United Nations, March 6 (IANS) An alarming intensification of fighting in Sudan’s Kordofan region has killed and injured civilians, destroyed homes, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure, UN humanitarians said.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the escalation of violence also impeded relief workers’ ability to reach civilians in need of aid.The office said that in South Kordofan, confrontations between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forc…
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Khartoum, Feb 3 (IANS) The Sudanese army on Tuesday announced that its units have entered Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State in southern Sudan, after more than two years of siege under the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied forces. “The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have broken the siege on Kadugli and entered the city,” the SAF Special Work Forces said in a brief statement.Meanwhile, a military commander confirmed to Xinhua news agency that the SAF forces entered Kad…
Khartoum, Jan 27 (IANS) The Sudanese army said that its forces had entered the southern city of Dilling after breaking a siege imposed for more than two years by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North.In a brief statement on Monday, the army said its troops, backed by allied forces, opened the main access road to the city following a successful operation that drove out the besieging forces, destroyed their vehicles, and secured the m…
United Nations, Jan 7 (IANS) Escalating violence in Sudan, particularly across the Kordofan region, continues to put civilians at extreme risk and drive new waves of displacement, a UN spokesperson said. Between October 25 and December 30, some 65,000 individuals were displaced from multiple locations across the Kordofan region, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, told a daily briefing, citing the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.In South Kordofan …