Sudan
Country in Northeast Africa
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Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south. Sudan has a population of 50 million people as of 2024 and occupies 1,886,068 square kilometres, making it Africa's third-largest country by area and the third-largest by area in the Arab League. It was the largest country by area in Africa and the Arab League until the secession of South Sudan in 2011; since then both titles have been held by Algeria. Sudan's capital and most populous city is Khartoum.
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UAE accuses Sudan of attacking ambassador's residence The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has claimed the Sudanese military hit the residence of its ambassador in a "heinous attack".Sky News - Published | |
Sudan's army launches new attack on capital New fighting rocked Sudan's capital on Thursday with airstrikes and drone attacks in and around Khartoum amid a worsening cholera outbreak, officials said.Sky News - Published | |
UN will have to prove its relevance as Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan wars continue The mood is sombre and uncertain as 140 world leaders converge on New York for the UN's annual meeting.Sky News - Published | |
The war nobody is talking about Sudan has suffered three domestic wars spanning well over 40 years of the country's 67 years of independence. Millions of people have been displaced and thousands killed. Sky News - Published | |
At least 30 people killed and homes of 50,000 destroyed after dam collapse in Sudan At least 30 people have been killed after a dam collapsed in Sudan, with the homes of 50,000 residents destroyed, the UN has said.Sky News - Published | |
As Sudan's war rages on, trucks crammed with aid have been sitting in the sun for weeks In a dusty square at the centre of the small Chadian town of Tiné, four aid trucks are crammed with medicine and food.Sky News - Published | |
Weapons being exported to war-torn Sudan despite UN Security Council arms embargo A new report from Amnesty International has found that weapons and military hardware from Russia, China, Turkey and the UAE are being imported in large quantities into Sudan and diverted to Darfur..Sky News - Published | |
200 settlements hit by fires since start of Sudan war as scorched earth tactics intensifyMore than 200 settlements in Sudan have been hit by over 300 fires since the start of the country's civil war in April last year, according to new data.Sky News - Published | |
Civilians trapped as UN warns of possible imminent attack on city by Sudanese paramilitary forcesThe United Nations has expressed increasing concern over a potential imminent attack on al Fashir, the capital of North Darfur in Sudan.Sky News - Published | |
Sudan violence: The horrifying statistics behind the brutal conflict - and still the death toll is unknownThe statistics of Sudan's year of war are staggering.Sky News - Published | Sudanese club play on 'to distract people from war'Sudanese football club Al Hilal will play in the Tanzanian league after civil war disrupted the domestic game in the country.BBC Sport - Published |
More than 100 settlements set on fire in Sudan WarNew analysis, shared exclusively with Sky News, reveals 180 separate incidents of settlements in Sudan being set on fire, with 108 villages, towns and cities affected since the start of the war.Sky News - Published | Sudan could be weeks away from a 'catastrophic hunger crisis'Sudan could be just weeks away from a catastrophic famine, aid workers have warned, as community volunteers struggle to feed the hungry amid security restrictions and armed violence.Sky News - Published |
'They are struggling in every way': The orphaned and disabled children forced to flee fighting in SudanThe road to Kassala is infamously hard to traverse. It has seen little maintenance over the years and during these times of war, it is ungovernable.Sky News - Published | Destruction of Sudan's most iconic street market is a massacre of memory and communal lifeSouq Omdurman was the beating heart of our mother city. It was a traders' paradise, a meeting point and a lifeline.Sky News - Published |
India's Humanitarian leadership shines in 2023: A year of global aid and compassionIndia's humanitarian efforts in 2023 include Operation Dost for earthquake relief in Turkey, Operation Karuna for Cyclone Sitrang in Myanmar, and Operation Kaveri for aid in Sudan. India also pledged..IndiaTimes - Published | More than 250,000 flee Sudan safe zone after takeover by militia responsible for Darfur destructionA critical holdout and humanitarian hub in central Sudan's al Jazira state has fallen to the militia terrorising civilians in their fight for territorial control of the country.Sky News - Published |
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Police arrest man in Dover the day after woman found dead on beach near CalaisBritish police have arrested a Sudanese man following the discovery of a migrant's body on Sangatte beach near Calais on Tuesday morning.Sky News - Published | In Sudan's escalating conflict people get used to seeing corpses in streets - as dogs 'fight over limbs'Airstrikes have been pummelling Khartoum in the Sudanese army's aerial war against paramilitary forces who have terrorised and occupied residential areas for nearly five months.Sky News - Published |
Bodies of 87 people including women and children 'found in mass grave' in SudanA mass grave containing the bodies of 87 people has been found in the Sudanese region of West Darfur, the United Nations has said.Sky News - Published | PM Modi thanks Saudi crown prince for Sudan airlift supportIndiaTimes - Published |
PM Modi speaks with Saudi Crown Prince, thanks him for support during evacuation of Indians from SudanPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and thanked him for his country's "excellent support" during evacuation of..IndiaTimes - Published | Hundreds of trapped children saved from orphanage after 71 died Around 300 children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan - after at least 71 died.Sky News - Published |
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UK will be left 'dangerously exposed' when it cuts fleet of special forces aircraft, sources warn The UK will be left "dangerously exposed" when it cuts a fleet of special forces aircraft that played a key role in evacuating British nationals from Sudan and has transported vital ammunition for..Sky News - Published | IAF airlifts 192 from strife-hit Sudan in 24-hour 'non-stop op'IndiaTimes - Published |
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