Airstrikes, drone attacks claim dozens of lives in Sudan: UN
Airstrikes and drone attacks in Sudan's Kordofan and Darfur states have killed dozens of civilians, including women and children, UN humanitarians have said.
Airstrikes and drone attacks in Sudan's Kordofan and Darfur states have killed dozens of civilians, including women and children, UN humanitarians have said.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said that "tremendous atrocities" are taking place in Sudan, which was once considered a "Great Civilisation" and has become the "single biggest humanitarian crisis" on earth.
United Nations Day, celebrated each year on October 24, commemorates the entry into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945 – a document born out of the ruins of World War II with the solemn promise “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
In the tangled web of Sudan’s civil war, new allegations of chemical weapons’ use have emerged, casting a long and troubling shadow over a conflict that has already claimed over 150,000 lives.
At least 19 inmates were killed and more than 45 others injured in a drone strike targetting a central prison in El Obeid in western Sudan's North Kordofan State on Saturday, according to a medical source and eyewitnesses.
The UN has released $22 million to aid people fleeing the hostilities in Sudan into four neighbouring countries, UN humanitarians said.
South Sudan has opened a new refugee camp in its northern region to receive people fleeing conflicts in neighbouring Sudan, a senior official said.
The warring parties stressed that the interests of the Sudanese people are a priority, agreeing to allow all civilians to leave the besieged areas.
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has assumed large proportions. The ongoing military clashes have seriously impacted basic services like food, water, medicine and transport. Hospitals are shut and the medical system is on the verge of collapse. Markets, banks and pharmacies are being looted and people‘s lives are at stake
To solve the problems, Sudanese Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim announced on Friday the establishment of two committees
