More than 800 Sudanese reported killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says
The attacks are the latest in a series of atrocities in Darfur that marked the monthslong war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF.
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The attacks are the latest in a series of atrocities in Darfur that marked the monthslong war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF.
The United Nations Refugee Agency is making an appeal for $1 billion to help people who are fleeing the violence in Sudan. Violence broke out earlier this year when tensions exploded between the military and a paramilitary group for control of the country. The co-founders of the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network, Pastor Bob Roberts and Imam Mohamed Magid, joined CBS News to discuss the situation in the country.
39 civilians, including all members of 5 families and most of some others, were killed in just one day, a human rights activist from the area told CBS News.
14 women and children are among the victims found in the shallow grave in Darfur, the epicenter of a 12-week conflict that's morphed into ethnic violence.
The suspension of a humanitarian cease-fire in Sudan came as a result of "repeated serious violations" of the terms, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia said.
The seven-day ceasefire, which was brokered by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, will take effect Monday, officials said.
Sudan's two top generals are at war with each other, laying waste to a country that many had hoped was about to push toward democracy.
Fighting escalated Wednesday in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, as talks between the rival groups continue in Saudi Arabia. U.S. negotiators are "cautiously optimistic" about a possible short-term cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid into the country, Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday. BBC News correspondent Barbara Plett Usher joined Anne-Marie Green on "CBS News Mornings" to discuss the latest developments.
The United Nations warns fighting in Sudan could lead to a mass exodus by the end of the year. Officials estimate more than 800,000 people could try to seek refuge in neighboring nations. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio spoke with refugees making the journey across the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia.
American citizens fleeing Sudan's civil unrest braved a 10-hour journey across the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Reefan, 13, told CBS News she was excited to be "going to a safer place," but she's leaving a lot behind, and thousands of others are still desperate to get out.
U.S. Embassy in Sudan evacuated; schools look to help environment with plastic-free lunches.
The violent power struggle in Sudan has devastated the country's health care system. Executive director of Doctors Without Borders, Avril Benoit, joined CBS News to discuss the crisis.
Neighboring South Sudan says the two sides have accepted a plan to enter peace talks that includes a week-long ceasefire.
The U.S. continues to evacuate citizens from war-torn Sudan. Around 100 Americans arrived by boat in Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number evacuated to about 1,000. Ramy Inocencio has more.
The U.S. evacuation effort assisted a total of about 700 people trying to flee Sudan, amid fighting between rival generals that has led to a crisis in Africa's third-largest country.
More than 100 Americans sailed to Saudi Arabia after evacuating from the deadly violence in Sudan earlier today. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio joins Lilia Luciano and Tony Dokoupil from Saudi Arabia to discuss the voyage and the ongoing fighting across the world.
The USNS Brunswick docked in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, carrying 308 passengers fleeing violence in Sudan. Ramy Inocencio spoke to some of the 105 Americans who were on board.
"You killed thousands of patients," wrote a colleague of Sulieman, who was killed while treating the wounded, in a post aimed at his attackers.
Around 1,000 U.S. nationals have made it out of the country amid fragile ceasefires, including more than 100 aboard a Navy ship that just docked in Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. government has now facilitated the evacuation of nearly 1,000 U.S. citizens, the State Department confirmed.
Several hundred U.S. citizens were evacuated from Sudan's capital city of Khartoum on Friday amid escalating violence in the country. Ramy Inocencio has the latest.
It's the first organized effort by the U.S. to evacuate its civilians from the country.
Up to 20,000 refugees — mostly women and children — have crossed over the western border to Chad, the United Nations said.
As many as 25,000 people are said to be stranded at Sudan's border with Egypt, in circumstances described to CBS News as dire and confusing.