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What sparked the violent struggle to control Sudan’s future?

CAIRO (AP) — Tensions have been brewing for weeks between Sudan’s two most powerful generals, who just 18 months earlier jointly orchestrated a military coup to derail the nation’s transition to democracy.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-clashes-military-rapid-support-forces-444d37ec93ccc813b2ba4abba24aca5c?

Sudan’s generals battle for 3rd day; death toll soars to 185

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day Monday, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the streets for control of the country.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-fighting-military-rsf-eafa3246b1e3004a1a9f2b9af9561362?

Sudan’s military warns of conflict after rival force deploys

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s military warned Thursday of potential clashes with the country’s powerful paramilitary force, which it said had deployed troops in the capital of Khartoum and other areas without the army’s consent.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-military-tensions-paramilitary-force-buildup-d6b334d08f6e7f5fd5dd2702cb3c02ba?

Deal to restore democratic transition in Sudan delayed again

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A dispute between Sudan’s military and a paramilitary group again forced the delay of signing a deal with politicians to restore the country’s democratic transition, which was derailed by a 2021 coup, a pro-democracy bloc said Wednesday.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-military-democracy-coup-d70cdb605bfef095eca113f77e73c68c?

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Sudan’s generals battle for 3rd day; death toll soars to 185

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day Monday, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the streets for control of the country.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-fighting-military-rsf-eafa3246b1e3004a1a9f2b9af9561362?

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US diplomatic convoy attacked in Sudan amid new truce appeal

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Washington's top diplomat said Tuesday that a U.S. Embassy convoy came under fire in Sudan and denounced "indiscriminate military operations" as the country's armed forces and a powerful rival unleashed heavy weapons in urban areas for a fourth day.

https://abc7ny.com/us-convoy-under-fire-sudan-embassy-vehicles-attacked-antony-blinken/13147876/?

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Fighting rages in Sudan hours after cease-fire was to begin

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Fighting raged in Sudan on Tuesday hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to have come into effect, as forces loyal to dueling generals battled for key locations in the capital and accused each other of violating the cease-fire.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-fighting-military-us-convoy-attacked-60b1568b3bd05cdf6ad78c7f17cc8208?

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US military prepares for possible Sudan embassy evacuation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is moving additional troops and equipment to a Naval base in the tiny Gulf of Aden nation of Djibouti to prepare for the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan.

https://apnews.com/article/united-states-sudan-djibouti-evacuation-2773f4922611aeed462652f178745688?

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Why Sudan’s conflict matters to the rest of the world

Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two top generals has put that nation at risk of collapse and could have consequences far beyond its borders.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-conflict-nile-africa-russia-03adebaff0c95992c6f90543dcb2c894?

Sudan’s top general says military committed to civilian rule

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s top general on Friday declared the military’s commitment to a civilian-led government, an apparent bid for international support even as his forces battle a rival paramilitary group in a bloody power struggle that has derailed hopes for the country’s democratic transition.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-fighting-burhan-ddf7978c41e5178ac63a919f37779fda?

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Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — As foreign governments airlifted hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens to safety, Sudanese on Monday desperately sought ways to escape the chaos, fearing that the country’s two rival generals will escalate their all-out battle for power once evacuations are completed.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-fighting-rival-generals-foreigners-evacuated-1378805c261ca77b99effe8aa7537eb1?

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US continues mass evacuation effort from Sudan with 2nd convoy

As countries wind down mass evacuations of their nationals from war-torn Sudan and the White House warns time is running out, the United States has undertaken its first effort to move hundreds of Americans citizens out of Khartoum, the capital.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-launches-mass-evacuation-effort-sudan/story?

US evacuates American citizens from Sudan using armed drones as war breaks out

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nation's port Saturday in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing a dangerous land journey under escort of armed drones.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/29/us-sudan-evacuation-civil-war/11766673002/

A powerhouse US doctor slain in Sudan, ‘killed for nothing’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting engulfed Sudan’s capital.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-americans-doctor-dcf5d2aeb3e70cd37fbce9013a52a0a6

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Civilians flee Sudan amid tense cease fire

https://apnews.com/video/politics-khartoum-sudan-omdurman-egypt-c579fd2c752f4a6d90b99b7a1b1f28ed

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Ferocious battles and looting in Sudan - residents

Ferocious fighting between paramilitary fighters and the military is taking place in the northern suburbs of Sudan’s capital, residents say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-65361159?

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UN urges Sudan’s warring parties to honor 7-day cease-fire that began Monday night

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Sudan urged the country’s warring generals to honor a seven-day cease-fire that began Monday night, warning the growing ethnic dimension to the fighting risks engulfing Sudan in a prolonged conflict.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-ceasefire-ethnic-fighting-a476f53fc55a395ab9c3db9b4438c4d6?

Sudan ceasefire: Khartoum largely quiet, residents say

The latest ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating conflict in Sudan appears to be largely holding in the capital and two adjacent cities.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65683681?

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Sudan conflict: Rockets hit Khartoum market as talks collapse

Rockets hit a market in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, killing 18 people and leaving more than 100 wounded, doctors and residents say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65777311?

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Sudan conflict: Army accused of killing Congolese in campus bombing

Ten people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been killed in an army attack on a university campus in Sudan, the Congolese government says.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65821597?

