This is Beirut, 27/03 09:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Sudan's gold industry has become the lifeblood of its war, with nearly all of the trade channelled through the United Arab Emirates, enriching both the army and paramilitaries, according to official and NGO sources. The two-year conflict has decimated Sudan's economy, yet last month the army-backed government announced record gold production in ...
This is Beirut, 26/03 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Sudan's army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrived at Khartoum's recaptured presidential palace on Wednesday, declaring the capital "free" of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after nearly two years of war. "Khartoum is free; it's done," said Burhan, Sudan's de facto leader, in a broadcast aired by state television, capping a multi-day ...
This is Beirut, 26/03 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Sudanese army on Wednesday recaptured Khartoum airport from the Rapid Support Forces, an army source told AFP, while troops surrounded the paramilitaries' last major holdout position south of the city. The army, battling the RSF since April 2023, "fully secured" the airport in central Khartoum from RSF fighters stationed inside, the source ...
This is Beirut, 25/03 09:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Sudan's army has recaptured the presidential palace from rival paramilitaries and is pushing ahead to wrest full control of the capital, but analysts warn that the brutal two-year war is far from over. In the early days of the fighting, the army-aligned government was forced to flee Khartoum, which army forces are now a breath away from ...
Moncef Ait-Kaci, 21/03 21:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Sudanese Army has announced it has retaken the presidential palace in Khartoum. But behind this advance lies a devastating war, ongoing since 2023, between two former allies turned enemies. Here's an explanation. The term "two former allies" refers to the roles played by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (Army) and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known ...
This is Beirut, 21/03 09:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sudan's army said it recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Friday after a fierce battle. "Our forces completely destroyed the enemy's fighters and equipment, and seized large quantities of equipment and weapons," army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said in a statement broadcast on state ...
This is Beirut, 26/02 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Forty-six people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Khartoum, the regional government said Wednesday. The Antonov aircraft went down on Tuesday night near Wadi Seidna air base, one of the army’s largest military hubs in Omdurman, northwest of the capital. The army, ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 13:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Shelling by Sudanese paramilitaries killed five people outside one of the last functioning hospitals in Khartoum's twin city Omdurman Tuesday, with medical sources reporting escalating violence across the war-torn country. A medical source in Al-Nao Hospital in Omdurman, requesting anonymity for safety reasons, said volunteers were among the ...
This is Beirut, 01/02 15:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Sudanese paramilitary shelling of a market in Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum, killed 54 people on Saturday, a medical source told AFP. Requesting anonymity for their safety, the source at Al-Nao Hospital said the wounded were "still being brought to the hospital" following the attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Since April 2023, the ...
This is Beirut, 11/01 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Sudanese military and allied armed groups launched an offensive Saturday on key Al-Jazira state capital Wad Madani, entering the city after more than a year of paramilitary control, the army said. The armed forces "congratulated" the Sudanese people in a statement on "our forces entering the city of Wad Madani this ...
This is Beirut, 10/01 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
This year, 3.2 million children under the age of five are at risk of acute malnutrition in Sudan, an East African country devastated by a conflict between two warlords, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). "Among them, about 772,000 children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition," Eva Hinds, UNICEF Sudan's advocacy and ...
This is Beirut, 07/01 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had "committed genocide" and imposed sanctions on the paramilitary group's leader. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the determination was based on information about the RSF's "systematic" murder of men and boys and the targeted rape of women and girls ...