SAF evacuates ‘strategic’ Sudan-Libya-Egypt border triangle following RSF takeover

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced yesterday it seized control of the strategic El Uweinat area, at the border triangle connecting Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) confirmed it had evacuated the area, framing the …

UN agencies say a violence-hit part of South Sudan is on the brink of famine

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Three United Nations agencies warned on Thursday of looming famine in a conflict-stricken part of South Sudan. People in 11 of 13 counties in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state now face emergency levels of hunger, the World Food …

Cash shortage crippled South Sudan’s economy, says finance minister

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Marial Dongrin Ater, at state house during swearing-in of Central Bank Governor and his First Deputy on Wednesday in Juba (Photo by PPU) JUBA — South Sudan’s Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Marial Dongrin Ater, …

UN agencies say a violence-hit part of South Sudan is on the brink of famine

Sudan’s paramilitaries seize a key area along with the border with Libya and Egypt

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese paramilitaries at war with the country’s military for over two years claimed to have seized a strategic area along the border with neighboring Libya and Egypt. The Rapid Support Forces said in a statement Wednesday that they captured …

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF say they seized key zone bordering Egypt, Libya

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have said their fighters have seized a strategic zone on the border with Egypt and Libya, as the regular government-aligned army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), announced its withdrawal from the area. The …

Conflict, Displacement and disease drive food insecurity and malnutrition to alarming level in parts of South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan – The population in two counties in South Sudan are at-risk of famine in the coming months, as conflict in Upper Nile state escalates, destroying homes, disrupting livelihoods, and impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid. The latest …

Ethiopia’s premier plays down border clash with Sudan

Addis Getachew   |18.12.2020 Sudan’s prime minister claims Ethiopian militia attacked military patrol inside country. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday played down clashes that reportedly took place this week at a border area between Sudan …

UAE support to Sudan's RSF on Senate chopping block

For many, the possibility of thermonuclear annihilation was no joking matter. Within a few short years, history veered in a much more positive direction, and concerns about either superpower pressing “the button” by accident or by design began to recede. A …

Sudan Accuses Haftar’s Libyan Forces of Aiding RSF in Deadly Border Assault

Sudan Accuses Haftar’s Libyan Forces of Aiding RSF in Deadly Border Assault KHARTOUM - The Sudanese military government has accused Libyan forces within the eastern command under Khalifa Haftar of participating in a deadly border attack, arguing that they …