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Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua |  General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Monday started running state affairs in his other capacity as chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council from Port Sudan, the capital city of the Red Sea State in eastern Sudan, amid increasing speculations …

Khartoum, Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Saturday called on the U.S. government to correct its position towards the current Sudanese crisis and not to equate the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) with the “terrorist militia.” In a statement, the ministry criticized a social media post from the …

United Nations, US | Xinhua | More than 2 million children were forced from their homes in the four months of the Sudan conflict, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday. And close to 14 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian support. Many face multiple threats and terrifying …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority reopened air traffic airspace in the country’s eastern sector. “The Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority issued a notice to open the airspace for air traffic in the country’s eastern sector as of today,” said a statement by Khartoum International Airport on Tuesday. …

New York, US | Xinhua | For the first time since fighting began in Sudan, a humanitarian aid convoy has reached East Darfur, UN humanitarians said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it negotiated the passage of the convoy carrying 430 tons of …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | The Sudanese government has announced an adjustment in fuel prices, the official SUNA news agency reported on Sunday. The Sudanese Ministry of Energy and Petroleum instructed the fuel service stations to raise the price of gasoline to 630 Sudanese pounds (1.05 U.S. dollars) per liter …

  Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | At least nine people were killed on Sunday in a civilian plane crash at Port Sudan airport in the country’s eastern Red Sea State, the Sudanese Armed Forces said. The evening crash of an Antonov plane at the airport was due to “a technical …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua |  The number of people entering Ethiopia from Sudan has surpassed 64,000, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday. The IOM, a UN migration agency, in its latest situation update issued Wednesday, said the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan has forced hundreds of thousands …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egypt announced Sunday the plan to host a summit meeting for Sudan’s neighboring countries on Thursday to find peaceful solutions to the Sudan crisis. Leaders attending the meeting would discuss the creation of effective mechanisms in the region and internationally for settlement of the crisis as …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Force Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Tuesday urged those who are able to carry arms to join the fight against the paramilitary forces. “We ask all the youth of my country and whoever can defend not to hesitate or delay …