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Jun
28
2023
By EMMA FARGE
Over 1 million may flee Sudan conflict, UN refugee agency says

Over 1 million may flee Sudan conflict, UN refugee agency says

NEWS
THE U.N. refugee agency warned that an earlier projection that conflict in Sudan would prompt 1 million people to flee across its borders is likely to be surpassed. So far, the conflict between warring military factions that began in mid-April has caused nearly 600,000 people to escape into neighbouring countries including Egypt, Chad, South Sudan and Central African Republic. "Unfortunately, looking at the trends, looking at the situation in Darfur, we're likely to go beyond 1 million," Raouf Mazou, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, said in response to a question about its estimate in April for the coming six…
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May
19
2023
By MAI SHAMSELDIN and EL TAYEB SIDDIG
Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children

Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children

NEWS
AFTER surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has finally got her family to safety in Cairo. However, she says her daughter still wakes up at night screaming because of the gunfire and airstrikes that rocked her neighbourhood. "They saw everything, the gunfire was falling on us at home ... they saw horrible scenes," said Mahmoud, speaking at a shelter in Cairo where she has found sanctuary for her two daughters. "She still screams at night and cries to me 'Why are these people coming to kill us?'" she said. Sanaa Mahmoud, a Sudanese displaced woman, and her daughters…
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May
09
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s well-off stuck in limbo at border town en route to Egypt

Sudan’s well-off stuck in limbo at border town en route to Egypt

NEWS
MAGGIE MICHAEL AFTER sleeping for a week under a tree in the backyard of a mosque in the Sudanese town of Wadi Halfa, Dalia Hassan is torn over whether she should cross the frontier into Egypt, or wait until her 18-year-old son gets a visa. A few paces away in the hot, dusty, desert settlement, a family including three pregnant sisters and a grandmother with an oxygen cylinder take turns on rented beds as they await an Egyptian visa for Mohamed, who is 16. Amid the waves of displacement caused by the war in Sudan, many of the country's well-off have…
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May
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Fighting in Khartoum as mediators seek end to Sudan conflict

Fighting in Khartoum as mediators seek end to Sudan conflict

NEWS
FIGHTING could be heard in south Khartoum as envoys from Sudan's warring parties were in Saudi Arabia for talks that international mediators hope will bring an end to a three-week-old conflict that has killed hundreds and triggered an exodus. The U.S.-Saudi initiative is the first serious attempt to end fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has turned parts of the Sudanese capital into war zones, derailed an internationally backed plan to usher in civilian rule following years of unrest and uprisings, and created a humanitarian crisis. Saudi Arabia will allocate $100 million in humanitarian aid to…
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May
09
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s well-off stuck at border town en route to Egypt

Sudan’s well-off stuck at border town en route to Egypt

NEWS
MAGGIE MICHAEL AFTER sleeping for a week under a tree in the backyard of a mosque in the Sudanese town of Wadi Halfa, Dalia Hassan is torn over whether she should cross the frontier into Egypt, or wait until her 18-year-old son gets a visa. A few paces away in the hot, dusty, desert settlement, a family including three pregnant sisters and a grandmother with an oxygen cylinder take turns on rented beds as they await an Egyptian visa for Mohamed, who is 16. Amid the waves of displacement caused by the war in Sudan, many of the country's well-off have…
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Apr
19
2023
By ALEX DE WAAL
Sudan conflict: Hemedti – the warlord who built a paramilitary force more powerful than the state

Sudan conflict: Hemedti – the warlord who built a paramilitary force more powerful than the state

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
DOZENS have been killed in armed clashes in the Sudanese capital Khartoum following months of tension between the military and the powerful paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Behind the tensions is a disagreement over the integration of the paramilitary group into the armed forces – a key condition of a transition agreement that’s never been signed but has been adhered to by both sides since 2021. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, better known as Hemedti, is the leader of the RSF. He is a key mover in the fast-escalating civil war, as he has been in other key moments in…
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