October 11, 2021 (BENTIU) – 90% of the population in South Sudan’s Unity State are homeless due to heavy floods, a senior government official said, painting a gloomy picture of the situation. "This...
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S. Sudan’s Kiir, advisor discuss peace implementation process
September 28, 2021 (JUBA)- President Salva Kiir and Costello Garang Riiny Lual, an adviser to the presidency met and held talks on Tuesday, marking the second official meeting between the two leaders...
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Sudan inaugurates new plan to combat human trafficking
August 30, 2021 (KHARTOUM) — The transitional government on Monday launched a new national action plan to combat human trafficking in Sudan which is the primary transit country of migrants to Europe...
Hamdok, Machar hold 2nd meeting on South Sudan’s peace implementation
August 20, 2021 (KHARTOUM/JUBA) - The visiting Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and First Deputy Riek Machar discussed for the second time on Friday the stalled implementation of the revitalized peace...
UNAMID hands over its headquarters in Central Darfur
May 7, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The former hybrid peacekeeping operation in western Sudan handed over its headquarters in the capital of Central Darfur state. The United Nations – African Union Mission in...
West Darfur governor issues disaster declaration
April 20, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - West Darfur Governor Mohamed Aldoma on Tuesday declared the state capital El Geneina as a disaster-stricken area and requested urgent humanitarian intervention from the...
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Turkish organisation aids over 500 vulnerable S. Sudanese
April 14, 2021 (JUBA) - A Turkish charity organisation on Wednesday distributed food aid packages among vulnerable people in the South Sudan capital, Juba. More than 500 families are to benefit from...
Death toll in West Darfur tribal violence rises to 125
April 8, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The death toll from tribal violence in West Darfur State has risen to 125, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said in a statement on Thursday. Fresh clashes...
10 killed in tribal clashes in North Darfur
March 3, 2021 (EL-FASHER) - 10 people were killed and 32 others were injured on Wednesday as a result of tribal clashes in Saraf Omra locality in North Darfur state. The clashes erupted on Wednesday...
Polio vaccination targets over 2.8 million children in S. Sudan
February 25, 2021 (JUBA) -- The Ministry of Health and partners are rolling-out the second round of the national polio vaccination campaign targeting over 2.8 million children in South Sudan. The...
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Peace mediators propose power-sharing compromise between Sudan’s armed groups
January 25, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The South Sudanese mediation presented a proposal to ensure a fair power-sharing between the armed groups that signed the Juba peace agreement with the Sudanese...
SLM-TC forces arrive in North Darfur cantonment sites
January 24, 2021 (KORMA) - The head of the Sudan Liberation Movement - Transitional Council (SLM-TC), Hadi Idris, announced the arrival of the movement’s forces to the cantonment sites in North...
Darfuris call for protection in vain
By Mohamed Osman “It is the same as in the old days,” Adam Rojal, a coordinator in an internally displaced community in Sudan’s Darfur region told me recently, describing ongoing violence from...
83 people killed in West Darfur tribal attacks: medical group
January 17, 2020 (KHARTOUM) - At least 83 people were killed in tribal revenge attacks in West Darfur State following the death of a man from an Arab clan in a quarrel with another from the Massalit...
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Sudan reports new refugee waves from Ethiopia
December 20, 2020 -(GADAREF) - The number of Ethiopian refugees who crossed into Sudan fleeing the restive Tigray region has reached near 55,000 people, Sudanese humanitarian authorities said on...
TROIKA welcomes decision to form state governments
December 11, 2020 (JUBA) - The United States, United Kingdom and Norway have commended South Sudanese leaders for agreeing on the long-awaited formation of the Transitional National Legislative...
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Sudanese officials call for health aid to Ethiopian refugees
November 24, 2020 (GADAREF) - Heath and university officials in the eastern Sudan border state of Gadaref are exerting efforts to contain diseases and epidemics, in the refugee camps after the...
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Over 24,000 Ethiopian refugees cross into Sudan
November 13, 2020 (KHARTOUM) - The number of Ethiopian refugees that crossed the Sudanese border has reached over 24,000, as Sudanese and UN refugees (UNHCR) officials travelled again to the border...
UAE group funds emergency relief to Sudan flood victims
November 9, 2020 (KHARTOUM) - The UAE-based Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) will provide $205,000 to provide emergency relief to over 8,000 Sudanese affected by the floods in the East African country,...
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Refugees cross into Sudan amid calls to stop hostilities in Ethiopia
November 9, 2020 (KHARTOUM) - Ethiopian refugees, and soldiers have crossed the Sudanese border on Monday fleeing the fighting in the troubled Tigray region, while the transitional government in...