Tag: Sudan violence
UAE denies supplying arms, ammunition to Sudan’s warring parties
DUBAI- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) dismissed claims that it had supplied warring parties in Sudan with arms and ammunition.
“The UAE does not take...
Sudanese general warns Kenya against sending peacekeepers
CAIRO- A Sudanese general rejected in threatening language a Kenyan-led proposal that East African peacekeepers help end a more than 100-day war in Sudan...
Shelling, gunfire resume in Sudan as 24-hour ceasefire ends
Shelling and gunfire resumed Sunday in the Sudanese capital, witnesses said, at the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that had given civilians rare respite...
UNILORIN opens portal to admit Nigerian students displaced from Sudan
ILORIN- University of Ilorin has opened a website: www.unilorin.edu.ng for consideration of admission of Nigerian students returning from war-torn Sudan.
Mr Kunle Akogun, the university’s...
Sudan condemns terrorist attack on worshipers by rebel RSF
ABUJA- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan on Sunday condemned in strong terms the attack on worshipers by the rebel Rapid Support Forces...
FG says 160 Women Claiming To Be Nigerians In Sudan Without...
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (SundiataPost) - The Federal Government says 160 women claiming to be Nigerians in Sudan have no passports to...
UN Human Rights Council to meet as fighting in Sudan continues
GENEVA- The UN Human Rights Council, acting on the request of Germany and other countries, will hold a special session on Thursday due to...
Number of IDPs in Sudan surges amid fighting
GENEVA- Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan have fled their homes as fighting continues between rival forces, according to the latest data available...
FG has successfully evacuated all Nigerians stranded in Khartoum – Official
ABUJA- The Federal Government on Friday said it successfully evacuated all Nigerians that were stranded in the crisis-ridden Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
Dr Sani Gwarzo, the...
First set of Nigerian evacuees from Sudan arrive Abuja (Photos)
The first set of Nigerian citizens who fled war-torn Sudan, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 11.40pm on Wednesday, May 3, with...
Nigerian evacuees from Sudan depart Egypt for Abuja, airlifted without luggage
Nigerian evacuees who fled crisis-ridden Sudan have been airlifted from Aswan airport in Egypt.
Nigerian Air Force plane, NAF C130, and an aircraft belonging to...
Sudan: Reps to investigate Egypt’s refusal to grant returning Nigerians access...
ABUJA- The House of Representatives is to investigate the circumstances that led to the hard diplomatic stance of the Egyptian authorities over the plight...
Rwanda evacuates nationals from Sudan
KIGALI- The Rwandan government on Tuesday announced the evacuation of its citizens and other nationals from Sudan as fierce fighting continues in the country...
Tentative calm returns to Sudanese cities as ceasefire extended
SUDAN- Streets in some Sudanese cities returned to relative calm on Sunday as a shaky ceasefire helped scale back a conflict that has left...
UN food agency lifting suspension of Sudan programmes
NAIROBI- Cindy McCain, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) said the UN food agency would lift a suspension of its aid mission in...
NIDCOM Chairman gives updates on 5,500 Nigerian Students in troubled...
ABUJA- The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa says over 5,500 Nigerian schooling in war-torn Sudan are among the first...
Sudan Crisis: NAF, Air Peace To Begin Airlifting Of Nigerian Evacuees...
By Chibuike nabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Amid the crisis rocking Sudan, the Federal Government has said that the Nigerian Air Force...
No Nigerian Life Lost In Sudan Crisis — Minister
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, on Wednesday, said no Nigerian life has been lost...
Sudan’s rival factions agree to 3-day ceasefire amid intense evacuation
KHARTOUM- The warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a three-day ceasefire starting midnight on Monday, as many countries are racing to evacuate civilians...
Sudan’s rival factions agree to implement ceasefire — US
KHATOUM - The Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have agreed to implement a nationwide ceasefire starting at midnight.
US Secretary of...