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A view of the damaged Yunus Emre Instituteâs building during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum

WHO: 'Biological risk' after Sudan fighters occupy lab

The World Health Organization has warned that fighters in conflict-ravaged Sudan had occupied a central public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an "extremely, extremely dangerous" situation.

World • 25 Apr 23

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was speaking after talks with Kenya's foreign secretary

US voices alarm on Russia's Wagner group in Sudan

The United States has warned that Russia's Wagner mercenary group risked aggravating the conflict in Sudan, as Washington sent ships to the coast to help Americans trying to leave the country.

Sudan • 24 Apr 23

People evacuated from Sudan arrive at a military airport in Amman, Jordan

Evacuations could create diplomatic vacuum in Sudan

Hundreds of diplomats and foreign nationals have been fleeing heavy fighting in Sudan.

Analysis and Comment • 25 Apr 23

Diplomats have been targeted in attacks and at least five aid workers killed

Sudan rivals agree to 72-hour ceasefire - Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Sudan's warring generals have agreed to a three-day ceasefire after previous bids to pause the conflict quickly disintegrated.

World • 24 Apr 23

Kathy McLoughlin and her family travelled to Djibouti on a military plane

Mayo family hoping to see daughter who fled Sudan soon

The family of a Mayo woman, who was caught up in the violence in Sudan, have said they are hopeful she and her family will get back to Ireland in the coming days.

World • 24 Apr 23

A destroyed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) vehicle in southern Khartoum

Sudan fighting triggers 'collapse of healthcare system'

Urban warfare between the forces of two rival generals has triggered a "complete and total collapse of the healthcare system" in Sudan, according to the doctors' union.

Sudan • 24 Apr 23

Italian citizens boarding an Italian Air Force C130 aircraft during their evacuation from Khartoum

EU citizens, including 50 Irish, airlifted from Sudan

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a total of 50 people - Irish citizens and their family members - were evacuated from Khartoum to Djibouti since yesterday, with the support of France and Spain.

Sudan • 24 Apr 23

Sudanese army soldiers pictured earlier this week in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan

States seek Sudan evacuations as battles rage

Foreign countries are rushing to evacuate their nationals from battle-torn Sudan where deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals.

World • 24 Apr 23

A man raises his arm in support as he drives near Sudanese army soldiers in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan

Sudan fighting enters 2nd week as evacuations begin

More than 150 people from various nations have reached the safety of Saudi Arabia in the first announced evacuation of civilians from Sudan, where fighting between the army and paramilitaries entered a second week following a brief lull.

World • 22 Apr 23

Kathy, her husband Rami, and their sons stayed in the basement of a compound in Khartoum for five nights

Parents urge intervention to help Mayo woman flee Sudan

The parents of a Mayo woman trapped in Sudan with her husband and two children have called for urgent intervention to help the family flee the fighting.

Ireland • 23 Apr 23

Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L) and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (R)

Explainer: Who is fighting in Sudan?

For the past week, forces loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and rival fighters of Mohamed Hamdan Daglo's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling for control.

Sudan • 22 Apr 23

Sudanese army soldiers man a position in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan

US says Khartoum still too unsafe to evacuate embassy

The European Union said it was planning for a possible evacuation of its citizens from Khartoum when security allows, as armed clashes rage in the Sudanese capital.

World • 21 Apr 23

People flee their neighbourhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum

UN appeals for ceasefire in Sudan as thousands flee

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Sudan's warring factions to observe a ceasefire over the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday to allow civilians to reach safe areas as rival forces battled for a sixth day

World • 20 Apr 23

Smoke rises from distant buildings as clashes continue in the Sudanese capital

Sudan's 24-hour ceasefire disrupted by gunfire

A 24-hour truce agreed between Sudan's rival military factions was quickly disrupted by renewed gunfire in the Khartoum capital region today, despite US pressure to calm fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis.

World • 18 Apr 23

Sudanese army soldiers loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan posing for a picture at the Rapid Support Forces base in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan

UN contacts Sudan generals as it appeals for calm

United Nations aid workers in Sudan were hunkered down at home, as fighting spread across the country.

World • 18 Apr 23

The European Union's ambassador to Sudan is 58-year-old Irish diplomat Aidan O'Hara (Pic: European Union in Sudan Facebook)

Irish EU Ambassador to Sudan 'assaulted' in his home

The Irish EU ambassador to Sudan, Aidan O'Hara, has been attacked in his home in Khartoum, the bloc's top diplomat Josep Borrell said, as fighting between rival generals gripped the nation.

World • 18 Apr 23

People greet soldiers loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan

Conflict in Sudan: What we know

Nearly 100 civilians have died and hundreds wounded in ongoing battles between Sudan's regular army and a powerful paramilitary force after long-running bitter brinkmanship spilled into conflict.

World • 17 Apr 23

Smoke rises as clashes continue in the Sudanese capital Khartoum

Sudan's army chief declares rival faction as 'rebels'

Sudan's army chief branded the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a rebellious group and ordered it be dissolved, as the faction battled the army in deadly violence that derailed a shift to civilian rule and prompted US calls for a ceasefire.

World • 17 Apr 23

Smoke billows above residential buildings in Khartoum as fighting in Sudan raged for a second day

Food agency halts work in Sudan after 3 staff killed

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily halted all operations in Sudan after three of its employees were killed in clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Sudan • 16 Apr 23

The battles between the powerful armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) sparked an international outcry and regional concern

Fighting rages in Sudan despite humanitarian pause

Fierce fighting raged in Sudan's capital despite an hours-long pause to address humanitarian needs including the evacuation of wounded, on the second day of battles that left three UN staff among more than 50 civilians killed.

Sudan • 16 Apr 23

Smoke rising from Sudan's capital of Khartoum during clashes between paramilitaries and the Sudanese army

At least 56 civilians dead in Sudan power struggle

Clashes between Sudan's main paramilitary group and the armed forces have killed at least 56 people, a doctors' group said, in an apparent struggle for control amid the country's halting moves toward elections after a military coup.

World • 16 Apr 23

Around 38,000 people across Sudan had been affected since the start of the rainy season

Torrential rains in Sudan leave 52 dead in flooding

Flooding caused by torrential rains in Sudan have killed at least 52 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes, state media reported today.

World • 13 Aug 22

Tens of thousands turned out for yesterday's demonstrations, marching against the army's 25 October power grab

Sudanese anti-coup protesters barricade streets

Sudanese anti-coup protesters have been manning barricades in Khartoum a day after a deadly crackdown on mass rallies, as a defiant civil disobedience campaign against the military takeover entered its seventh day.

World • 31 Oct 21

Sudanese anti-coup protesters attend a gathering in the capital Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman

Three shot dead during protests against coup in Sudan

Security forces have shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup.

World • 30 Oct 21

A man carrying a Sudanese national flag walks by roadblocks set up by protesters in the capital Khartoum

Sudan general says army ousted govt to avoid civil war

Sudan's top general has defended the army's seizure of power, saying he had ousted the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to avoid civil war.

World • 26 Oct 21