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Starvation in war-hit Sudan 'almost everywhere' - WHO
Starvation in war-stricken Sudan "is almost everywhere", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC's Today…
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Emergency meeting in South Sudan after elections postponed
The government of South Sudan is holding an emergency cabinet meeting hours after it announced that long-delayed national elections would…
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South Sudan postpones December elections by 2 years citing incomplete preparations
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The government in South Sudan has postponed elections scheduled for December for two years citing the need to…
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Sudan is burning and foreign powers are benefiting – what’s in it for the UAE
The United Nations has accused foreign players of prolonging the war in Sudan, making it harder for the country to find peace. The…
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Crowded market shelled in Sudan killing more than 20
At least 21 people have been killed and more than 70 others wounded by shelling at a busy market in south-eastern Sudan, a doctors' union…
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Sudan rejects UN call for peace force to protect civilians
Sudan's military-led government has rejected a call by a UN fact-finding mission for the deployment of an international force to protect…
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'Our future is over': Forced to flee by a year of war
On the side of a dirt road in Adré, a key crossing on the Sudan-Chad border, 38-year-old Buthaina sits on the ground, surrounded by other…
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A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall. Local media report dozens missing
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's health ministry says a dam has collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the eastern Red Sea state. Local media said dozens…
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Famine hits Sudan as peace talks fall short yet again
Famine is ravaging Sudan. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) - which claims to be the government of Sudan - took a small step towards…
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Sudan peace talks start - but neither side shows up
Fresh peace talks aimed at ending Sudan's 16-month war have begun despite the two warring sides refusing to enter the negotiating room.…
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Sudan talks in Switzerland to centre on humanitarian aid
Talks on the ongoing war in Sudan are scheduled to open in Switzerland on Wednesday, with discussion centring on humanitarian assistance…
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UN humanitarian official tells the Security Council that aid to starving Sudanese is being blocked
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. humanitarian official told the Security Council on Tuesday that life-saving supplies are “ready to be loaded…
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Big Sudan camp pushed into famine - experts
The civil war in Sudan has pushed a camp housing about 500,000 displaced people near the besieged Darfur city of el-Fasher into famine, an…
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Sudan's military leader survives drone strikes - army
Sudan’s military leader Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has survived an assassination attempt, the army spokesman has told the BBC. Nabil…
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A week of indirect talks involving Sudan's warring parties wraps up in Geneva
BERLIN (AP) — A week of indirect talks involving Sudan's warring parties ended in Geneva on Friday, the U.N. secretary-general's personal…
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South Sudan peace talks face collapse over a new security law as country gears up for first election
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan peace talks that almost reached completion faced a stumbling block with opposition groups demanding a…
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A photographer's 11-day trek to flee war-torn Sudan
On the eve of his perilous escape from his home country last month, Sudanese photojournalist Mohamed Zakaria left his camera equipment…
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I recognised my sister in video of refugees captured in Sudan war
Mihret Gebru was recently watching with concern two viral videos on her phone which showed people from the Horn of Africa being beaten and…
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Central African Republic faces increased rebel activity and spillover from Sudan war, UN experts say
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Activities of armed groups in the volatile Central African Republic have increased, complicating a security…
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Millions in daily struggle to find food as Sudan war rages
Mohanad el-Balal is one of many Sudanese civilians doing everything they can to ward off a devastating famine – and there is one man whose…
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UN Security Council demands end to Sudan's city siege
The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudanese paramilitary forces call off their eight-week siege of El Fasher, a city in Darfur…
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UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force halt its siege of…
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Evidence of Iran and UAE drones used in Sudan war
Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of violating a UN arms embargo by supplying drones to the warring sides in the…
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ICC prosecutor appeals for evidence of atrocities in Sudan after rebels attack hospital in Darfur
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor appealed Tuesday for information and evidence of…