António Guterres says ‘conflict will not and must not be resolved on the battlefield’; boat carrying 1,687 civilians reportedly reaches Saudi Arabia
As evacuations continue and fighting erodes a planned three-day ceasefire, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the power struggle between rival generals and their military forces is not only putting Sudan’s future at risk, “it is lighting a fuse that could detonate across borders, causing immense suffering for years, and setting development back by decades.”
The UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, said evacuations on C130 Hercules and A400M planes would take place for as long as is possible. which holds samples of diseases including polio and measles. “There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab,” said the WHO’s Nima Saeed Abid.
The International Rescue Committee has raised concerns about 3,000 people who have arrived at the Tunaydbah refugee camp in east Sudan,
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