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Jan
05
2024
By MOHAMMAD AZAKIR, NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and ARAFAT BARBAKH
Israel shells southern Gaza as Hamas deputy buried in Lebanon

Israel shells southern Gaza as Hamas deputy buried in Lebanon

WORLD
ISRAELI shelling killed more than 20 Palestinians, including 16 in Khan Younis in a southern coastal area of the Gaza Strip packed with people who had fled from other parts of the enclave, Gaza health officials said. Among the dead were nine children, they said. Separately five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a car in Al-Nusseirat refugee camp, health officials told Reuters. Gaza residents said Israeli planes and tanks had also bombarded two other refugee camps, prompting many to head south. The Israeli military did not comment on the attacks but reported fighting and air strikes…
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May
23
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ and MOHAMED NURELDIN
Week-long ceasefire starts in Sudan after day of air strikes

Week-long ceasefire starts in Sudan after day of air strikes

NEWS
A week-long ceasefire period agreed upon by Sudan's warring factions and designed to allow for the delivery of aid began hours after the army conducted heavy air strikes across the capital Khartoum against its paramilitary rivals. The ceasefire, which was agreed on Saturday after five weeks of fierce battles between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was due to take effect at 9:45 p.m. (19:45 GMT). Though fighting has continued through previous ceasefires, this is the first to be formally agreed upon following negotiations. The ceasefire deal includes for the first time a monitoring mechanism involving the…
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May
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Air strikes hit Khartoum’s outskirts as Sudan’s war enters sixth week

Air strikes hit Khartoum’s outskirts as Sudan’s war enters sixth week

NEWS
AIR strikes hit outer areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight and morning, as fighting that has trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week. The fighting between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has led to a collapse in law and order with looting that both sides blame the other for. Stocks of food, cash, and essentials are rapidly dwindling. Air strikes were reported by eyewitnesses in southern Omdurman and northern Bahri, the two cities that lie across the Nile from Khartoum, forming Sudan's "triple capital". Some of…
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May
17
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Air strikes, artillery fire escalate as factions battle in Sudan capital

Air strikes, artillery fire escalate as factions battle in Sudan capital

NEWS
AIR strikes and artillery fire intensified sharply across Sudan's capital, residents said, as the army sought to defend its bases from paramilitary rivals it has been fighting for more than a month. The air strikes, explosions and clashes could be heard in the south of Khartoum, and there was heavy shelling across the River Nile in parts of the adjoining cities of Bahri and Omdurman, witnesses said. The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered unrest elsewhere in Sudan, especially in the western region of Darfur, but is concentrated in Khartoum. It has caused…
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May
13
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and ARI RABINOVITCH
Palestinian rockets fired towards Jerusalem, Israel kills militant leader

Palestinian rockets fired towards Jerusalem, Israel kills militant leader

WORLD
A Palestinian armed group fired rockets towards Jerusalem for the first time in fighting this week, and Israel killed another militant leader with its air strikes in Gaza, while Egypt tried to forge a ceasefire. Rocket sirens sounded in the town of Beit Shemesh and elsewhere in the hills outside Jerusalem, ending a 12-hour lull in fighting. Brief explosions could be heard in Jerusalem, possibly from Israeli missile defences intercepting the rockets. The Israeli military said two rockets had been fired toward the Jerusalem area but did not confirm if they were intercepted. Local media reported that air defences shot…
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Apr
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan: hope for talks, fighting continues

Sudan: hope for talks, fighting continues

NEWS
EL TAYEB SIDDIG and NAFISA ELTAHIR AIR strikes and artillery rocked Khartoum 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. By Saturday evening, heavy clashes could be heard near downtown Khartoum, close to the army headquarters and the presidential palace. In one of the latest efforts by foreign governments to evacuate their citizens and others, a U.S.-government organised convoy arrived at the Red Sea city of Port Sudan on Saturday, evacuating U.S. citizens, local staff and…
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