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Sudanese Army Reports Intercepting RSF Drone Strike
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, the Sudanese military reported successfully intercepting a drone assault launched by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a strategic air base located in northern Sudan. According to a statement from the armed...
Sudan Reports 239 Children Dead Since January
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) Since January, at least 239 children have died in western Sudan due to severe shortages of food and medical supplies, the Sudan Doctors Network reported on Sunday. The civilian medical group revealed that its team documented these child...
UN Reports Sudanese Refugees Face Rising Hunger, Malnutrition
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The UN's refugee and food agencies issued a critical warning on Tuesday about the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition crisis affecting millions of Sudanese refugees, as severe funding shortages continue to disrupt life-saving aid...
Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman Greenlights Seven-Day Ceasefire in El-Fasher
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, authorized a crucial seven-day humanitarian ceasefire on Friday in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state in western Sudan. This decision followed a direct phone appeal...
Gold mine collapses in Sudan, killing at least fifty civilians
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 50 people have died following the collapse of a gold mine in northeastern Sudan, according to local reports on Sunday. The incident occurred Saturday in the Howaid desert, located in Nile River State, where artisanal mining is...
Gold Mine Collapse Leaves Over Fifty Dead in Sudan
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) More than 50 people lost their lives when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Sudan, according to reports from local media on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday in the Howaid desert, situated in Sudan's Nile River State, a...
Dozens Die in Sudan Due to Gold Mine Collapse
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 50 individuals lost their lives following the collapse of a gold mining site in northeastern Sudan, according to local media coverage on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday within the Howaid desert region, situated in...
Ilham Aliyev received credentials of incoming ambassador of Sudan
President of Azerbaijan
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June 27, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, June 27 - 27 June 2025, 11:26 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the credentials of Anas Eltayeb Elgailani Mustafa, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the...
Sudan’s Crisis Draws Warning from UN Rights Chief
MENAFN
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June 21, 2025
(MENAFN) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, issued a cautionary message on Friday regarding the escalating conflict and increasing breaches of human rights in Sudan, where an internal war has persisted since April 2023. "The...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: European Parliament committee probes human rights in EU-Southern Neighbourhood deals ― EU approves €4 billion aid to Egypt ― Sudanese refugees fleeing Egypt ― Italian NGOs demand end to Italy-Libya co-operation ― EU allocates €202…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 26, 2025
The European Parliament (EP) Subcommittee on Human Rights has organised a public hearing on the human rights implications of the EU’s memoranda of understanding (MoU) with its partners in the Southern Neighbourhood. The EP has approved €4 billion...
Ethiopia Announces Completion of Its Grand Renaissance Dam
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Ethiopia has officially completed its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a monumental hydroelectric project on the Blue Nile, with preparations now in full swing for its grand unveiling in September. The announcement, made on...
Egypt Doubts Ethiopia's Intentions in Nile Dam Negotiations
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Egypt raised concerns Thursday over Ethiopia’s true intentions regarding renewed discussions on its controversial dam project on the Nile, calling the offer for dialogue shallow and driven by political calculations. During a meeting with...
Ethiopia Declares Completion of GERD
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Ethiopia has officially declared the finalization of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a large-scale hydroelectric venture valued in the billions and constructed on the Blue Nile. This development marks a key milestone in a...
WHO Chief Condemns Deadly Sudan Hospital Assault
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN) The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) condemned on Tuesday the recent assault on a Sudanese hospital that claimed 40 lives as “appalling.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the strike on Al Mujlad Hospital in West Kordofan,...
Sudan’s FM accuses Ukraine of being proxy for West
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry representative has accused Ukraine of acting as a proxy for Western powers by supporting militant groups responsible for attacks in several African nations. In an interview given Saturday, Muhammad Al-Sirr...
Sudan calls on its citizens in Iran to evacuate
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Sudan’s transitional government has mandated the urgent evacuation of its nationals from Iran, following a sharp escalation in hostilities between Tehran and Israel. The country, itself embroiled in a fierce conflict with the paramilitary...
Sudanese official states Ukraine doing West’s ‘dirty work’ in Africa
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official, Muhammad Al-Sirr, has accused Ukraine of doing the West’s “dirty work” by backing armed groups involved in terrorist attacks across African countries like Libya, Somalia, and Niger. In an interview...
UN Rights Chief Warns of Escalating Violence in Sudan
MENAFN
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June 21, 2025
(MENAFN) On Friday, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a stark warning about the escalating violence and widespread human rights violations in Sudan, where civil war has raged since April 2023. "The recent fighting and...
CBP arrests Sudanese citizen for failure to appear at murder trial
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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June 16, 2025
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo, Peace Bridge border crossing, arrested a citizen of Sudan, Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States, who had an active warrant out of Fairfax County,...
Brutal ambush in Sudan kills five UN aid workers
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A brutal ambush in Sudan late Monday left at least five United Nations aid workers dead and several others wounded after armed militants opened fire on a humanitarian convoy, according to official statements. The convoy, jointly managed...