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The year-long ongoing war in Sudan is “a crisis of epic proportions” and the world must rethink the way it supports the Sudanese people amid rampant atrocities against civilians and no end in sight, top UN and African Union officials warned the Security Council on Friday.

Sudan renewed on Friday its adoption of the Jeddah Platform as the sole proposal for negotiations with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and affirmed its categorical rejection of any talks outside of Jeddah. After a joint meeting with the Sovereignty Council in the temporary alternative capital, Port Sudan, the government rejected peace talks outside the Jeddah process, asserting that it is the only platform to "negotiate the war imposed by the rebel militias," referring to the RSF.

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Chamber (QC) First Vice Chairman, Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Twar Al Kuwari met yesterday, with Dr Ameha Sebsibe, Head of Livestock and...

If the international reactions are anything to go by, Ethiopia’s Red Sea port deal is easier said than done.

The Sudanese Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces (Taqaddum) has said it was ready to meet with Sudanese army commander Abdulfattah al-Burhan “at any place and time” of his choosing, including in the temporary capital, Port Sudan. Taqaddum’s spokesman, Alaeddine Naqd, indicated that the coordination committee is ready to meet with Burhan “anywhere and at any time, whether inside or outside Sudan and that it has been requesting such a meeting since last December.”

Senior leaders from Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) met several times last month in Bahrain, the first such contact between the two warring sides since the beginning of the war last April, sources with knowledge of the talks said. General Shamseldin Kabbashi and the RSF deputy leader General Abdelrahim Dagalo, a brother of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, met in Manama seeking a political deal to end the war in the country. However, RSF sources said the meetings were sus...

Peace remains a long way off as fighting in Sudan nears its 10th month.

Uhuru and his successor William Ruto will attend the same for the first time in over a year.