Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs is working to evacuate 275 nationals trapped in the deadly military clashes in Sudan, a top official said on Wednesday.
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A raid on a drug trafficking gang in the south-west by Spanish police has led to the arrest of 50 suspects.
Members of the Sudanese armed forces have given contradictory information about a possible 24-hour ceasefire with the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk has said that thousands were currently without food and shelter in Sudan after the shelling in the area left civilians trapped in their homes.
Britain and the U.S. have called on the warring parties in Sudan to ensure the protection of civilians, diplomats, bystanders, and foreigners.
Kenya’s President William Ruto, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and Djibouti’s President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh will arrive in the Sudanese capital Khartoum “at the earliest possible time,” the Kenyan government said overnight.
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel is to be honoured with Germany’s Order of Merit with a special design on Monday, to be presented by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the violence from the power struggle between two generals in Sudan and associated violence escalated on Saturday and Sunday, with at least dozens of civilians and soldiers killed.
President Muhammadu Buhari says the ongoing fight, which erupted in the Sudanese capital between the military and powerful para-military, Rapid Support Forces, RSF, is unwelcome.
Reports have it that violence erupted between Sudan’s main paramilitary group and the armed forces on Saturday in an apparent struggle for control against the backdrop of the country’s halting moves toward elections after a military coup.