Sudan
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PublishedMay 4, 2023
Biden authorizes new sanctions on Sudan, says violence ‘must end’
The U.N.'s refugee agency has warned that more than 800,000 could flee Sudan because of the violence.
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PublishedMay 4, 2023
Shelling in Sudanese capital disrupts aid delivery efforts
In central areas of Khartoum, sporadic explosions could be heard Thursday, a day after the United Nations warned that the Sudanese people are 'facing a humanitarian catastrophe.'
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PublishedMay 2, 2023
800,000 refugees could flee Sudan, triggering regional crisis, UN warns
The fighting has forced more than 73,000 people to flee to Sudan's neighbors, which already host a large number of refugees from past conflicts.
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PublishedMay 1, 2023
U.S. evacuation convoy reaches Sudanese port city, State Department says
The United States paid for more than a dozen local buses to carry U.S. citizens from the capital, Khartoum, to Port Sudan on the Red Sea, officials said.
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PublishedApril 30, 2023
Sudan’s army and rival extend truce, despite ongoing clashes
On Sunday, the aircraft carrying medical aid took off from Jordan and landed in the city of Port Sudan, said the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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PublishedApril 29, 2023
U.S. conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war
The U.S., which had none of its officials on the ground for the evacuation, has been criticized by families of trapped Americans for initially ruling out any U.S.-run evacuation for Americans who wish to leave.
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PublishedApril 29, 2023
As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400
The civilian death toll jumped Saturday to 411 people, according to the Sudan Doctors' Syndicate, which monitors casualties.
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PublishedApril 27, 2023
Fighters rampage in Darfur as Sudan extends fragile truce
The mayhem in the Darfur city of Genena pointed to how the rival generals’ fight for control in the capital, Khartoum, was spiraling into violence in other parts of Sudan.
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PublishedApril 26, 2023
Sudanese families crowd borders to escape as shaky truce holds
Witnesses say crowds of families have been growing at Sudan’s border crossing with Egypt and at a main port, desperately trying to escape their country’s violence.
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PublishedApril 26, 2023
Maine’s Sudanese community reacts to conflict, loss in their homeland
Roughly 2,000 Mainers have ties to Sudan where 2 top generals are embattled in a power struggle that has raised serious humanitarian concerns.