The updates were made in a preliminary summary of the Regional Response Plan for Sudan, that was presented to donors in Geneva. The funding will cover immediate support in Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic. A more detailed plan will be launched next week. More help needed Raouf Mazou, UNHCR Assistant…
“I spent the night in fear, unable to go out of my house, as people were being killed everywhere,” she said, worrying about how she would protect her five-year-old son and three-year-old daughter. Panicked by the sounds of shooting and warplanes flying overhead, she tried calling her husband at work, only to learn from friends…
António Guterres was speaking to journalists in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he will be chairing a meeting of chief executives from across the whole UN system. Since violence erupted in Sudan on 15 April, more than 334,000 have likely been uprooted and more 100,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries, according to UN aid…
Senior Saudi military officer interacted with Iranian diplomats and citizens. Military officer Major General Ahmed Al-Dabis spoke to Iranian diplomats and citizens evacuated from Sudan. The Saudi government had transferred Iranian diplomats and citizens from Sudan to Tehran. Major General Ahmed Al-Dabis invited Iranian citizens to visit Saudi Arabia. On this occasion, Major General Ahmed…
Those fleeing the fighting include Sudanese refugees as well as people who were themselves refugees in Sudan. UNHCR estimates that the number of refugees and returnees may rise to over 800,000. UNHCR spokesperson, Olga Sarrado, told journalists in Geneva that many of the seven neighbouring countries are already hosting large refugee, and internally displaced populations….
WFP had paused its life-saving activities after three staff were killed in North Darfur on 15 April, the first day of clashes between the Sudanese army and the rival Rapid Security Forces (RSF). Safety first Ms. McCain said food distribution is expected to begin in four states – Gedaref, Gezira, Kassala and White Nile –…
Britain has arranged for another flight to evacuate more people from Sudan amid tensions between the army and paramilitary forces in Sudan. The news agency from Khartoum and London has reported with reference to the British government that people will be evacuated from Sudan on May 1 by another flight. According to the British government,…
Efforts by the army to safely evacuate foreigners and diplomatic personnel from the war-torn country of Sudan continue. During the bloody fighting that has been going on for several days, the process of evacuation of foreigners is going on and in this regard, Saudi Arabia has also taken steps for the safe return of its…
Photo: File Evacuation from Sudan via Saudi Arabia continues, another group of Saudi and Pakistani citizens from Jeddah reached Jeddah from Sudan. According to Arab media from Jeddah, 82 people, including Pakistanis, were brought from Sudan to Jeddah in a Saudi Air Force plane. According to Arab media, another foreign ship from Sudan has anchored…
“The scale and speed of what is unfolding is unprecedented in Sudan. We are extremely concerned by the immediate as well as long-term impact on all people in Sudan, and the broader region,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement. The UN again urged the warring sides to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, allow safe…
