Khartoum, May 6(Darfur24) Senior official at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Friday that more than a million polio vaccines have been lost, in the midst of the ongoing armed clashes in Sudan. This came in press statements made by Hazel de Witt, Deputy Director ofContinue Reading
Agencies Khartoum, May 6(Darfur24) RIYADH and Washington said Sudan’s warring sides will meet on Saturday in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah for talks as international mediators press for an end to a conflict that has killed hundreds and sent tens of thousands of refugees to neighboringContinue Reading
Khartoum, May 5(Darfur24) The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Thursday that food products destined for needy people in Sudan worth an estimated $13-14 million have been looted since fighting broke out last month. Speaking to Reuters from Port Sudan by video link, Eddie Rowe, WFP’sContinue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) has documented more attacks on health care facilities in Sudan, with 28 documented incidents that killed 8 medical personnel and injured 19. Farhan Haq, a deputy U.N. spokesman, said further reports of other attacks were now being vetted for veracity. Hag addedContinue Reading
El-Fashir, May 4(Darfur24) The governor of North Darfur, Nimr Muhammad Abdel Rahman, warned, on Wednesday, of a humanitarian catastrophe in the camps for the displaced, after the international organizations working in the humanitarian field evacuated their staff due to the armed confrontations taking place in the country between theContinue Reading
Khartoum, May 4(Darfur24) The United Nations has warned of the “catastrophic” effects of the fighting in Sudan on human rights. This came in statements made by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, during a session of the Security Council, on Wednesday. Turk said that theContinue Reading
Khartoum, May 3(Darfur24) UN Secretary-General of the United Nations called for the need to stop the threats and attacks against journalists and their detention and imprisonment for doing their work, stressing that the world stands by journalists in their quest to defend the truth. In a message onContinue Reading
Khartoum, May 2(Darfur24) The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that large numbers of people in Sudan may die due to a lack of basic services, as well as an outbreak of disease, as fighting continues between the army and the Rapid Support Forces. Farhan Haq, deputy spokesmanContinue Reading
Khartoum, May 2(Darfur24) The government of South Sudan announced, on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, that the commander of the Sudanese army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, “Hamedti,” agreed “in principle” on a new truce of 7 days, starting Thursday, May 4. TheContinue Reading
Port Sudan , April 30(Darfur24) The ongoing confrontations between the Sudanese army (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, forced the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Sudan, Volker Pierce, to move to the city of Port Sudan, the capital ofContinue Reading