SUDAN

Britain has ramped up an airlift of its citizens out of war-torn Sudan to Cyprus, racing to evacuate as many as possible in a 72-hour ceasefire window.

According to the Sudanese Doctors Union, only 23 of the 78 hospitals in the capital remain operational. Meanwhile, the UK makes plans to evacuate British diplomats.

Britain launched a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from Sudan on Tuesday, joining other nations racing to get their people out of the North African country after its warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire.

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell rejected comparisons to the chaotic evacuation of Britons after Afghanistan's Taliban took control of Kabul in 2021.

British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will leave New Zealand Friday and cut his Pacific tour short, a spokesperson for New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs said, as he focuses on coordinating Britain's response to the Sudan crisis.

Human rights groups are mobilising against the death sentence by stoning of a woman in Sudan.

Living in flimsy shelters made of wood and plastic tarp or half-finished concrete buildings, South Sudanese who have returned to Sudan are finding life tougher as their former country's economy tumbles.

Sudan's gold rush wreaks havoc on health

Initially, up to 20,000 refugees, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, will receive notices.

The Khartoum Breast Cancer Care Centre has changed attitudes towards breast cancer in Sudan.

El Al pilots refuse to deport Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to home countries where they face risk of death.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Up to 40,000 African refugees, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, are at the risk of deportation or imprisonment in Israel.

38 migrants who landed in Italy have said they underwent degrading and unlawful treatment at the hands of Italian authorities after they refused to give their fingerprints.

A Turkish Airlines flight from Nairobi to Istanbul had to be diverted for an emergency landing after a Wi-Fi network called 'Bomb on board' alarmed passengers.

Torrential rains in neighbouring Ethiopia have swollen the Nile, which flows into Sudan.

Al Hilal Omdurman and Al Merreikh among teams removed from continental football over government interference.

Violence continues in Darfur, in spite of 2010 peace deal to end war that killed some 300,000 people.

Phenomenon known as a 'haboob' left buildings, cars and residents covered in thick blanket of sand.

Warring parties have obstructed humanitarian aid to the rebel-held Nuba Mountains for years.

'I don't mean to be too forward, but the fate of my species literally depends on me,' Sudan's profile reads.