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Jul
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Number of displaced by Sudan war surpasses 3 million, International Organization for Migration says

Number of displaced by Sudan war surpasses 3 million, International Organization for Migration says

NEWS
THE number of people uprooted by a conflict between military factions in Sudan that erupted nearly three months ago has surpassed 3 million, according to estimates from the International Organization for Migration. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced internally and more than 730,000 have crossed into neighbouring countries, data published late on Tuesday said. Most have fled either from the capital Khartoum, the focus of the power struggle between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that broke out on April 15, or from Darfur, where ethnically-targeted violence has surged. U.N. officials have said Sudan could slide…
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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
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudanese-Canadian campaigns to help adopted sister stranded in Khartoum

Sudanese-Canadian campaigns to help adopted sister stranded in Khartoum

NEWS
MAI SHAMS EL-DIN A Sudanese-Canadian citizen has been separated from an adopted sister and her children and is trying to help them secure safe passage out of Sudan where they have been stranded for over 10 weeks by the war between rival military factions. Sami Atabani said he hoped the Canadian government would consider evacuating his adopted sister, 43-year-old Kholoud Yagoob Abdallah, even though she does not hold Canadian citizenship like the rest of his close relatives. Abdallah lives with her seven children in Omdurman, one of the three cities that makes up Sudan's wider capital and has seen frequent…
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Jun
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s RSF says it seized police camp as fighting rages

Sudan’s RSF says it seized police camp as fighting rages

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ SUDAN'S paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had seized the headquarters of a heavily armed police unit as it sought an edge in its war with the army during heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum. The RSF said in a statement that it had taken full control of the camp belonging to the Central Reserve Police in southern Khartoum, and posted footage of its fighters inside the facility, some removing boxes of ammunition from a warehouse. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the footage or the RSF statement. There was no immediate comment from the army…
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Jun
24
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudanese families fleeing to Egypt separated by new visa rules

Sudanese families fleeing to Egypt separated by new visa rules

NEWS
ELSAFI Mahdi was separated from his wife and three younger children on June 1 near Sudan's border with Egypt. He does not know when he'll see them again. Like many families fleeing the war in the capital Khartoum, Mahdi, a prominent music teacher and conductor, left home without a visa required for entry to Egypt. His elder sons aged 19 and 17 needed their passports renewed, a task that became impossible as the conflict paralysed central government offices. Mahdi and the two elder boys turned back to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, while the rest of the family…
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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
19
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Start of truce period brings lull in fighting to Sudan’s capital

Start of truce period brings lull in fighting to Sudan’s capital

NEWS
THE start of a 72-hour ceasefire aimed at calming more than two months of conflict between rival Sudanese military factions brought a lull in clashes in Khartoum following battles and air strikes overnight, residents said. Sudan's army and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to refrain from attacks and from seeking military advantage during the ceasefire period, which started at 6 a.m. (0400 GMT), as well as allowing for delivery of aid, Saudi and U.S. mediators said. Several previous truces have failed to stop the fighting. The power struggle between the two sides has turned the capital into…
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Jun
12
2023
By The African Mirror
Fighting rages in Sudan’s capital after 24-hour truce expires

Fighting rages in Sudan’s capital after 24-hour truce expires

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ AND MOHAMED NURELDIN HEAVY clashes and artillery fire erupted across Sudan's capital Khartoum and residents reported air strikes soon after the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that had brought a brief lull to eight weeks of fighting between rival military factions. Witnesses said the fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was some of the heaviest for weeks and included ground battles in the densely populated neighbourhood of Haj Youssef in Bahri, one of three adjoining cities, along with Khartoum and Omdurman, that make up the capital around the confluence of the River Nile.…
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Jun
09
2023
By The African Mirror
Children evacuated from orphanage where dozens died in Sudan’s capital

Children evacuated from orphanage where dozens died in Sudan’s capital

NEWS
ABOUT 300 children have been evacuated from an orphanage in Sudan's capital Khartoum where dozens of orphans were found last month to have died since mid-April due to nearby fighting between rival military factions. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which facilitated the evacuation late on Wednesday, said the children aged between 1 and 15 had been taken to a safer location in Wad Madani, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) southeast of Khartoum. The ICRC said in its initial statement that 280 children and 70 caretakers had been evacuated, and an ICRC spokesperson said the number of evacuated children had…
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Jun
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan: No end of clashes in sight

Sudan: No end of clashes in sight

NEWS
SUDAN'S warring military factions are restarting ceasefire talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia, Al Arabiya TV reported, as they clashed by air and on the ground in the capital Khartoum. The fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, now in its eighth week, has caught civilians in the crossfire, cutting off their access to basic services, and spreading lawlessness. Saudi Arabia and the United States had brokered talks that had led to imperfectly-observed ceasefires with the aim of providing humanitarian assistance. But talks collapsed last week after the mediators said there had been numerous serious…
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