Conflict

About 270 killed, over 2,600 injured in clashes in Sudan: WHO

Khartoum, Apr 19 (UNI) The Sudanese Ministry of Health Emergency Operations Center has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that about 270 people have been killed and more than 2,600 have been injured in clashes in Sudan, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday. more

$1.8 billion pledged to assist Sudan’s people on the road to peace and democracy

New York : A High-Level Sudan Partnership Conference took place on Thursday gathering some 50 countries and international organizations together in Berlin, generating pledges to bolster t ...

Sudan Prime Minister survives attempted assassination

New York : Sudan’s Prime Minister survived a reported assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum on Monday, tweeting after the incident that he was “safe and in good shape& ...

Sudan urged to step up protection, restore peace, following West Darfur violence

New York : Authorities in Sudan are being urged to restore peace and order in the wake of intercommunal clashes in West Darfur state which erupted on Sunday and left 65 people dead, 54 in ...

Sudan: New political transition, bolstered by peacebuilding, could bring long-term stability to Darfur, Security Council told

New York, Aug 27 (JEN): “Important developments” under way in Sudan since midsummer, including a pledge to end the country’s outstanding conflicts, and the establishment ...

UN chief welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition

New York, July 6 (JEN): UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday he was “encouraged” by reports of a newly-inked power-sharing deal between the Forces for F ...

‘Wanton destruction’ in Sudan’s Darfur region, ‘blatant violation’ of international law

New York, June 25 (JEN): The looting and destruction of UN food relief agency premises and property in Sudan, has prompted the UN-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and UN Country T ...

Accountability in Sudan ‘crucial’ to avoid ‘further bloodshed’, says UN rights office

New York, June 8 (JEN): Now in its fifth day, a crackdown by the military authorities in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, with dozens reported killed, has prompted a “gravely conce ...

Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights office

New York, May 19 : The case of Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, a Sudanese teenager convicted of fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, after he had allegedly raped her, highlights ...

Complex and deadly new threats mean UN missions must adapt, argue Force Commanders

New York,: Evolving and increasingly deadly threats, together with deepening humanitarian crises mean that United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world need more support for &lsq ...