People gather by a medical centre building riddled with bullet holes at the Souk Sitta (Market Six) in the south of Khartoum on June 1, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

Sudan fighting intensifies despite US sanctions

Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan’s warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce. Witnesses reported artillery fire…

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US, Saudi Arabia call for warring sides in Sudan to extend ‘imperfect’ cease-fire

The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the…

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Pita’s ally questions Malaysia’s role in Southern peace talks

Thailand should allow other ASEAN countries, especially Indonesia, to help in its efforts to end violence in southern Thailand, while reconsidering Malaysia’s current role as the peace dialogue facilitator, according…

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Sudanese refugees from the Tandelti area fill containers and drink from a water tank in Koufroun, Chad, near Echbara, on April 30, 2023. (Photo by Gueipeur Denis SASSOU / AFP)

Some 6,000 have fled Sudan to Central African Republic: UN

Around 6,000 people, most of them women, have fled the fighting in Sudan to neighbouring Central African Republic over the last two weeks, the UN refugee agency told AFP Sunday. …

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132 more Thai evacuees from Sudan arrived in Bangkok Saturday night

The second group of 132 Thais being evacuated from Sudan, many of them students, arrived safety in Bangkok last night (Saturday) on a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) flight, bringing…

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132 more Thais arrive in Bangkok from Sudan Saturday night

The second group of 132 Thais to be evacuated from Sudan are due to arrive at Bangkok’s military airport at about 10pm tonight (Saturday), on a Royal Thai Air Force…

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Election Commission scraps advance voting in Sudan, returnees to vote in constituencies 

The Election Commission (EC) decided today (Saturday) to void any advance voting by Thais living in Sudan and to allow those who have returned safely to Thailand to cast ballots…

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Heavy clashes rock Sudan’s capital despite truce extension

Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman early Friday, residents said, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s two top…

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Twelve Thai evacuees from Sudan suffering respiratory diseases

Twelve of the first group of 78 Thais evacuated from Sudan, who arrived in Bangkok Thursday night, have been diagnosed with a respiratory disease, with one is suffering from stress…

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Returning Thai students from Sudan say escaped during ceasefire

Thai students, who arrived in Bangkok from Sudan via Saudi Arabia Thursday night, said that they took advantage of the 72-hour ceasefire in Khartoum to escape to the Port of…

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First group of Thais evacuated from Sudan expected in Bangkok Thursday

The first group of Thai evacuees from Sudan is expected to arrive in Bangkok on a Royal Thai Air Force flight at about 10pm tomorrow (Thursday) night, according to Air…

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Fitful start to new 3-day truce in Sudan; airlifts continue

Sudan’s warring generals pledged Tuesday to observe a new three-day truce that was brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to pull Africa’s third-largest nation back…

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Evacuation of Thais from Sudan begins Tuesday

The Thai government started to evacuate 150 Thais from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum this morning, heading for the coastal town of Port Sudan where they will board a chartered…

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Thailand prepares international evacuation of Thai people from Sudan

The Thai Foreign Ministry has been coordinating with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United States over the use of their airbases, such as the US airbase in Djibouti, in case…

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Why Sudan’s conflict matters to the rest of the world

Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two top generals has put that nation at risk of collapse and could have consequences far beyond its borders. Both sides have tens…

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Thai Foreign Ministry working on plans to evacuate Thais from Sudan

The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting this afternoon (Thursday) with representatives of the Army and the Air Force, as well as officials of the Thai Embassy in…

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People in Khartoum carrying belongings walk along a street in Khartoum on Sunday, the second day of fighting between rival forces © – / AFP

Terrified Sudanese seek shelter as rival forces fight

After a sleepless night as fighting raged, Khartoum residents are cautiously venturing out to buy supplies fearing a prolonged fight between Sudan’s regular army and paramilitaries. “We have been living…

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Sudanese demonstrators flash victory signs by a roadblock made of buring tyres in the capital Khartoum, on October 26, 2021, as they protest a military coup that overthrew the transition to civilian rule. – (Photo by AFP)

Sudanese stand ground against coup as condemnation pours in

Khartoum, Sudan (AFP) – Angry Sudanese stood their ground Tuesday in street protests against a coup, as international condemnation of the military’s takeover poured in ahead of a UN Security Council meeting….

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People gather around as smoke and fire are seen on the streets of Kartoum, Sudan, amid reports of a coup, October 25, 2021, in this still image from video obtained via social media. RASD SUDAN NETWORK via REUTERS

Sudan PM, ministers detained in apparent military coup

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan‘s cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders on Monday in an apparent military coup, three political sources said, throwing a fragile…

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Thai army to delay sending troops for overseas training

The Royal Thai Army (RTA) is considering delaying plans to send troops for overseas training, due to safety concerns, after 9 of the 151 troops returning from a training course…

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Thailand reports eight new COVID-19 cases in quarantine

Thailand has recorded eight new COVID-19 cases today (Thursday), all Thais in state quarantine after returning from abroad. According to the CCSA, four of the eight infections are among Thais…

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