Category: Khartoum

Sudan Officials Say Airstrike Killed 17 People, Including 5 Children, in Capital Khartoum

June 17, 2023
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CAIRO—An airstrike in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Saturday killed at least 17 people, including five children, health officials said, as fighting continued between rival generals seeking to control the country. The attack was one of the deadliest of the clashes in urban areas of Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan between the military and a powerful…

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US Launches First Mass Evacuation Effort of Citizens From Sudan

April 30, 2023
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The U.S. State Department confirmed it is launching the first mass evacuation of its citizens from Sudan amid fighting between rival factions that started earlier this month. A U.S. government-backed convoy carrying U.S. citizens arrived at Port Sudan on Saturday, said the State Department in a statement over the weekend. Port Sudan is located hundreds of…

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US Begins First Mass Evacuation Effort of Citizens From Sudan

April 30, 2023
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The U.S. State Department confirmed that it’s launching the first mass evacuation of its citizens from Sudan amid fighting between rival factions that started earlier this month. A U.S. government-backed convoy carrying U.S. citizens arrived at Port Sudan on April 29, the State Department said in a statement over the weekend. Port Sudan, which sits near the…

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Sudan Group Says 1 Person Killed in Anti-Coup Protests

December 20, 2021
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CAIRO—A Sudanese protester was shot dead during mass demonstrations against the recent military takeover and a subsequent deal that reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok but sidelined the movement, a medical group said Monday. Tens of thousands of Sudanese took to the streets in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country Sunday. The protests marked…

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Mass Protest in Khartoum Against Apparent Coup

October 25, 2021
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Thousands of people flooded the streets of Sudanese capital Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman to protest an apparent military takeover. Military forces arrested Sudan’s acting prime minister and senior government officials, disrupted Internet access, and blocked bridges in the capital, the country’s information ministry said, describing the actions as a coup. Monday’s apparent…

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