Sudan’s rains spread wartime suffering across the country
Since floods swept away their home in eastern Sudan, Ahmed Hadab and his family have survived by drinking water mixed in with milk from his last surviving goat. “We don’t have any food,” he said after days of walking, trying to find something to eat, somewhere else to stay. “The sorghum and flour was taken […]
At least 40 killed in air strike on Khartoum market
At least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured in an air strike by the army on a market in southern Khartoum, a local volunteer group said in a statement on Sunday, marking the largest single-incident death toll since the war in Sudan began in April. Air and artillery strikes in residential areas have intensified […]
Sudan’s RSF announces unilateral Eid ceasefire
A unilateral ceasefire declared by the head of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is due to come into effect today for the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha, which starts on Wednesday. The pause in the conflict with the Sudanese army was announced in an audio recording broadcast on Al Arabiya television by the leader of the […]
Sudanese nationals stuck in warzones blame US government for destroying passports
Ibrahim Mohamed heard gunfire outside his house as bullets streaked over the skies of Khartoum, where, he said, he saw warring militias killing people and looting houses. The 27-year-old software developer told CNN his home in the Nuzha neighbourhood of the Sudanese capital was in “the middle of the war zone” when fighting broke out in April. “I […]
342 evacuated from war-torn Sudan to Kenya – Gov’t
At least 342 evacuees who were stranded in war-torn Sudan have arrived in the country. On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, the Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Simon Chelugui and Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu received the evacuees at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). “The government of the Republic […]
Gov’t begins evacuating Kenyans stranded in Sudan
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Dr Alfred Mutua has announced that South Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have granted permission for Kenyan planes meant to evacuate stranded Kenyans in Sudan, to overfly their airspace. In a statement on Monday, April 23, 2023, Mutua said that the Kenyans will be evacuated in batches after safely crossing […]
Over 100 Kenyan students rescued from Sudan
Over 100 Kenyan students have been rescued from war-torn Khartoum in Sudan and made a safe passage to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. This comes at a time when over 400 people have been killed and 3,550 injured in Sudan’s conflict involving rival military factions. “The first group of students has already boarded a bus towards […]