civil war in sudan

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has increased its ongoing humanitarian aid efforts in war-torn Sudan, according to the country's communications department. In a recent statement, the Strategic Communications Department said that in response to the escalating crisis, the UAE has launched a series of emergency relief operations, including the dispatch of 159 relief flights carrying over 10,000 tonnes of food, medicine and relief supplies to Sudan. This assistance has been critical in meeting the urgent…

Dozens of people have died and hundreds more are hospitalized during a cholera outbreak in war-torn Sudan, the country's health ministry said on Sunday. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement that at least 22 people have died from the disease and that at least 354 confirmed cases of cholera have been detected across the county. Ibrahim did not give a time frame for the deaths or the number since the beginning of the year. However, the World Health Organization said 78 deaths…

The US special envoy for Sudan is seeking "tangible results" from the talks to end the devastating war, despite the absence of the Sudanese government. War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese army under the country's de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The RSF delegation is participating in the US-brokered talks to secure a ceasefire that began at an undisclosed location in Switzerland on…