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Vast numbers who fled Sudan's Zamzam camp still at risk from violence
At least 400,000 people have fled Sudan’s Zamzam displacement camp in less than three weeks due to heavy violence and fighting, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday. The findings by the medical charity, published in a report titled...
Aid groups warn of attacks on Sudan’s hospitals as disease outbreaks and atrocities mount
CAIRO (AP) — Humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm over attacks on healthcare facilities across Sudan, warning that they are happening amid what they describe as ongoing mass atrocities against civilians. Doctors without Borders — also...

World News | Aid Groups Warn of Attacks on Sudan's Hospitals as Disease Outbreaks, Atrocities Mount
Cairo, Jul 3 (AP) Humanitarian organisations are sounding the alarm over attacks on healthcare facilities across Sudan, warning that they are happening amid what they describe as ongoing mass atrocities against civilians. Doctors without Borders —...
Aid groups warn of attacks on Sudan's hospitals as disease outbreaks and atrocities mount
CAIRO (AP) — Humanitarian organizations are warning about attacks on health care facilities across Sudan, alleging they are happening as mass atrocities are being committed against civilians. Doctors without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans...

Sudan: Call for Urgent Investigation As Sudan Mine Collapse Claims ‘At Least 11’ Lives
Port Sudan — Several parties have called for an urgent investigation into the collapse of the Karsh El Fil mine in the Howaid area of Sudan’s Red Sea state, while the foreign ministries of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, and other...
India Hosts UN World MSME Day 2025, Uniting 300+ Global Leaders for Innovation & Sustainability
PNN New Delhi [India], July 3: In a dazzling convergence of diplomacy, entrepreneurship, and innovation, the World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME)--in partnership with the Ministry of MSME, Government of India--orchestrated a...

Sudan: UN Warns Of Soaring Displacement And Looming Floods
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 8:19 am Press Release: UN News 1 July 2025 At Tuesday’s regular briefing at the UN Headquarters, in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric relayed warnings from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs...

Sudanese fleeing war are at risk of worsening hunger in neighboring nations, UN warns
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Culture workers feel the pain of Sudan’s endless civil war
Sudan’s brutal civil war—driven by a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—has devastated the country for the past two years. UN and human rights organisations report war crimes,...

Tasis Alliance announces leadership with Hemedti at the helm
SUDAN – The founding Sudan Alliance (known as Tasis) announced the formation of its leadership body on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, appointing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, as...

From cult to cult
I grew up in sort of a cult: a Mennonite community in Lancaster, Pa., where bishops kept members in line with doctrine and cultural traditions. It was the 1960s, and most of us young people knew we were under the bishop’s rule once we were...

Gen Dagalo takes key step towards parallel government in RSF-held areas of Sudan
Gen Mohamed Dagalo, commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, has been selected to head an alliance of political parties and rebel groups, seen as a step towards setting up a parallel government in areas held by the paramilitary. The Foundation...

Iraq’s Turkmen Front urges al-Sudani to reshape Kirkuk government
2025-07-02T16:53:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Kirkuk On Wednesday, the Turkmen Front urged the Iraqi government to oversee a reshuffle of Kirkuk’s local government to secure Turkmen participation in the province’s...

Food supplies to some Sudan refugees could dry up within 2 months: WFP
Food aid to help Sudanese refugees in four neighbouring countries could end within the next couple of months without an urgent injection of new funding, a World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Tuesday, warning of rising malnutrition levels....

Latest Trump executive order lifts economic sanctions on Syria to 'promote peace'
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to end decades-old economic sanctions on Syria in “an effort to promote and support the country’s path to stability and peace,” according to White House Press Secretary...

Sudan: FAO scales up emergency response with seed distribution campaign targeting 7.5 million people
Rome/Port Sudan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a large-scale emergency seed distribution campaign targeting 1.5 million farming households – or approximately 7.5 million people – across 17 out of...

People vs CCP: Suidani and Talifilu fight the good fight
Fight for their families, faith, freedom—the things that make us human, and that build community. Beijing is terrified more people will understand that. WASHINGTON: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants you to think this story is about them and...

Sisi underscores Egypt’s firm position in support of Sudan’s unity, sovereignty, stability
AL ALAMEIN, Egypt, June 30 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has reaffirmed Egypt’s steadfast position in support of the unity, sovereignty, security, and stability of Sudan, emphasizing Cairo’s readiness to exert every possible effort in...

Sudan Gold Mine Collapse Kills 11 in Red Sea State
At least 11 miners died and seven others were injured when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Sudan, the state-run Mineral Resources Company confirmed on Sunday. The incident took place at the Kersh al-Feel site in the Houeid region, located...

UAE: 15-year-old boy who drowned in swimming pool loved science, sports
A 15-year-old Sudanese boy who drowned on Friday, June 27, had dreamt of studying artificial intelligence and was known among his community for his discipline, academic excellence and devotion to prayer. Omar Yousif Omer died during a swimming...