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Russia Today
06-05-2025
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- Russia Today
Moscow condemns drone strikes in African state
Russia has denounced drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Sudan's main port city on the Red Sea, calling for dialogue, an immediate cessation of hostilities, and an end to the two-year-long war between the African country's rival military forces. Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched airstrikes on Port Sudan on Sunday. According to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the attack caused damage to an ammunition storage facility at the Osman Digna military air base and nearby buildings. This marked the first RSF assault on the Red Sea State capital since April 2023, when the conflict erupted between the paramilitary group and the national army amid a power struggle between their leaders. The UN says over 12.4 million people have been displaced, with half the country's population facing acute hunger. More than 3.3 million have fled to neighboring countries, and a recent study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimated the death toll in Khartoum state alone could exceed 60,000. In a statement on Monday, Moscow expressed 'deep concern over the ongoing bloody armed confrontation' between the SAF and the RSF. 'Russia considers it unacceptable to carry out strikes on civilian infrastructure and advocates strict compliance with international humanitarian law,' the Russian Foreign Ministry stated. It called on the warring parties to intensify diplomatic efforts for an 'inter-Sudanese dialogue without outside interference, which should result in the establishment of lasting peace in the country, preserving its sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity.' Port Sudan, long considered the safest part of the country and home to Sudan's main airport, military headquarters, and seaport, had become a de facto administrative capital amid the devastation of the national capital, Khartoum, and other cities. The escalation comes days after the RSF seized the city of El-Nuhud in West Kordofan on May 1, killing at least three health workers, including the medical director of the city's hospital, according to the Sudan Doctors Syndicate. The group also claimed on Saturday to have taken control of Al-Khowei, another city in the same region. Earlier, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo warned that the war is far from over after the army recaptured the paramilitary group's positions in Khartoum in March.
Al Jazeera
11-02-2025
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- Al Jazeera
Sudan scene of world's worst humanitarian crisis: African Union
The civil war in Sudan has created the 'worst humanitarian crisis in the world', the African Union has warned. The conflict between the Sudanese military government and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is hampering the delivery of aid to a population suffering attacks and the threat of famine, officials said on Tuesday at a panel on the crisis. The war 'has hampered access to humanitarian relief, led to shortage of food and aggravated hunger', Mohamed Ibn Chambas, chairperson of the AU High Level Panel on Sudan (HLP-Sudan), said on X. 'Children and women are continually abused, and the elderly and sick lack medical assistance,' he continued. 'This is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.' The warning echoes similar statements from international aid agencies, including the United Nations. Attacks on schools, child soldiers The war in Sudan broke out in April 2023 and has displaced an estimated 12 million people. AU officials warned that hundreds of thousands of children are now malnourished. Wilson Almeida Adao, a senior AU official for child welfare, said in a separate statement that hospital admissions for malnutrition rose by 44 percent in 2024, with more than 431,000 children receiving treatment. 'We witness reports of grave violations, including attacks on schools and hospitals, forced recruitment of child soldiers, and the denial of humanitarian access,' he said. The Sudanese army controls the east and north of the country, while the RSF holds most of the stricken Darfur region, where the UN on Monday accused it of blocking aid. 'The persistent restrictions and bureaucratic hurdles' imposed by the RSF's humanitarian agency 'are preventing life-saving assistance from reaching those in desperate need', said Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan. Chambas declared that 'only inter-Sudanese political dialogue, not the military option, can end this war' suggesting that 'external interference has equally contributed to why the war has lasted this long'. 'We are and will continue engaging all Sudanese parties, including civilians and political actors, in an all-inclusive solution of the crisis and a comprehensive political dialogue to restore constitutional democracy in Sudan,' said Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, AU commissioner for political affairs, peace and security. road map for a post-war transitional government.
