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Oct
17
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and DAN WILLIAMS
Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as humanitarian crisis deepens

Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as humanitarian crisis deepens

WORLD
DIPLOMATIC efforts to arrange a ceasefire to let aid reach the besieged Gaza Strip failed and Israel ordered the evacuation of villages in a strip of territory near its border with Lebanon, raising fears the war could spread to a new front. Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules Gaza, after its fighters burst across the barrier surrounding the enclave on October 7, gunning down 1,300 Israelis, mainly civilians, on the deadliest day in Israel's 75-year history. It has put Gaza, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, under a total blockade and pounded it with unprecedented air strikes,…
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Jul
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan clashes intensify with no mediation in sight

Sudan clashes intensify with no mediation in sight

NEWS
CLASHES between Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified, as the war in the country's capital and western regions entered its 12th week with no attempts in sight to bring a peaceful end to the conflict. Air and artillery strikes as well as small arms fire could be heard, particularly in the city of Omdurman, as well as in the capital Khartoum, as the conflict deepens a humanitarian crisis and threatens to draw in other regional interests. The RSF said it brought down an army warplane and a drone in Bahri, in statements to which the army did not immediately…
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Jun
29
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudan: Hidden Islamic hand in war

Sudan: Hidden Islamic hand in war

NEWS
THOUSANDS of men who worked as intelligence operatives under former president Omar al-Bashir and have ties to his Islamist movement are fighting alongside the army in Sudan's war, three military sources and one intelligence source said, complicating efforts to end the bloodshed. The army and a paramilitary force have been battling each other in Khartoum, Darfur and elsewhere for 10 weeks in Africa's third largest country by area, displacing 2.5 million people, causing a humanitarian crisis and threatening to destabilise the region. Reinforcements for either side could deepen the conflict. The army has long denied accusations by its rivals in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that it depends…
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Jun
21
2023
By The African Mirror
International donors pledge $1.5 billion in Sudan aid

International donors pledge $1.5 billion in Sudan aid

NEWS
GABRIELLE TÉTRAULT-FARBER, EMMA FARGE and KHALID ABDELAZIZ INTERNATIONAL donors made pledges of close to $1.5 billion in aid for Sudan and the surrounding region, about half of the estimated needs for a deepening humanitarian crisis that has driven some 2.2 million people from their homes. The conflict between Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has turned the capital Khartoum into a war zone and triggered lethal, repeated attacks and mass displacement in the western region of Darfur as well as other parts of the country. Though a 72-hour ceasefire has brought a lull in fighting in Khartoum since…
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Jun
05
2023
By The African Mirror
Fighting escalates in Khartoum after ceasefire expires

Fighting escalates in Khartoum after ceasefire expires

NEWS
FIGHTING intensified in several areas of Khartoum, residents of Sudan's capital reported a day after the expiry of a ceasefire deal between rival military factions brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States. The ceasefire had started on May 22 and expired on Saturday evening. It calmed the fighting slightly and allowed limited humanitarian access, but like previous truces were repeatedly violated. Talks to extend the ceasefire broke down on Friday. The deadly power struggle which erupted in Sudan on April 15 has triggered a major humanitarian crisis in which more than 1.2 million people have been displaced within the country and…
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Jun
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudanese forces clash in Khartoum after talks break down

Sudanese forces clash in Khartoum after talks break down

NEWS
SUDAN'S warring parties fought in the capital after the collapse of talks to maintain a ceasefire and ease a humanitarian crisis. Residents of Khartoum and Omdurman across the Nile said the army had resumed air strikes and was using more artillery. But said there was no sign the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was retreating from the streets and homes it had occupied, they said. "We are suffering so much from this war. Since this morning there have been sounds of violence. We're living in terror. It is a real nightmare," said Shehab al-Din Abdalrahman, 31, in a southern district of Khartoum.…
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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
18
2023
By The African Mirror
UN seeks $3 billion for Sudan as fighting rages in Khartoum

UN seeks $3 billion for Sudan as fighting rages in Khartoum

NEWS
THE United Nations said more than half of Sudan's population now needed aid and protection, as civilians sought shelter from air strikes and sporadic clashes between rival military factions in the Khartoum area. Residents said power had been cut, food was in short supply, and drinking water scarce due to the violent power struggle, now in its second month despite international mediation efforts. Launching an appeal for some $3 billion in aid, the United Nations said 25 million people needed help - the highest number ever recorded in Sudan, where around 15 million needed aid before the conflict. Signalling no…
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May
13
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudan’s exports grind to a halt, deepening humanitarian crisis

Sudan’s exports grind to a halt, deepening humanitarian crisis

NEWS
SUDAN'S sudden eruption into war has strangled exports of key goods including gold, sesame, peanuts and meat, traders based in Dubai say, depriving it of the foreign currency needed to import staple goods. Fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is fiercest in Khartoum and has closed the airport, shut down banks, cut power to businesses and halted shipping as armed men have looted offices, factories and warehouses. Foreign currency from exports, particularly from the $2 billion gold trade through Dubai, is vital for impoverished Sudan to import fuel, wheat, medicine and food as it grapples with a…
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May
10
2023
By MAHAMAT RAMADANE, JOE BAVIER and EMMA FARGE
Sudan deepens crisis in Africa as UN sees 5 million more needing aid

Sudan deepens crisis in Africa as UN sees 5 million more needing aid

NEWS
WHEN a power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac's first instinct was to take her five children and run. But four days after seeking refuge in neighbouring Chad - a country with its own dire humanitarian crisis - she had yet to receive any assistance and was just hoping they wouldn't starve. "We're entirely dependent on food Chadian families give us," Issac told Reuters, sitting in a rare patch of shade near the border village of Goungour with other newly arrived women and children,…
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