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Sudanese network of volunteer aid groups wins Norwegian human rights award
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Wednesday to the Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network of community groups providing aid, for "their courageous work to preserve the most fundamental human right...

GU-Q scholar, boundary-breaking filmmaker representing Sudanese women on screen
Screening of Cotton Queen at the Venice Film Festival. Doha, Qatar: Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) scholar and filmmaker Dr. Suzi Mirgani reached a cultural milestone last weekend when her debut feature film Cotton Queen was screened during...
World : UN Chief Urges World Leaders To Focus On Solutions Amid Global Crises
HAMILTON (Canada), Sept 17 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders on Tuesday to "get serious – and deliver" as the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) begins in New York next...

Guterres to world leaders: ”Get serious, deliver’
Foreign UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged world leaders to “get serious and deliver” as they begin arriving in New York for the high-level week of the 80th General Assembly. Guterres gave the charge while speaking at a press...

UN chief to world leaders: Get serious and deliver amid global crises
BY DLJ United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that international cooperation is at its most fragile point in decades as he briefed the press at UN Headquarters in New York ahead of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly...

NASA Scientist Starts Food Crisis Hotline With Tech Giant Funding
`` A wheat harvest in Ukraine. `` (Bloomberg) -- Right after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, crop scientist Inbal Becker-Reshef got a letter from officials in Kyiv. They wanted to figure out how much wheat and other grains were lost to...

EA Sports FC 26 soundtrack revealed: Sammy Virji, Joy Orbison, PinkPantheress, Nick León, more
EA Sports has unveiled this year's massive FC 26 soundtrack, featuring PinkPantheress, Skepta, Joy Orbison, Sammy Virji, Overmono, Nick León and more. The 109-song-long tracklist, including 27 previously unreleased cuts, follows suits from...

UN: World Leaders Should Commit to Human Rights, International Justice
(New York) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from September 22-30 should commit to protecting the UN from powerful governments seeking to defund and undermine the organization’s capacity to promote human rights and...

The World Cannot Afford to Ignore Sudan’s Islamist-Backed War
Along with Gaza, Sudan is sliding into one of the gravest humanitarian catastrophes of our time. Since April 2023, war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has ravaged a nation of 45 million. Cities lie in...

Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious – and deliver’
Speaking at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday in New York, he warned that global divisions, conflicts and crises have left the very principle of international cooperation to its most fragile point in decades. “Some call it the...

Amir and Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council chairman discuss regional situation
QNA Doha The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held a meeting with Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of Sudan Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan at the Amiri Diwan on Tuesday. During the meeting, they...

Sudan clings to hope for a new life born out of war
The head of the International Organization for Migration mission in Sudan, Mohamed Rifaat, said: “The Sudanese people are ready to build a dignified life and are capable of doing so. All they need is an opportunity to start.” In a report published...

Rights groups fault Sudan Army over alleged atrocities as military denies
UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressing members during HRC at global leaders in Geneva, Switzerland. African and international human rights organisations have faulted the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias over alleged...

Malaria, dengue, typhoid spread as mosquitos multiply in Sudan capital
The Khartoum Bahri Emergency Room announced the deterioration of the health situation in the locality during the month of August, as it monitored thousands of suspected cases of epidemic diseases under conditions of war, displacement and...

Observatory for Human Rights: 3k+ detained in Sudan’s El Gezira state amid widespread violations
The Sudanese Observatory for Human Rights has documented the detention of 3,300 people in the cities of Wad Madani, El Hasahisa and Rafaa in Sudan’s El Gezira state, amid widespread violations. In a report seen by Radio Dabanga, the Observatory...

Sudan army accused of war crimes that crippled aid operations
UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses members during the Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Switzerland. Six African and international non-governmental organisations and four Sudanese and international coalitions accused Sudan’s...

Sudan mourns 51 youths drowned in attempt to reach Greece
Sudan has been shocked and saddened by reports on Saturday that 51 Sudanese youths drowned while trying to reach the Greece across the Mediterranean, in one of the most painful recent disasters associated with migration. The exact details of the...

Contracts over conflict: How PM Al-Sudani secured stability in Iraq
Shafaq News Explosions targeting US bases in Iraq were once almost daily events, leaving casualties and pushing the country to the brink of a wider confrontation. These attacks were more than military strikes — they were bargaining tools in the...

Amir, Sudan leader vow to enhance relations
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held a meeting at the Amiri Diwan yesterday with Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the sisterly Republic of Sudan, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, during which they...

Sudan: AU Welcomes Quartet Proposal To End War
Support continues to mount for the plan to halt the war in Sudan and to confront the extremist Muslim Brotherhood networks that have brought successive tragedies upon the Sudanese people for more than four decades. In the latest development, the...