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AL welcomes implementing agreement on successful swap of prisoners, abductees in Yemen

Date: 2023-04-17 10:58:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:10116542

CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit welcomed the process of the successful swap of prisoners and abductees among the Yemeni parties to implement a plan they agreed upon in March. Abul Gheit said that the ....

AU condemns Sudan's deadly clashes

Date: 2023-04-16 22:17:18 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:10116148

ADDIS ABABA, April 16 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) on Sunday expressed concern over the ongoing clashes between Sudan's armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which inflicted casualties on civilians, including foreign aid workers along ....

Abul Gheit in talks with UN chief on Sudan

Date: 2023-04-16 22:12:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:10116178

CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit held on Sunday a phone call with UN Secretary General António Guterres on the latest developments in Sudan. Spokesman for the Arab League Gamal Roshdi said Abul Gheit updated ....

UN chief laments looting of UN premises in Darfur

Date: 2023-04-16 21:36:00 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:10116146

NEWYORK, April 16 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday expressed sorrow over hitting UN and other humanitarian premises with projectiles, along side with looting these premises, in several locations across Darfur. He called ....

UNITAMS: 3 WFP workers killed in Darfur

Date: 2023-04-16 19:10:37 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:10116061

KHARTOUM, April 16 (MENA) - Three World Food Programme (WFP) employees were killed in North Darfur. According to head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), the three WFP workers were killed in ....

Syria: 26 civilians killed in attack by Daesh terrorists in Hama countryside

Date: 2023-04-16 15:15:10 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:10115799

DAMASCUS, April 16 (MENA) - As many as 26 Syrian civilians were killed in an attack carried out by Daesh terrorists on the locals in the eastern countryside of Hama, state news agency SANA reported Sunday. A source in Hama Police Command said ....

Blinken calls for immediate end to hostilities in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-16 14:51:23 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:10115828

WASHINGTON, April 16 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for an immediate end to hostilities between Sudan’s government and a powerful paramilitary group that have left at least 56 people dead. Blinken said he spoke with top ....

Egypt FM, AUC chairperson discuss latest Sudan developments over phone

Date: 2023-04-16 14:39:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:10115786

CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held a phone call Sunday with Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Fakih to discuss the ongoing developments in Sudan. During the phone conversation, Shoukry was keen to ....

AL calls for 'immediate' end to fighting in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-16 13:50:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:10115666

CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) Council at the permanent delegates' level called on all parties to immediately end the ongoing clashes in Sudan and swiftly resort to the peaceful path to resolve the crisis. The pan-Arab body, ....

UNSC urges all parties to Sudan conflict to cease fire

Date: 2023-04-16 11:35:06 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:10115277

NEW YORK, April 16 (MENA) - All parties to the conflict in Sudan should immediately cease fire and return to negotiations, the UN Security Council (UNSC) said in a statement on Sunday. "The members of the Security Council urged the parties to ....