with widespread displacement and […]
Conflict-torn Sudan is edging ever closer to a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilize the entire region, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned, condemning an air strike that killed at least two dozen civilians and widespread violence in Darfur. The United Nations chief made his assessment in a statement on Sunday after the air strike […]
Khartoum was rocked on Monday by heavy artillery fire from paramilitaries and the army, besieged on several fronts and once again calling for civilian reinforcements in a war with no end in sight, after around three months. The noise of the fighting “started at around 4 a.m. and hasn’t stopped since”, reports one of the […]
Leaders of both warring parties in Sudan have independently announced temporary ceasefires to coincide with the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha amid escalating fighting in the Sudanese capital. As fighting continued raging across the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on the eve of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday celebrated Wednesday, the two warring generals — Sudan’s army chief […]
The Wagner Group’s mutiny against the Kremlin last week (23-24 June) could have major repercussions for the group’s operations in Africa, not least in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali and other countries whose leaders have reportedly become very worried that the developments in Russia would bring an end to Wagner’s operations in their respective […]
A year ago, a group of illegal sub-Saharan migrants attempted to storm the occupied enclave of Melilia by scaling the metal fence separating the occupied enclave from Nador. Here follows the timeline of the events of this migratory precedent: June 24, 2022 – Early in the morning, a group of sub-Saharan illegal immigrants launched an […]
Heavy fighting erupted in several parts of Sudan’s capital on Wednesday June as a three-day ceasefire between rival military factions expired, casting doubt on peaceful transition plans. The bitter military rivalry between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have been battling each other for more than two months, wreaked destruction on […]