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Apr
16
2024
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s humanitarian crisis: The facts and figures

Sudan’s humanitarian crisis: The facts and figures

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
A year of war between rival military factions in Sudan has pushed parts of the country to the brink of famine, and left 25 million people - about half the population - in need of assistance, according to aid agencies. Sudan was already burdened with rising hunger, a collapsing health system and widespread poverty before the conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out. HUNGER *Some 17.7 million of Sudan's 49 million population were facing what experts term acute food insecurity, a sharp increase from last year, according to a projection covering the five months to…
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Jun
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Fighting surges in Sudan’s capital as three-day ceasefire expires

Fighting surges in Sudan’s capital as three-day ceasefire expires

NEWS
HEAVY clashes broke out between rival military factions in several parts of Sudan's capital as a 72-hour ceasefire that saw several reports of violations expired, witnesses said. Shortly before the truce ended at 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) fighting was reported in all three of the cities that make up the wider capital around the confluence of the Nile: Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman. Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling each other for more than two months, wreaking destruction on the capital, triggering widespread violence in the western region of Darfur and causing more than 2.5 million people…
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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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May
28
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR
SUDAN: Fighting reduces, little relief for the desperate

SUDAN: Fighting reduces, little relief for the desperate

NEWS
KHARTOUM was calmer as a seven-day ceasefire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the Sudanese capital. A truce signed on Monday by the two fighting parties - Sudan's army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - aimed to secure safe passage for humanitarian aid and lead to wider talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia. The conflict, which erupted on April 15, has killed at least 730 civilians and caused 1.3 million Sudanese to leave their homes,…
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May
02
2023
By EL TAYEB SIDDIG and NAFISA ELTAHIR
Sudan battles risk exodus of 800,000 people, UN says

Sudan battles risk exodus of 800,000 people, UN says

NEWS
THE United Nations warned on Monday that 800,000 people may flee Sudan as rival military factions battled in the capital despite a supposed ceasefire and foreign states wound down evacuations. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded over 16 days of battles since disputes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted into conflict on April 15. There seems little prospect of a quick resolution to the crisis, which has unleashed a humanitarian disaster, damaged swathes of Khartoum, risked drawing in regional powers, and reignited conflict in the Darfur region. Both sides agreed on Sunday to extend a much-violated truce…
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Apr
29
2023
By The African Mirror
How Sudan’s military factions set path to war as mediation stalled

How Sudan’s military factions set path to war as mediation stalled

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ, NAFISA ELTAHIR and AIDAN LEWIS ALARMED that movements of rival military factions in Sudan could bring bloodshed, a group of mediators pushed for last-ditch talks between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo two weeks ago. But neither of Sudan's two most powerful men showed up to the meeting, convened at presidential offices in central Khartoum at 10 a.m. on April 15, three of the Sudanese mediators said, in details revealed for the first time here. Instead, fighting was breaking out across the country. At about 8.30 a.m. shooting started at the Soba military camp…
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