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The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

Middle East round-up: Civilians flee Sudan

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East and North Africa coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Britain has airlifted around 900 from Sudan to Cyprus

Britain had evacuated around 900 of its citizens from Sudan through Cyprus as of early afternoon Thursday and urged those remaining in the conflict-riven country to grasp an opportunity to leave during the final hours of a cease fire.

Reuters

Sudan: questions about Wagner Group involvement as another African country falls prey to Russian mercenaries

After more than a week of intense fighting between Sudanese government troops and paramilitary forces in Khartoum, many western countries – including the US and UK – are evacuating their nationals from the strife-torn city.

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Supplies running out at Sudan’s remaining hospitals as healthcare disaster looms

In El Fasher, in North Darfur, only one hospital remains functional, with bomb damage, power cuts and only weeks until lifesaving equipment and drugs run out

The Guardian - UK

Lebanese Businessman Flees Sudan Conflict to a Nation in Economic Crisis

As Lebanese businessman Ahmad Shams sheltered in the hotel he ran in Khartoum from the gunfire and shelling that erupted there this month, it brought back flashbacks of the civil war that had shattered Lebanon's capital in his youth. "It's the same picture – there are militias, there are international…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain urging extension of Sudan ceasefire - PM Sunak's spokesperson

Britain's ambassador in Sudan is speaking to the warring parties in the country to urge them to extend a 72-hour ceasefire that is due to expire tonight, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday.

Reuters

Canada airlifts over 100 people from Sudan in first evacuation operation

Canada conducted its first evacuation operation in Sudan on Thursday, airlifting over 100 hundred people, including Canadians and other nationals, on two flights from the war-torn North African country, senior government officials said.

Reuters

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Families in Sudan divided by rival military factions

As Sudan fell apart this month in pitched battles between warring military factions, Mohamed Jally's family in the vast desert region of Darfur was itself torn in two, with a brother fighting on each side.

Reuters

Over 70 NHS doctors still stuck in Sudan as ceasefire ends TONIGHT and chaos continues

Nadia Baasher, a representative of the Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK SJDA and a paediatric emergency doctor in London, told the Mirror she is in a WhatsApp group with 75 NHS doctors stuck in the country where a deadly war has unfolded

Daily Mirror

Shifting alliances in Sudan’s Darfur as new civil war fears rise

Locals in Darfur arm themselves, believing army-RSF conflict could reignite ethnic violence and open war in region.

Al Jazeera

Sudan's rival generals share a troubled past: genocide in Darfur

Two generals are currently battling for control of Sudan's capital Khartoum. In the early 2000s, both played key roles in the government's brutal crackdown in Darfur, which was ruled a genocide.

WEKU

Air strikes echo in Sudan as US, African nations push for longer truce

The US and African nations are racing to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan, with the Sudanese army agreeing to talks.

The New Daily

Brit mum and 4 kids fleeing Sudan terrified when tyre blows out amid hail of bullets

Jennifer McLellan and her family were hiding from gun fighting in Sudan, not knowing how they would escape, when a last minute call sent them fleeing to the airport

Daily Mirror

Op Kaveri: Family of Albert Augestine, who died in strife-torn Sudan, reaches Kochi

The family of Albert Augustine, an Indian who died in the ongoing violence in Sudan has reached Kochi Airport today from Jeddah. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Evening Standard

UK accused of delaying Germany’s evacuation effort in Sudan

Ministry of Defence insists claims UK caused delay at evacuation airfield in Sudan are untrue

The Guardian - UK

Multiple government defeats are likely when the illegal immigration bill heads to the Lords

Sunak’s plan is cruel and unworkable, but at the very least there may be concessions on victims of trafficking and children, says Refugee Council SEO Enver Solomon

Asharq Al-Awsat

Renewed Air Strikes Hit Khartoum as Deadly Fighting Flares in Darfur...Clock Ticks Down on Sudan Truce

The Sudanese army pounded paramilitaries in the capital Khartoum with air strikes Thursday while deadly fighting flared in Darfur as the clock ticked down on a fragile US-brokered ceasefire now in its final full day. Late Wednesday, the army said it had agreed to talks in Juba, capital of neighbouring…

Reuters

Lebanese businessman flees Sudan conflict to a nation in economic crisis

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The Independent UK

NHS doctors denied seats on British evacuation planes left stranded in Sudan

Junior doctors made perilous journey in race to reach evacuation airfield before ceasefire ends

Liverpool Echo

Dad told kids shooting outside home was a game of 'Tom and Jerry'

The British-Sudanese dad said that a gunfight broke out outside his block of flats in Khartoum

Al Jazeera

More air strikes in Sudan as ceasefire expiry looms

Fighting between the army and RSF paramilitary rages for a second straight day in West Darfur’s capital, Geneina.

Asharq Al-Awsat

187 Evacuees from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah on Thursday

Up to 187 evacuees arrived in Jeddah Thursday morning from Sudan.

The Independent UK

Reported fighting in Sudan's Darfur mars fragile truce

Residents say fighting has intensified in Sudan's war-ravaged province of Darfur during a fragile three-day truce between the country's battling top generals

The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay says RCN left him with no choice but to go to court to block unlawful strike – as it happened

Health secretary defends court action as Pat Cullen says government decision could make nurses more determined to vote for further strike action

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman appears to rule out safe and legal routes for refugees from Sudan

The Home Secretary said there were ‘no plans’ to consider allowing civilians in the war-torn country to seek asylum in Britain

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