Smoke rises above buildings in southern Khartoum on May 19, 2023, as violence between two rival Sudanese generals continues. (AFP) KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Gunfire and explosions again rocked Sudan's capital Monday, hours before a one-week humanitarian ceasefire was due to take effect after a series of...
Close to 600 Filipinos have been repatriated from war-torn Sudan, and no more nationals are trapped in Cairo, a foreign affairs official said. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega said a total of 599 Filipinos from Sudan have been sent back to the Philippines while 71 more Filipinos are in...
GENEVA, Sudan - Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, the UN said Friday, also warning a factory producing life-saving treatments for malnourished children had burned down. "As violence in Sudan continues for a fourth week, nearly 200,000 refugees and...
A man carries a child as refugees from Sudan cross into Ethiopia in Metema, on May 4, 2023. More than 15,000 people have fled Sudan via Metema since fighting broke out in Khartoum in mid-April, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration, with around a thousand arrivals...
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Air strikes again shook Sudan's capital Monday while the latest truce talks in Jeddah have yielded no progress, with a Saudi diplomat saying both sides consider themselves "capable of winning the battle". Sudan was thrown into deadly chaos when fighting broke out on April 15...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, May 6, that there were no more Filipinos trapped at the Egypt-Sudan border. (Photo courtesy of DFA) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Affairs Eduardo Jose de Vega told DZMM’s TeleRadyo from Cairo that some 320 Filipinos from Sudan...
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The US and Saudi governments confirmed direct talks between the warring Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces would start in Jeddah on Saturday, even as fighting showed little signs of abating in the Sudanese capital. A joint US-Saudi statement welcomed the "start of...
Four Filipinos were assisted in reaching safe ground in Saudi Arabia after their evacuation from the war in Khartoum that has so far displaced more than 330,000 people. The Filipinos arrived at the King Faisal Naval Base on Thursday, May 4, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from Port Sudan, which had become a...
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- US President Joe Biden on Thursday threatened to impose new sanctions over Sudan's conflict, saying the fighting "must end", as gunfire and explosions rocked Khartoum for a 20th straight day. Hundreds of people have been killed in Sudan since battles began on April 15 between army...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden on Thursday said weeks of urban fighting in Sudan "must end" and authorized potential new sanctions against those responsible for the bloodshed. "The violence taking place in Sudan is a tragedy -- and it is a betrayal of the Sudanese people's clear...
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople has stressed the need to establish a humanitarian corridor in Sudan to safely and promptly evacuate affected Filipinos. She welcomed the news that the United Nations "will be stepping in soon" amid calls for the UN to establish a...
WASHINGTON, D.C .—Some employers in the United States and Saudi Arabia have signified their intention to hire overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the ongoing hostilities in Sudan. (Photo courtesy of OWWA) Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople said in a press briefing on Wednesday, May...
