Egypt’s social solidarity minister, British ambassador discuss strategic financial empowerment system

Maya Morsy, Minister of Social Solidarity, met with Mark Bryson-Richardson, the British Ambassador to Egypt, and his accompanying delegation at the ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital. The meeting was attended by Mohamed...

UN: Hundreds of thousands trapped amid fighting in Sudan

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped amid an escalation of fighting in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state. “With fighters pushing further into the...

Sudan's RSF says it seized control of Darfur's el-Fasher

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, say they've taken control of the army's headquarters in el-Fasher, the last major city in the Darfur region not previously under their control. In a statement, the RSF claimed it had "extended...

Home Office incompetence costs billions on asylum hotels

Holly Bancroft, The Independent Billions of pounds have been squandered on asylum hotel contracts thanks to Home Office mismanagement and incompetence, a major report has found. Ministers and civil servants have become heavily reliant on the...

Sudan: Rapid Support Forces seize army headquarters in El-Fasher

El-Fasher has been under a heavy siege imposed by the RSF during the war in Sudan [Getty/file photo] Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Sunday they had seized the army headquarters in El-Fasher, the last major urban centre in the...

The West’s Media Myopia

As consumers of modern news and social media, we are inundated by conflict — bleak descriptions of drone attacks in Ukraine, such as the recent September 28 attacks on Kyiv, or mass civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues its...

SLC leader’s interview pulled twice to “suppress truth”

2025-10-27T12:29:40+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad A YouTube interview featuring State of Law Coalition (SLC) leader Nouri al-Maliki was taken down twice to “suppress the truth,” coalition MP Yasser Sakheel revealed...

Hard Numbers: Major hurricane sweeping through Caribbean, Insurgents implement blockade in Mali, Côte d’Ivoire’s octogenarian leader wins again, Diphtheria on the rise

30: Hurricane Melissa, which was upgraded over the weekend to a Category 5 storm, is expected to hit Jamaica on Monday and bring 30 inches of rain and 165-mph winds, in what will be one of the most intense storms to ever hit the island. Widespread...

Road out of el-Fasher: Ransom, violence and the price of survival in Sudan 

When Mouawia heard the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group had overrun the western city of el-Fasher after besieging it for most of the two and a half years of war with Sudan’s army, he was devastated. Speaking to Al Jazeera over the...

UN calls for civilian safe passage after RSF says it seized army HQ in El Fasher

The UN has called for safe passage for “trapped and terrified” civilians in Sudan's El Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said its fighters had captured the army headquarters in the city, completing its takeover of the area. UN aid...

RSF Claims Seizure of Sudan Army’s Final Bastion in Darfur

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced the capture of the Sudanese army's headquarters in El Fasher, the last major army base in the western Darfur region. Images released by the RSF show its fighters celebrating and chanting slogans of...

Key Sudan city falls to paramilitary group following 18-month siege 

After 18 months of surviving forced starvation and shelling, the regional capital and symbolic battleground of Al Fashir has effectively fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Sunday, the RSF advanced into the heart of the city...

Quartet ramps-up pressure as Sudan ceasefire talks begin

The Quartet countries (USA, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates) held a meeting on Friday in Washington D.C., to advance Sudan’s peace and achieve an urgent humanitarian truce. The meeting aimed “to strengthen collective efforts to...

U.N. warns of "terrible escalation" in Sudan's civil war

Johannesburg — A powerful paramilitary force fighting the government in Sudan's raging two-and-a-half-year civil war claimed over the weekend to have captured the city of El-Fasher, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been trapped, cut...

Germany calls for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan's El-Fasher

BERLIN Germany on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged city of El-Fasher in western Sudan. The Foreign Ministry expressed grave concern about the situation in a social media post, citing reports of significant civilian deaths...

Japan’s first female PM to meet Trump: What to know about the heavy metal fan

Former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the importance of U.S.-Japanese relations for global security as he meets with various leaders to discuss trade and other key issues. NEWYou can now...

Envoy calls for renewed push in Tanzania–Sudan relations

Dar es Salaam. The Ambassador of Sudan to Tanzania, Dr Mohamed Abdalla Abdelhameed (pictured), has called for renewed efforts to bolster the historic ties between Tanzania and Sudan, asserting that deeper cooperation would bring substantial...

Fears for civilians trapped in Sudan's El-Fasher as RSF advances

The army-aligned governor of Sudan's Darfur region called for the protection of civilians in the stricken city of El-Fasher on Monday, after paramilitaries claimed to have seized it following a brutal 18-month siege. Pro-democracy activists...

Rebel Forces Seize Final Sudanese Army Base in Darfur, Heightening Atrocity Fears

Rebel RSF forces have captured the last Sudanese army stronghold in Darfur, prompting growing fears of mass killings and renewed ethnic violence against civilians. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) say they have seized control of El Fasher, the...

Cultivating culture: Congolese refugees grow crops and community in South Scranton

Tucked away by a slope of the land off Cedar Avenue in South Scranton is a long, rectangular garden that helps feed refugee families, body and spirit, from the Democratic Republic of Congo. "It's just that sense of togetherness, sense of...