3 d. ago Drones strike Port Sudan in dramatic escalation of civil war

Sudan’s paramilitary hit key targets including the airport, the port and a hotel

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2 w. ago UK and Ukraine ministers meet as officials discuss peace plans

US secretary of state Marco Rubio did not attend the talks in London but defence and foreign ministers from the UK and Ukraine met.

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2 w. ago UK peace talks on Ukraine downgraded as Marco Rubio pulls out

Planned ministerial-level talks replaced by discussions at official level amid reports of change in Kremlin stanceRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesMinisterial-level Ukraine peace talks that were due to take place in London on Wednesday have been postponed at the last minute amid speculation that Russia is willing to change its position and after the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said he could not attend.The UK Foreign Office indicated that ministerial-level meetings would be replaced by discussions at an official level – though initial public comments from the Kremlin suggested Moscow still opposed Nato countries sending peacekeepers to Ukraine. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’

United Arab Emirates says Sudan ‘misusing’ world court in proceedings relating to African nation’s civil warThe international court of justice will rule in the next few weeks on whether the United Arab Emirates can be plausibly found “complicit in the commission of genocide” by arming the Rapid Support Forces militia in Sudan’s civil war.The case was brought by Sudan, whose acting justice minister, Muawia Osman, told the world court in The Hague last week that the country’s “ongoing genocide would not be possible without the complicity of the UAE, including the shipment of arms to the RSF”. Sudan wants ICJ judges to force the UAE to stop its alleged support for the RSF and make “full reparations”, including compensation to victims of the war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Wednesday briefing: Two years into the brutal civil war in Sudan, a London summit makes little progress

Wednesday briefing: Two years into the brutal civil war in Sudan, a London summit makes little progress  The Guardian

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3 w. ago Leaders meet in London to raise funds for Sudan on second anniversary of civil war

Leaders meet in London to raise funds for Sudan on second anniversary of civil war  Yahoo News Canada

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3 w. ago Foreign ministers attend conference in London to try to halt Sudan civil war

Foreign ministers attend conference in London to try to halt Sudan civil war  upi.com

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3 w. ago Famine and atrocities mount as Sudan's civil war enters its third year

Sudan's civil war marks the end of its second year on Tuesday, and the fighting, atrocities and famine are only mounting

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3 w. ago Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war

NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger and attacks on refugee campsTimeline: Sudan’s two years of war and its devastating tollSudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the price for inaction by the international community, NGOs and the UN have said, as the country’s civil war enters its third year.Two years to the day since fighting erupted in Khartoum between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, hundreds of people were feared to have died in RSF attacks on refugee camps in the western Darfur region in the latest apparent atrocity of a war marked by its brutality and wide-scale humanitarian impact. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Death, displacement and devastation – two years of war in Sudan

How the north African country has been torn apart by the conflict that broke out in 2023Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’Long read: How Sudan was plunged into warSudan’s civil war broke out two years ago to the day, since when it has killed tens of thousands, uprooted more than 13 million and created what the International Rescue Committee has described as “the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded”. Continue reading...

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