KHARTOUM | Xinhua | Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday announced that they have taken full control of the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in western Sudan. “Today’s victory represents a pivotal moment, given the symbolic, strategic, and military significance of El Fasher,” …
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KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to protect oil facilities and the central stations of the pipelines transporting South Sudan’s oil to Port Sudan in eastern Sudan, the two sides said in a joint statement on Monday. The two nations pledged to enhance technical capacity, …
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KHARTOUM | Xinhua | At least 32 journalists have been killed since the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in April 2023, the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate announced on Sunday. “Since the outbreak of the armed conflict in the country, 32 journalists …
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TRIPOLI | Xinhua | Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives, the parliament, on Sunday reaffirmed continued support for Sudan amid ongoing regional challenges, according to the Libyan News Agency. In a meeting in Benghazi between Libya’s eastern-based Minister of African Affairs Issa Abdulmajid and a visiting delegation headed by Sudanese Consul …
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KHARTOUM | Xinhua | At least 95 people have died from hunger and disease over the past 40 days in Abu Shouk displacement camp in El Fasher, western Sudan, volunteer groups said on Sunday. In a statement, the Abu Shouk Camp Emergency Room said 73 children under five and 22 …
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SPECIAL REPORT | ALL AFRICA.COM | Aid agencies working in war-torn Sudan issued an alert on Friday over the particular harm faced by children there the longer the conflict goes on. After more than two years of civil war, more than 25 million people are now acutely hungry, and at least …
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KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | At least six people were killed, and around 20 others remain missing after the collapse of a traditional gold mine in River Nile State, northern Sudan, according to reports by a local official and volunteers on Saturday. “The collapse occurred yesterday (Friday) at one of …
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Final: 30 August Madagascar vs Morocco 18:00 (Nairobi, Kenya) KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Senegal secured third place in the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) after defeating Sudan 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Friday’s play-off match at Mandela National Stadium in Kampala, Uganda. Sudan struck first in …
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Urban Sudanese professionals find a new purpose in rural Uganda Kiryandongo, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | When war tore through Khartoum and Darfur, over 20,000 Sudanese fled their homes, arriving in Kiryandongo District by May 2024. But this influx was unlike any the region had seen before. The new arrivals were …
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Sudan’s conflict hits home: Uganda’s role in supporting accountability as host to over 69,000 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers COMMENT | HASSAN SHIRE | The conflict in Sudan is not only ongoing but intensifying across multiple fronts with warring parties and their allied militias accused of war crimes and crimes …
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