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New York: Amid a massive increase in the number of people in Sudan impacted by more than a month of heavy fighting, the UN on Wednesday said that it needed a record near $3 billion to deliver life-saving aid to them. more
Sudan crisis: UN continues to scale up aid, as security allows

New York: The UN and humanitarian partners continue to scale up the aid response for the millions in need across Sudan on Tuesday, as news reports described heavy fighting in the capital ...

Sudan crisis: Guterres condemns looting of main WFP compound in Khartoum

The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the looting of the World Food Programme’s (WFP) main offices in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, over the weekend, describing it as &ld ...

Sudan: ‘Secure and immediate access’ needed for lifesaving aid, urges Guterres

New York: Fighting in Sudan must stop now before the conflict and the spreading humanitarian catastrophe further ravage the country, and the region, UN Secretary-General António Gu ...

Death toll in Sudan clashes rises to 528

Khartoum: The deadly clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed at least 528 people and wounded 4,599, the Sudanese Health Ministry said ...

Background to a crisis: In Sudan, the stakes are high for the whole of Africa

New York: A turbulent transition to civilian rule has been underway in Sudan since the ouster of former President Omar Hassan El-Bashir in April 2019. The civilian-led transitional Govern ...

Sudan latest: Tens of thousands on the move; spectre of ethnic clashes, hunger draws closer

New York: Civilians in Sudan, including scores of internally displaced people and refugees, are scrambling for safety and suffering the disastrous consequences of the violence there, as m ...

Mediation efforts to resolve Sudan crisis underway, UN envoy reports

New York: Multiple mediation efforts are underway in Sudan one week after the military seized power, UN Special Representative for the country, Volker Perthes, told journalists in New Yor ...