Practitioners' Insights: From Sudan's deserts to global stage, Chinese peacekeepers embody the power of stability

Editor's Note: August 1, 2025 marks the 98th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Over the past 98 years, the people's army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has made indelible...

History under fire along the Sudanese Nile

Drone attack destroys UN aid convoy in Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region

A drone attack has hit a convoy of 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudan‘s famine-hit North Darfur region, the United Nations said, as warring parties trade blame for the attack. UN spokesperson Daniela Gross told reporters on...

Sudan national football team reaches CHAN quarter-finals

Sudan’s national football team secured a spot in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals, topping their group with five points following a 4-0 win over Nigeria and a goalless draw against Senegal at Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar,...

Sudanese army denies bombing WFP aid convoy in Darfur after RSF accusations

The Sudanese army on Thursday denied accusations by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that it carried out an airstrike on a World Food Program (WFP) convoy delivering humanitarian aid in Darfur, Anadolu reports. In a statement posted on...

Khartoum begins rebuilding as 2 million people expected to return by the end of the year

Devastated by over two years of civil war, Sudan's capital, Khartoum, is beginning to rebuild. The chaos in Sudan erupted when long-standing tensions between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) escalated into open conflict in...

Kakuma (Kenya) : a Sudanese refugee murdered in gruesome circumstances

SOS Médias Burundi Kakuma, August 20, 2025 – The suspicious death of a Sudanese refugee in the Kakuma camp in Kenya has sparked outrage. The gruesome discovery took place on Tuesday, August 19, when his body was found at his home. The tragedy...

Sudan’s warring sides clash over responsibility for WFP convoy strike

A WFP food convoy prepares for departure in Sudan [photo by WFP]NORTH DARFUR – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday rejected accusations from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that the military had attacked a World Food Programme...

Sudan: Controlling Weapons and Informal Settlements

It will not be easy for the Sudanese people to forget the pain of this war. It has touched nearly every household. Nearly every corner of the country has been ravaged, and the scars will remain etched in collective memory for a long time to come....

Sudan’s warring factions trade blame over strike on aid in Darfur

The warring parties in Sudan’s civil war have traded blame for an attack on a UN World Food Programme convoy trying to bring aid to an area of North Darfur where fighting and blockades have led to deadly hunger. The convoy was hit north of the...

Sudan Army denies bombing WFP aid convoy in Darfur

Sudan’s army has denied targeting a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy delivering aid to famine-hit areas in Darfur. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had blamed the army for Wednesday’s air strike in Mellit, a town under RSF control. The WFP said...

Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy

21 august 2025 - 12:20:49 MA/MO 135 Views Panafrican News Agency Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) relief convoy heading for north Darfur, saying the accusation of...

Sudan's warring factions trade blame over strike on aid convoy in Darfur

By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) -The warring parties in Sudan's civil war have traded blame for an attack on a U.N. World Food Programme convoy trying to bring aid to an area of North Darfur where fighting and blockades have led to deadly...

Sudan's army denies bombing convoy taking aid to famine-hit area

Sudan's army has denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy taking aid to a famine-hit area in the country's Darfur region. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had blamed the army for Wednesday's air strike in the town of Mellit,...

Khartoum International, Sudan to reopen in early 4Q25

Sudan aims to reopen Khartoum International Airport in October, more than two years after it was forced to close amid intense clashes at the site in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces...

Sudan’s Kwesi Appiah: From late start to rising contenders at CHAN 2024

Tournament football is often defined by momentum, and for Sudan coach Kwesi Appiah, his side is finding theirs at precisely the right moment. The Falcons of Jediane topped Group D of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024,...

Sudan army, allies repel 'major attack' by paramilitary RSF on besieged El Fasher

21 august 2025 - 08:09:26 MA 392 Views Panafrican News Agency Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army and allied armed groups say they repelled a major, multi-pronged attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher, the...

Qatar condemns targeting of World Food Programme trucks in Sudan

Doha: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the targeting of World Food Programme trucks in North Darfur State, in the sisterly Republic of Sudan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed, in a statement today, the urgent need to protect...

Sudan starves in silence

While the world’s attention is focused on the genocide in Gaza, Sudan is going through its own hell on earth. The war in Sudan began in April of 2023 between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over a disagreement between General...

Sudan hospitals under fire

21 august 2025 - 06:35:07 MA 229 Views Panafrican News Agency New York, US (PANA) - In recent days, reported attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan’s Darfur State have forced some humanitarian groups to stop providing critical cholera services...