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Sudan's army claimed that its anti-aircraft system intercepted drones on Wednesday, which were targeting the largest naval base of the country in Port Sudan, the country's wartime capital. There were explosions heard in the city. It was not immediately known if they were near Flamingo's base. Port Sudan was the target of days of attacks, including drone strikes reported by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. These assaults have destroyed the country's largest fuel depots as well as its main humanitarian aid gateway. Port Sudan has enjoyed relative peace since the outbreak of the civil war in April 2023 between the...

The International Court of Justice dismissed Sudan's claim that the United Arab Emirates were fueling genocide by supplying arms to paramilitary groups in Darfur, saying they lacked jurisdiction. Sudan complained to the U.N.'s highest court that the UAE violated the Genocide Convention in Darfur by supporting paramilitary groups, but the UAE said it should be dismissed. The court agreed with the UAE arguments on Monday, rejected Sudan's demand for emergency measures, and ordered that the case be removed. A summary of the ruling stated that due to the lack jurisdiction, "the court's statute prohibits it from taking any positions on...

Sudan informed the International Court of Justice that the United Arab Emirates violated the Genocide Convention on Thursday by supporting paramilitary groups in Darfur. The UAE, however, argued that the case should not be heard as the court lacks jurisdiction. Sudan requested that the judges issue an emergency order to prevent the attacks of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other Arab militias in West Darfur in 2023, which were documented by. The United Arab Emirates are complicit in the genocide of the Masalit, according to Sudan's acting Justice Minister, Muawia osman. The UAE have repeatedly dismissed Sudan's case...

In a video message released on Saturday, Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said that he would crush the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. He reaffirmed the commitment of the military to restore national unity and stability. Burhan said that fighters who "repent of the truth" and lay down their weapons, especially those in rebel-held regions, could still receive amnesty if they do so. On Saturday morning, the army announced that it had taken over a large market in Khartoum’s twin city, Omdurman. The RSF had used the market to launch attacks against civilians during the devastating war of two years...

Sudan's Army said Sunday that it had retaken control of el-Gitaina from the Rapid Support Forces, located just south of capital. It also broke the siege of the paramilitary groups on the strategic western city of el-Obeid. Last week, activists reported that three days of RSF attack near Gitaina in White Nile State, which is emerging as a major battleground in central Sudan as the army gains territory, had resulted in more than 200 deaths. The conflict that broke out in April 2023 as a result of a power struggle between RSF and army has caused the death of tens...

Turkey can step in to deal with disagreements in between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, President Tayyip Erdogan informed the head of Sudan's sovereign council Abdel Fattah alBurhan in a telephone call on Friday, the Turkish presidency stated. The Sudanese army has consistently implicated the UAE of providing weapons and support to the paramilitary Quick Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's war. The Gulf state denies this. U.N. sanctions displays have referred to as reputable accusations that the UAE had given military aid to the RSF. Erdogan went over Turkish-Sudanese relations along with regional and worldwide matters with Burhan in...

Malaysian state-owned energy giant Petroliam Nasional > said on Monday its system had actually initiated procedures against South Sudan for supposedly obstructing a $1.25 billion sale of its regional possessions and instead taking over business. The company, likewise called Petronas, announced on Aug. 7 it would leave South Sudan after running operations in the nation for around 3 decades. It was in talks to sell the local properties to Britain's Savannah Energy, however the oil and gas company took out of the offer on the exact same day. South Sudan's state-run Nile Petroleum then took control of the local oilfield...

Sudan and the United Arab Emirates clashed at the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday over allegations by the armyaligned Sudanese government that the UAE is offering weapons and support to a competing warring celebration in the country's 14month long conflict. Sitting beside each other at the Security Council table, UAE U.N. Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab said Sudan's U.N. Ambassador Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed had actually made ludicrous and incorrect allegations designed to sidetrack from severe infractions that are taking place on the ground. War appeared in April in 2015 in between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Quick Support Forces (RSF)...

An attack by gunmen on a. humanitarian convoy of the International Committee of the Red. Cross in Sudan's South Darfur eliminated 2 motorists and hurt. 3 other staff on Thursday, the ICRC said in a declaration. The group was on its method back from Layba to assess the. humanitarian scenario of communities affected by armed violence. in the area when the event happened, the ICRC stated. More than a year of war between Sudan's army and the. paramilitary Fast Assistance Forces (RSF) has actually driven at least 8.5. million individuals from their homes. Battling tore through the. capital and has...

South Sudan's earnings from crude oil sales has decreased as war in neighbouring Sudan shut down a pipeline to a port there, contributing to salary hold-ups for federal government authorities, its financing minister said. South Sudan had actually been pumping about 150,000 barrels per day of crude through Sudan for export, paying the latter a transit charge under a formula agreed when South Sudan acquired self-reliance from Khartoum in 2011, taking most oil production with it. Earlier today, three Sudanese officials informed the primary pipeline from South Sudan had actually been experiencing blockages considering that last month due to issues...

Russia has started diesel exports to Sudan as Moscow seeks new markets for its fine-tuned products after an EU embargo, LSEG information shows. Because the complete EU embargo on Russian oil product imports was enforced in February 2023, diesel materials have been diverted to Brazil, Turkey, nations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East as well as ship-to-ship (STS) loadings. LSEG data reveals that two fuel tankers - Pavo Rock and Conga - delivered a total of about 70,000 metric tons of ultra-low sulphur diesel to Sudan after it was packed in February at the Russian Baltic port of Primorsk....

The vault, which stores food crops seeds from all over the world in caves created by humans on an isolated Norwegian Arctic island, will receive 14,000 more samples on Tuesday. In 2008, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was created as a backup to the gene banks around the world that store genetic codes for thousands of species. The vault, protected by permafrost and ice, has received samples all over the world and played an important role in the rebuilding of seed collections that were damaged in the Syrian war between 2015 and 2019. In a press release, Crop Trust Executive...