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Thousands of Sudanese fleeing fighting with no travel documents trapped on the border with Egypt

ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — When fighting in Sudan erupted in mid-April, Abdel-Rahman Sayyed and his family tried to hold out hiding in their home in the capital, Khartoum, as the sounds of explosions, gunfights and the roar of warplanes echoed across the city of 6 million people.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-military-rsf-egypt-passports-refugees-b89516f94110191a800df4d34d4689c1?

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Sudan crisis: Five children among 17 killed in air strikes

Seventeen people - five children - have been killed in an air strike in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, officials say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65938868?

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UN chief says Sudan is on the brink of a ‘full-scale civil war’ after nearly 3 months of fighting

CAIRO (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital of Khartoum.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-military-rsf-un-darfur-94987648d6d5e05620e0d4a64bdde12d?

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14 million children in Sudan are in dire need of humanitarian support, says UNICEF

Fourteen million children are in “dire need” of humanitarian support in Sudan, the United Nation’s children’s agency warned on Friday, as a deadly conflict in the country deepens its hunger crisis.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/africa/sudan-children-unicef-intl-afr/index.html?

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About 500 children have died from hunger in Sudan since fighting erupted in April, charity says About 500 children have died from hunger in Sudan — including two dozen babies in a government-run orphanage in the capital of Khartoum — since fighting erupted in the East African country in April, a leading aid group said Tuesday. The violence there is estimated to have killed at least 4,000 people, a U.N. human rights official said. Read more.

Why this matters: Sudan was plunged into chaos after monthslong tensions between the military and a rival paramilitary force exploded into open fighting. The conflict has turned Khartoum and other urban areas into battlefields where many residents live without water and electricity, and the country’s health care system has nearly collapsed.   An estimated 947,000 people have fled Sudan including South Sudanese, Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees who had sought shelter there, according to a U.N. official, while an additional 3.6 million Sudanese are displaced within the country.

Related coverage ➤ Global aid official appeals for funds to help Sudanese trapped in war between generals Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence

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Sudan’s military leader visits Egypt on his first trip abroad since his country plunged into war

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military officer made a one-day visit to Egypt on Tuesday for talks with the Egyptian president, making his first trip abroad since his country plunged into a bitter conflict this year.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-military-rsf-egypt-da846603cfefaacb355d61fcddd446b0?

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Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoinng conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-fighting-volker-turk-burhan-dagalo-b89a6f74f1ef25fc2b34531f7e900267?

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A man escaped Sudan’s bloody civil war. His mysterious death in Missisippi has sparked suspicion

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. This month, fishermen found the body of the 33-year-old Mabil floating in a river, prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death.

https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-missing-man-death-sudan-4f54b25c8889413a5c3bcae669efbf64?

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Fires used as weapon of war in Sudan destroyed or damaged 72 villages last month, study says

CAIRO (AP) — Fires resulting from the fighting in Sudan destroyed or damaged 72 villages and settlements last month, a U.K.-based rights group said Monday, highlighting the use of fire as a weapon of war in the conflict in the African country.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-fire-military-rapid-support-forces-darfur-ccbd6ebbf40b95b707487f9ba8c0ddf2?

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Sudan Internal Displacement Set to Top 10 Million as Famine Looms – IOM 

Port Sudan, 6 June – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is warning that the number of people displaced by conflict inside Sudan could top 10 million in the coming days. The world’s worst internal displacement crisis continues to escalate, with looming famine and disease adding to the havoc wrought by conflict.  

https://www.iom.int/news/sudan-internal-displacement-set-top-10-million-famine-looms-iom?

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Sudan accuses UAE of arming rivals and prolonging war, while the UAE accuses Sudan of refusing to talk peace The Sudanese government accused the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday of providing weapons to its rival paramilitary force and prolonging the 17-month war. The UAE called the allegations “utterly false” and “baseless.” Read more.

What to know: Sudan plunged into conflict in mid-April 2023, when tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders broke out in the capital, Khartoum, and spread to Darfur and other regions. More than 13 million people have been forced to flee their homes, and the country is engulfed in a humanitarian crisis.   Sudanese Ambassador Al-Harith Mohamed accused the UAE of providing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, known as the RSF, with heavy weapons, missiles and ammunition – and of “profiting from this war through the illegal exploitation of gold.” As evidence, he cited a recent weapons shipment that went through Chad to the RSF and he also claimed that a European bullion market has confirmed that the UAE is profiting from Sudanese gold.   The UAE’s ambassador, Mohamed Abushahab, called Sudan’s claims “a cynical attempt to deflect attention from the failings of the Sudanese Armed Forces”, or SAF. He accused its military of showing “zero political courage,” using starvation as a weapon of war, and refusing to heed calls to end the war and come to the negotiating table.

RELATED COVERAGE ➤ US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades   UN official says Sudan’s war has killed at least 20,000 people   Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year, report says

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US says Sudanese rebel force has committed genocide and imposes sanctions on the group’s leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that a Sudanese paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country’s military that has killed tens of thousands of people, leveling sanctions on the group’s leader and affiliated companies.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-sudan-genocide-7a0d20f857af3fd428750cf2dfd231ae?