<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Sudan conflict Archives - Sweet Melodies FM</title> <atom:link href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/tag/sudan-conflict/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/tag/sudan-conflict/</link> <description>Keeping You Sanctified Morning, Noon and Night!</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:09:55 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <image> <url>https://i0.wp.com/www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-Sweet-Melodies-FM_text_favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1</url> <title>Sudan conflict Archives - Sweet Melodies FM</title> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/tag/sudan-conflict/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Doctors report the deaths of 39 women and children in Sudan.</title> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/doctors-report-the-deaths-of-39-women-and-children-in-sudan/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:09:52 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan conflict]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/?p=85555</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>At least 39 people, mostly women and children, were killed on Tuesday in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, when rockets fell on their homes during fighting between the army and paramilitaries, a medical source and witnesses told AFP. Since 11 August, according to the UN, more than 50,000 people have been forced to flee […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/doctors-report-the-deaths-of-39-women-and-children-in-sudan/">Doctors report the deaths of 39 women and children in Sudan.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>At least 39 people, mostly women and children, were killed on Tuesday in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, when rockets fell on their homes during fighting between the army and paramilitaries, a medical source and witnesses told AFP.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/more-than-300000-sudanese-migrants-have-sought-asylum-in-chad/" data-type="post" data-id="85322">More than 300,000 Sudanese migrants have sought asylum in Chad.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/sudan-conflict-children-are-more-at-risk/" data-type="post" data-id="84619">Sudan conflict: children are more at risk</a></li> </ul> <p>Since 11 August, according to the UN, more than 50,000 people have been forced to flee Nyala, where communications networks are virtually permanently cut off due to the intensity of the conflict.</p> <p>-More to follow-</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/doctors-report-the-deaths-of-39-women-and-children-in-sudan/">Doctors report the deaths of 39 women and children in Sudan.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Sudan conflict: children are more at risk</title> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/sudan-conflict-children-are-more-at-risk/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:20:59 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan conflict]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/?p=84619</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>According to a new assessment issued on Tuesday by the United Nations Children’s Fund, one in every two children in Sudan, or 13.6 million children, is in desperate need of humanitarian help (UNICEF). According to the UN study, 1.5 million children have been displaced since the battle between the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) and the […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/sudan-conflict-children-are-more-at-risk/">Sudan conflict: children are more at risk</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>According to a new assessment issued on Tuesday by the United Nations Children’s Fund, one in every two children in Sudan, or 13.6 million children, is in desperate need of humanitarian help (UNICEF).</p> <p>According to the UN study, 1.5 million children have been displaced since the battle between the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on April 15.</p> <p>According to UNICEF Sudan, it has provided health supplies to nearly 3 million women and children and clean drinking water to 1.4 million people.</p> <p>However, with no end to the conflict in sight, the organisation warns that the humanitarian crisis is set to worsen, saying that the “critical needs are rapidly multiplying”. </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Continued fighting</h2> <p>On Saturday, fighting erupted between the army and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) in Kadugli, capital of South Kordofan state. </p> <p>The SPLM-N has besieged the city and taken control of five of the city’s six military bases. </p> <p>Elsewhere, the armed conflict that began in the southern suburbs of Khartoum has now spread to all of Khartoum and other states. </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">“Children’s crisis”</h2> <p>The ongoing conflict is creating a “deepening children’s crisis” says UNICEF. Children are now at increased risk of disease, with basic services such as immunisation not fully functioning. </p> <p>The report says there have been outbreaks of measles and an increase in mortality rates associated with acute malnutrition in Darfur and White Nile. </p> <p>Across the country, 24.7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.</p> <p>Since the start of the conflict, there have been over 3,000 deaths and 6,000 injuries. Of those, over 330 children have been killed and 1,900 injured, according to UNICEF.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/sudan-conflict-children-are-more-at-risk/">Sudan conflict: children are more at risk</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Sudan conflict: army chief urges civilians to enrol</title> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/sudan-conflict-army-chief-urges-civilians-to-enrol/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 10:57:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan conflict]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/?p=84082</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Sudan’s army leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, stated on Monday that his forces are ready to “accept and equip” volunteer fighters. The army ordered citizen fighters to their nearest command or military unit in a Facebook post. For weeks, there has been discussion about the possibility of civilian recruiting, which might exacerbate already lethal conflict. Al-Burhan […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/sudan-conflict-army-chief-urges-civilians-to-enrol/">Sudan conflict: army chief urges civilians to enrol</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Sudan’s army leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, stated on Monday that his forces are ready to “accept and equip” volunteer fighters.</p> <p>The army ordered citizen fighters to their nearest command or military unit in a Facebook post.</p> <p>For weeks, there has been discussion about the possibility of civilian recruiting, which might exacerbate already lethal conflict.</p> <p>Al-Burhan stated in a speech on June 27 that “all young and talented guys should enrol.” It is unknown whether his most recent call to arms constituted a forced conscription.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Ethnic violence</h2> <p>Monday’s announcement comes amid renewed artillery fire in Khartoum over the weekend, as the conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdane Dagalo (or Hemedti), reaches its twelfth week.</p> <p>Since it began on April 15 , the war has resulted in nearly 3000 deaths and 2.8 million refugees and displaced people. </p> <p>In Darfur, in Sudan’s west, the violence has taken on “ethnic dimensions” according to the United Nations. </p> <p>Armed civilians have already participated in the fighting in Darfur, with the region’s governor, Minni Minnawi, an ex-rebel leader now close to the army, calling on civilians to take up arms in May. </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Civilian suffering</h2> <p>The United Nations believes that the acts of violence in Darfur, mainly committed by the RSF and Arab militia allied against non-Arab civilians, could constitute “crimes against humanity”.</p> <p>The RSF, whose troops largely come from western Sudan, have been accused of the majority of sexual assault cases and of “stealing” houses, leaving their inhabitants to swell the ranks of the displaced. </p> <p>On Sunday, amidst a surge of videos on social media showing paramilitary soldiers forcing civilians from their vehicles, the RSF announced they would punish “looting, vandalism and above all the theft of civilians’ cars”. </p> <p>Humanitarian organisations are particularly concerned about the plight of children, over 13.6 million of whom are, according to Unicef, in need of humanitarian aid, and 300,000 at risk of starvation.</p> <p></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/sudan-conflict-army-chief-urges-civilians-to-enrol/">Sudan conflict: army chief urges civilians to enrol</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>