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The United Nations’ World Food Programme said on Monday it will immediately lift the suspension of its operations in Sudan that was put in place after the tragic deaths of its team member. “WFP is rapidly resuming our programs to provide…
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Saudi Arabia has evacuated dozens of Russian citizens from Sudan by warships, it was announced on Sunday. This is according to Ruslan Usmanov, press attache of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Jeddah, in an interview…
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending an envoy to the Sudan region amid the “unprecedented” situation there, as deadly hostilities enter a third week, his spokesman said Sunday. The announcement came as the army and heavily…
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Sudan’s army and its rival paramilitary said Sunday they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid, but the shaky truce has not so…
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Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy antiaircraft fire over Khartoum on Saturday as fierce fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitaries entered a third week, violating a renewed truce. “There is no right to go on fighting for power…
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More than 200 exhausted Iraqis evacuated from Sudan flew back to Baghdad on Thursday, with one saying he hadn’t seen the sun in 10 days because of the fighting. Among the 234 people who were flown to Baghdad International Airport from…
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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the rapid development of events in Sudan with his German counterpart on Thursday. During a phone call, Prince Faisal and Annalena Baerbock discussed the conditions of…
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China has deployed its navy to rescue citizens from conflict-hit Sudan, the defense ministry in Beijing said on Thursday. Multiple nations have scrambled to evacuate embassy staff and citizens by road, air and sea from Sudan, where…
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Egypt evacuated 446 nationals and 189 others, including a Sudanese citizen in critical condition, from Sudan by road on Tuesday. Ahmed Abu Zeid, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum, consulates…
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France thanked Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after French Navy frigate Lorraine evacuated UN staff from Sudan to the Kingdom. French Ambassador to the Kingdom Ludovic Pouille hailed the operation as “a stunning success, highlighting the…
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