RSF paramilitary seizes control of Wad Madani, Sudan’s second city
Advance comes after three days of intense fighting that forced thousands to flee towards the south Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized Wad Madani,...
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Thousands flee Wad Madani, Sudan’s second city, to escape fighting
Region had been a place of refuge for those escaping conflict in Khartoum between the army and the Rapid Support Forces Thousands of people are...
Soldiers accused of widespread looting from homes near Sudanese capital
People living in Ombada district in west of Omdurman say soldiers shot at those who tried to stop them Residents of Omdurman have described widespread...
Cheap over-the-counter nail drug found to work on crippling flesh-eating disease
‘Momentous’ breakthrough as trial finds treatment for nail infections to be highly effective for neglected tropical disease A cheap and easily taken drug used to...
Hunger crisis threatens Chad as funding for food aid falters
World Food Programme warns it will stop helping to feed 1.4 million people including refugees from Darfur as global demand for assistance increases The UN’s...
Irish woman inspired to return African and Aboriginal antiquities by Guardian article
Isabella Walsh has contacted embassies and consulates to repatriate 10 objects that her father wanted to be returned An Irish woman has been inspired by...
UN warns violence against civilians in Sudan ‘verging on pure evil’
UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan says war between army and paramilitaries is ‘horrific’ Violence against civilians in Sudan is “verging on pure evil,” a senior...
Sudanese paramilitary group says it has seized country’s second-largest city
Claim by Rapid Support Forces to have taken the trade hub of Nyala could mark a turning point in the war The paramilitaries fighting Sudan’s...
Sudanese evacuees in the UK fear limbo as six-month visas begin to expire
Some of the people evacuated by British after civil war broke out say they have received no information from Home Office about their future People...
Thousands of refugees in danger as Sudan fighting spreads from Khartoum
Fighting intensifies in South Kordofan state and also threatens Gezira state, to where hundreds of thousands of people have fled Fighting between the Sudanese army...
