Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RFS) is ready for a ceasefire to end the ongoing conflict that has worsened a humanitarian crisis in the country, senior RSF officials said at a briefing in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
The number of cholera infection cases in Sudan has climbed to 30,880, while dengue fever cases reached 6,011.
South Sudan's Ministry of Health on Monday declared a cholera outbreak in the congested Renk transit camp in the northern Upper Nile State, which is currently hosting people fleeing conflict from neighboring Sudan.
The Sudanese government on Tuesday denied any food gap in Sudan and called previous reports of famine in the country "exaggerated."
At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured in an artillery attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, a popular committee said.
Under 'Operation Kaveri', 328 more Indians landed at the New Delhi International Airport from strife-torn Sudan on Tuesday night. Nearly 3,000 stranded Indians have reached India till now.
In a telephonic conversation with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the warring parties agreed to the seven-day truce from May 4 to 11
An Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J aircraft on Tuesday departed from Port Sudan carrying 135 Indians to Jeddah, marking the 18th batch of evacuees from the conflict-torn African country to the Saudi Arabian city, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Dreams of the country’s economic transformation were shattered, and powerful groups began jockeying for positions to capture the remaining resources.
According to Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, nearly 2,100 Indians have arrived in Jeddah from Sudan so far as part of 'Operation Kaveri'.
