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Sudan Accuses Kenya of Funneling Arms to Paramilitaries
Sudan’s army-backed government accused Kenya Tuesday of funneling weapons from the United Arab Emirates to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army since April 2023. The army last month “uncovered Kenyan-labelled arms...

“Be My Guest”: Trust as Economic Capital in Sudanese Displacement
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas. Through a number of...

Best North African Songs of 2025 So Far — Mid-Year Roundup
2025 rolled in slowly for North African music. This might be due to various reasons, such as the shifting music industry, which is increasingly dominated by Western labels setting up shop, as the Middle East and North Africa have been named the...

Sudanese Doctor dies under RSF torture
KHARTOUM – Sudanese medical bodies have accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of torturing and killing a prominent doctor who was held in one of their detention centers in Khartoum. The Sudan Doctors’ Network and Sudanese Doctors’...

Sudanese officials: Hemedti’s speech to his forces took place inside Libyan territory
The Sudanese Minister of Youth and Sports and former Ambassador to Tripoli, Haj Majid Suwar, revealed that the meeting of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, with his troops did not take place inside...

Sudan Accuses Kenya of Channelling Weapons to Paramilitary Forces
Sudan’s army-backed government has accused Kenya of helping to supply weapons from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have been locked in conflict with the Sudanese army since April 2023. According...

Sudan Faces ‘Largest Humanitarian Crisis in the World,’ Says Former Prime Minister
Sudan is grappling with an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, surpassing even the crises in Ukraine and Gaza, according to former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. In an exclusive interview with SABC news, Hamdok revealed staggering...

US embassy in Monrovia tells visa applicants to make social media accounts 'public' for vetting
Liberians applying for US visas will have to give American authorities access to their social media, according to the US embassy in Monrovia. In a statement posted on its website, the embassy said that people “applying for an F, M, or J...

Sudan accuses Kenya of funnelling arms to paramilitaries
Sudan's army-backed government accused Kenya Tuesday of funnelling weapons from the United Arab Emirates to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army since April 2023. The army last month "uncovered Kenyan-labelled arms...

Russian Leader Putin Pledges Support For Iran
By, Biola Davies Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has pledging Russia’s support for the Iranian people amid the escalating conflict in the Middle-East. He then condemned the recent airstrikes on Iranian territory by the United States and Israel,...
The First Year of the NBA Lottery Was Also the Greatest Draft Ever
In 1985, the NBA introduced a lottery system to decide the draft order of non-playoff teams—a revolutionary development with a legacy that still lingers 40 years later. Before 1985, the team picking first overall had been determined through a coin...
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Sudanese Photographer Shares Personal Experience Documenting His Country’s Ongoing War [Interview]
On April 15, 2023, years of tensions between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) boiled over into war. The effects of the conflict, which is still ongoing, have had a massive humanitarian toll. It's estimated that...
Hospital attack kills 40 in Sudan as civil war rages
More than 40 people including children and medics died after an attack on a hospital in Sudan, the latest deadly episode in the country’s years-long civil war. “We cannot say this louder: attacks on health must stop everywhere!” the head of the...

Sudan army accuses Kenya of funnelling weapons to RSF
Sudan has accused Kenya of smuggling weapons from the UAE to the RSF paramilitaries [Getty/file photo] Sudan's army-backed government accused Kenya on Tuesday of funnelling weapons from the United Arab Emirates to the paramilitary Rapid Support...

Latest News | India Among Eight Countries with Half of World's Unvaccinated Children as of 2023: Study
New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI) India was among the eight countries where more than half the unvaccinated children from around the world lived as of 2023, an analysis published in The Lancet journal showed, "emphasising persistent inequities." Providing...

UN peacekeeper killed in CAR in attack by armed group near border with Sudan
A United Nations peacekeeper has been killed during an attack by armed men in the Central African Republic, the UN announced on Tuesday. The Zambian blue helmet died on Friday when suspected Sudanese armed groups attacked a peacekeeping patrol...

Sudanese Rock Is At Nightfall Friday
Nightfall welcomes headliner Sinkane to Chattanooga Friday, premiering his Afrobeat-inspired rock and jazzy pop on the Miller Plaza stage in downtown Chattanooga at 8 p.m. His band will be preceded by well-known local cover band, Flashdrive at 7...

World Leaders Express Solidarity with Qatar Following Iranian Attack
In the wake of Iran’s missile strike on Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Arab and world leaders have expressed firm solidarity with the Qatari leadership, condemning the attack as a flagrant violation of the country’s sovereignty and international law....
‘SA can do more’ to help in Sudan conflict: former PM Abdalla Hamdok
Former Sudanese leader has met senior officials and former president Thabo Mbeki, but his visit has been slammed by the government back home 25 June 2025 - 04:30 Sudan's former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has called on South Africa to play a...

Top politician congratulates Gout Gout on his record-breaking run - and the responses will make you ashamed to be an Australian
17-year-old broke his own national record this week Won his debut pro race, first event in Europe By SHAYNE BUGDEN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 03:44 EDT, 26 June 2025 | Updated: 03:44 EDT, 26 June 2025 Queensland Premier David Crisafulli's...