South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has called for calm and urged citizens not to take the law into their own hands, following a spate of attacks on businesses and homes owned by people from neighbouring Sudan. Three people have been killed and seven were wounded in violent confrontations with security officers in the capital, Juba,…
Reuters Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been leading the army during Sudan’s 21-month civil war The US government has imposed sanctions on the head of Sudan’s army and de facto president, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the treasury department said. He has been leading one of the two sides in the 21-month civil war that has…
At least 120 people are reported to have been killed in random shelling on Monday in the Dar-Salam area of the Sudanese city of Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, according to a local volunteer network. The Ombada Emergency Response Room said the death toll was provisional, suggesting that the number of victims…
Women in Sudan have committed suicide to escape being raped by armed militia, as the conflict has increased risks of sexual violence and forced many women and children to flee. The UN independent international fact-finding mission for Sudan has revealed that paramilitary forces are specifically targeting women. (AFP)(AFP) As per the International Organisation for Migration,…
