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UN human rights body turns attention to Sudan’s conflict as warring generals fight for control
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ top human rights body is holding a one-day emergency session Thursday on Sudan to…
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Fears over scores of zoo animals caught in Sudan crossfire
ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Dozens of zoo animals in Sudan’s capital — including an elderly crocodile, parrots and giant lizards…
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Sudan’s warring sides send envoys for talks in Saudi Arabia
ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Sudan’s two warring generals sent their envoys on Friday to Saudi Arabia for talks aimed at…
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Qatar flies aid into Sudan, airlifts evacuees amid fighting
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AP) — Qatar flew a relief flight into Sudan carrying some 40 tons of food and left…
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Sudan envoys begin talks amid pressure to end conflict
ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Sudan’s warring sides were beginning talks Saturday that aim to firm up a shaky cease-fire after…
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Shelling in Sudanese capital disrupts aid delivery efforts
CAIRO (AP) — Heavy shelling in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Thursday disrupted efforts to deliver badly needed aid…
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UN humanitarian chief in Sudan, seeking guarantees on aid
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AP) — The U.N.’s humanitarian chief arrived in Sudan’s main seaport on Wednesday to seek guarantees for…
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DIARY: Waiting to leave Sudan, a hotel became a sanctuary
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — We were a diverse group of more than a dozen people, hunkered down in a small…
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Crowds of those seeking rescue swell at Sudan’s main seaport
CAIRO (AP) — Exhausted Sudanese and foreigners joined growing crowds at Sudan’s main seaport Tuesday, waiting to be evacuated from…
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Heavy clashes rock Sudan’s capital despite truce extension
CAIRO (AP) — Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman early Friday, residents…
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