Port Sudan, September 15 (Darfur24) Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris began a three-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday, accompanied by a high-level ministerial delegation. The delegation includes the Ministers of Finance, Animal Resources and Fisheries, Culture and Information, and Tourism. Idris was seen off atContinue Reading
El Geneina, September 15 (Darfur24) The city of El Geneina in West Darfur is grappling with turmoil in the foreign exchange market, as the Sudanese pound sharply plummets and dual exchange rates cause a severe cash shortage. A Darfur24 correspondent touring Katkut Market, the city’s largest currency hub, found thatContinue Reading
El Fasher, September 15 (Darfur24) A majority of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Abu Shouk camp, north of El Fasher in North Darfur State, have fled yet again due to escalating violence, the camp’s civil administration confirmed on Sunday. Mayor Adam Abdullah Mohammed Sharaf told Darfur24 that the RapidContinue Reading
Abu Matariq, September 14 (Darfur24) The Health Department in Bahr al-Arab locality, East Darfur State, has resumed a vaccination campaign for nomadic children for the first time since the outbreak of Sudan’s armed conflict. The director of the Health Department, Ibrahim Kafouta told Darfur24 that the campaign began this week,Continue Reading
Nyala, September 14 (Darfur24) The Ministry of Health in South Darfur State announced on Sunday that it had recorded 64 new cholera cases, including five deaths. According to the General Department of Health Emergencies and Epidemic Control in South Darfur State, the total number of cholera cases had risen to 4,898,Continue Reading
Port Sudan, September 14 (Darfur24) The African Union (AU) Commission and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Sunday welcomed the Quartet’s proposal to resolve the conflict in Sudan. The Quartet—comprising the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—on Friday called for a three-month truce to paveContinue Reading
Washington, September 13 (Darfur24) The Quartet group—comprising the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—has proposed a truce in Sudan to pave the way for a permanent ceasefire and the launch of a political process leading to a transitional government. The foreign ministers of the Quartet, meetingContinue Reading
Washington, September 13 (Darfur24) The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Sudan’s Finance Minister and leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Gibril Ibrahim, along with the Al-Baraa bin Malik Brigade, citing their involvement in Sudan’s war and links to Iran. InContinue Reading
Nairobi, September 12 (Darfur24) The Sudan Foundation Alliance (TASIS), led by its Vice President Abdelaziz Adam Al-Hilu, met Friday with the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy to Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, in Nairobi, Kenya. In a statement seen by Darfur24, TASIS said the meeting was held at Lamamra’s request to discuss opportunitiesContinue Reading
Nyala, September 12 (Darfur24) Eyewitnesses and local sources reported Thursday that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched arrests in Nyala following a deadly explosion at the South Darfur government secretariat on Wednesday. The blast, which struck the northern part of the secretariat, killed several civilians, including five guards of theContinue Reading