Sudan refugee camps: Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April, when simmering tensions between the military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, exploded into open warfare.
It's unclear how the fire started or if anyone was killed. Online footage of the blaze showed clouds of dark smoke rising from the burnt-out glass-paneled tower, one of the tallest buildings in the Sudanese capital.
Activists and medical workers said that at least three dozen others were injured in the attack in Khartoum's May neighbourhood.
The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on April 15, entered its 100th day on Sunday with an reported airstrike killing 16 people.
Sudan mass grave: UN said a large number of people including women and children were killed in an Sudan ethnic clash and added they have been buried in a mass grave outside the region’s capital El-Geneina.
According to MSF Sudan, 223 children have been treated for suspected measles between June 6 to 27, and 72 children were admitted to the two clinics it supports, including the 13 deceased.
The situation of civil war in Sudan is such that even big countries refused to evacuate their citizens from there, but the Government of India was engaged in its efforts, said PM Modi in Karnataka's Bellari.
A total of 3,862 people were rescued from strife-torn Sudan under Operation Kaveri.
The crew encountered an emergency when a passenger became unconscious during the flight.
The Indians were brought back from the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah where India has set up a transit camp for the evacuees.
So far, about 2 thousand people have returned to their homeland under Operation Kaveri, which was run to evacuate Indians trapped in Sudan.
A total of 1,191 passengers have arrived so far in India from Sudan.
Operation Kaveri: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker Sanjeev Arora praised the Centre's 'Operation Kaveri' and Indian Air Force's (IAF) courageous service to evacuate Indians from conflict-hit Sudan.
India launched 'Operation Kaveri' earlier this week to bring back the stranded Indians from Sudan.
The airline will be operating two flights to bring more than 450 Indian citizens back to their homeland over the weekend.
Operation Kaveri: Another C-17 flight carrying 392 passengers reached New Delhi from violence-hit Sudan.
The cease-fire has brought a significant easing of fighting in Khartoum and its neighbouring city Omdurman for the first time since the military and a rival paramilitary force began clashing on April 15.
Indian Air Force’s Flight Lieutenant Har Raj Kaur Boparai is the first and only woman IAF pilot to fly the C-17 transport aircraft which can carry over 70 tonnes of load in one go.
Operation Kaveri: As part of 'Operation Kaveri,' India has been taking its citizens in buses from conflict zones of Khartoum and other troubled areas to Port Sudan from where they are being taken to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah in IAF's heavy-lift transport aircraft and Indian Navy's ships.
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