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What is happening in Sudan and why? The war and conflict explained

Warring factions observe fragile truce as foreign governments shutter embassies and race to evacuate their diplomats and citizens

The Independent UK

UN Envoy Says Sudan’s Warring Sides Agree to Negotiate

Sudan's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations' top official in the country told The Associated Press on Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital despite another three-day extension of a fragile ceasefire. The talks would initially focus…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan conflict could prompt 800,000 people to flee, UN says

The United Nations warned on Monday that the conflict in Sudan could force 800,000 people to flee the country as battles between rival military factions persisted in the capital despite a supposed ceasefire.

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UN sending relief chief to Sudan over ‘unprecedented’ situation

Martin Griffiths, travelling immediately, says people are struggling to get the food and water they need to survive.

Al Jazeera

Sudan rivals trade blame as fighting continues despite ceasefire extension

New UN envoy to the region warns that humanitarian situation is ‘reaching breaking point’

The Guardian - AU

Sudan sides trade blame as ceasefire extended

A ceasefire has been extended in Sudan, though both sides of the growing hostilities are accusing the other of breaking the agreement already.

The New Daily

Fighting escalates in Sudan despite extended ceasefire as thousands more flee

Sudanese army and RSF continue fighting into third week

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Fighting continues in Sudan despite new ceasefire extension

Despite warnings of slide towards civil war, rival military forces accuse each other of new violations of the ceasefire.

Al Jazeera

Sudan's rival factions extend ceasefire for 72 hours as thousands flee fighting

The Sudanese Armed Forces and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday both confirmed the extension of a three-day truce for 72 hours. The army said the extension came due to US and Saudi mediation.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan's Army Agrees to Extend Truce for 72 Hours

The Sudanese army said in a statement on Sunday that it had agreed to extend a truce with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for a period of 72 hours, starting from the end of the current ceasefire arrangement. The army said that although the RSF had intended to try to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan war threatens Red Sea shipping lanes that supply oil for NZ

Malign external actors' role in intra-state conflict reinforces a longstanding NZ conviction that the United Nations Security Council is not fit for purpose and must be reformed.

Newsroom.co.nz

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

The Guardian - UK

Mass exodus from Sudan as deadly fighting enters third week

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have fled Khartoum and the Darfur region to seek refuge in neighbouring countries amid ongoing deadly clashes between Sudan’s army and the rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). But the violence that grips the country is making it hard for them to leave.

France 24

Rival forces continue fighting in Sudan as ceasefire nears end

Sudan's rival military forces accused each other of fresh violations of a ceasefire that is due to expire as their conflict continued.

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The Guardian - UK

A war for our age: how the battle for Sudan is being fuelled by forces far beyond its borders

A bloody chaos with a cast of warlords, chancers and cynical exploiters, the latest conflict in Africa has parallels with Syria

Reuters

Sudan sides trade blame, fight on despite ceasefire

Sudan's rival military forces accused each other of fresh violations of a ceasefire on Sunday as their deadly conflict rumbled on for a third week despite warnings of a slide towards civil war.

Dynamite News

Death toll in Sudan clashes rises to 528

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 in a report on Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Ex-Sudanese PM warns conflict risks becoming ‘nightmare for world’ as civilian death toll hits 411

Thousands of people have fled the country since the fighting began

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Al Jazeera

Hundreds evacuated from Sudan as fighting enters third week

People are trying to reach neighbouring countries as international evacuation efforts continue for foreign citizens.

France 24

More than 400 dead as rival forces wrestle for control of Sudan

Gunfire and heavy artillery fire persisted Saturday in parts of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents said, despite the extension of a cease-fire between the country’s two top generals, whose battle for power has killed hundreds and sent thousands fleeing for their lives.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Fighting Enters Third Week as UN Says Country Collapsing

Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over Khartoum on Saturday as fierce fighting between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered a third week, violating a renewed truce. More than 500 people have been killed since battles erupted on April 15 between the forces of army…

ABC News

Fresh air strikes and shelling rock Khartoum as Sudan enters its third week of fighting

Australian officials continue to assist dozens of citizens caught up in the violence as more civilians flee Sudan.

The Guardian - UK

NHS medics and UK nationals faced risky route to Sudan evacuation point

Hundreds of people were told to make own way through ongoing fighting to airbase north of Khartoum

Reuters

Sudan risks long conflict as entrenched rivals struggle for control

Sudan's warring factions are locked in a conflict that two weeks of fighting shows neither can easily win, raising the spectre of a drawn-out war between an agile paramilitary force and the better-equipped army that could destabilise a fragile region.

Reuters

UN envoy sees Sudan combatants more open to talks

Warring sides in Sudan are more open to negotiations and have accepted the conflict that erupted two weeks ago cannot continue, a U.N. official told Reuters on Saturday, a possible flicker of hope even as fighting continued.

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