Extra UK evacuation flight departs Sudan as rival factions clash
Flight left Port Sudan on Monday evening as fighting continued to rage in the capital, Khartoum An additional UK evacuation flight left Port Sudan on...
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Medics in Sudan warn of crisis as health system near collapse
Critical shortages of basic goods including water, and bodies piling in streets creating ‘environmental catastrophe’ Sudanese medics have described seeing piles of bodies in the...
Sudan former PM warns of civil war that would be ‘nightmare for the world’
Abdalla Hamdok, who resigned in January last year, says conflict could spiral into bigger crisis than Syria, Yemen or Libya Sudan’s former prime minister Abdalla...
Sudan rivals trade blame as fighting continues despite ceasefire extension
New UN envoy to the region warns that humanitarian situation is ‘reaching breaking point’ Sudan’s rival military forces have accused each other of violating a...
Civilians attacked in Darfur region as Sudan fighting escalates
UN refugee agency ‘extremely concerned’ about effect on ‘fragile’ region, as evidence emerges of widespread destruction Fighting has erupted in Sudan’s Darfur region – including...
Tunisian cemeteries fill up as hundreds of dead refugees wash up on coast
Hospitals, morgues and burial grounds under pressure, with more than 300 bodies found this year in just one region Authorities in Tunisia are considering building...
Sudan: final UK flight leaves as evacuation operation ends
Last flight left on Saturday night following evacuation of nearly 1,900 people and amid concerns Sudan’s army had blocked some from leaving The final UK...
Married NHS doctors stranded in Sudan with their four young children
Sarra Eljak and Mustafa Abbas missed the last flight as 220km trip to airbase was too dangerous for their children A couple who both work...
‘A deadly trip’: Sudanese refugees find little welcome at Egyptian border
People fleeing fighting in Khartoum left waiting for days at sparsely staffed crossing after costly and dangerous journeys Thousands of people have fled fierce street...
Sudan street battles threaten fragile ceasefire as Turkish plane shot
Concerns truce agreement may not hold despite three-day extension as unrest continues Street battles and gunfire threaten what remains of a fragile ceasefire in Sudan,...
