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[40] [49] [37] [42] Fifty-seven Sudanese aid workers and 20 Indian workers were relocated from Sudan to Chad. [50] On 30 April, the Red Cross sent its first aid delivery to Sudan by air since the conflict began, ferrying eight tonnes of humanitarian cargo from Amman, Jordan to Port Sudan. [51] The World Food Programme resumed operations on 1 ...
The conflict has led the United Nations to declare Sudan the most dangerous country in the world for humanitarian workers after South Sudan. [263] The situation was further compounded by attacks on humanitarian facilities, with more than 50 warehouses looted, 82 offices ransacked, and over 200 vehicles stolen.
The conflict has led the United Nations to declare Sudan the most dangerous country in the world for humanitarian workers after South Sudan. [12] The situation was further compounded by attacks on humanitarian facilities, with more than 50 warehouses looted, 82 offices ransacked, and over 200 vehicles stolen. [218]
Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has witnessed a protracted series of coups d'état, totalling 19 coup attempts, of which 7 were successful, [1] [note 1] which places Sudan as the African nation with the most coup attempts [2] and it ranks second globally, just behind Bolivia, which has recorded 23 coup attempts since 1950. [3]
Map of Sudan from 2011 with South Sudan independent. The history of Sudan refers to the territory that today makes up Republic of the Sudan and the state of South Sudan, which became independent in 2011. The territory of Sudan is geographically part of a larger African region, also known by the term "Sudan".
The term Sudanese Civil War refers to at least three separate conflicts in Sudan in Northeast Africa: First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972) Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005) Sudanese civil war (2023–present) It could also refer to other internal conflicts in Sudan: Sudanese nomadic conflicts; War in Darfur (2003–2020)
Sudan has made progress in shutting down terrorism inside its borders. Sudan’s terrorist connection is not new and the country has been on the United States list of state sponsors of terrorism since August 1993. Sudan has been under diplomatic sanctions by the United Nations since 1996.
Conflicts between the government and rebel groups—the civil war involving north–south tensions, the Darfur conflict involving Arab tribespeople tensions in the Darfur region in the western region of Sudan—have resulted in rape, torture, killings, and massive population displacements (estimated at over 2 million in 2007), earning Sudan a comparison to Rwanda in the press.