Al-Sudani: Ballot box will define Iraq’s path forward

2025-10-23T19:16:48+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections will determine whether the country strengthens stability or risks losing recent progress, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia...

Sudanese Women… Victims of War’s Brutality

The world is undeniably in a period of turmoil and apprehension. The upheaval can be felt everyday, and they can be seen in the expanding map of conflicts. According to a report released this week by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, there...

Renewed clashes erupt in Sudan’s El Fasher, RSF drone attacks hit Khartoum

ALBAWABA- Fierce fighting erupted again in Sudan’s North Darfur region as clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered a third straight day in El Fasher, the army’s last major stronghold...

Sudan’s Khartoum targeted by RSF drones for third day after airport reopens

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have targeted Sudan’s capital Khartoum and its main airport with drones, a day after the first passenger flight in two years landed in the city amid the civil war. The government-aligned Sudanese Armed...

5 Ways UNICEF Supports Children In Sudan

By Maryanne Buechner and UNICEF staff Despite many challenges on the ground, UNICEF and partners continue to deliver lifesaving assistance to children caught in Sudan's brutal civil conflict and related crises. Here are five examples of impact....

Today in Africa — October 23, 2025: Cameroonian Election Unrest Results in One Death, Ruth Chepngetich Handed Three-Year Ban For Doping, Khartoum Airport Resumes Operations

NEWS OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. Kenyan marathon star Ruth Chepngetich has been banned from running professionally for three years for doping. However, the 2:09:56 world record she set...

From Khartoum to Clarkston: How a Sudanese nurse is filling a gap in health care

Maha Mousnad doesn’t let much keep her down. Not a long journey to the United States or the arduous process of becoming a registered nurse here. Not the fact that her family is living in the midst of a civil war in Sudan, nor the start of a global...

Sudanese migrant, 30, who attacked two security guards and told them he would 'teach them a lesson' after he jumped train station barriers is spared jail

A Sudanese migrant who attacked two train guards, threatening he would 'teach them a lesson' after jumping a station barrier has been spared jail. Karam Abdulkarim-Mohamed, 30, called the guards 'motherf******' after they stopped him at Reading...

First Domestic Flight Lands in Sudan

A domestic passenger plane touched down at Khartoum International Airport on Wednesday, marking the first civilian flight to land in Sudan’s capital since the war erupted more than two years ago — a sign that air travel may be gradually resuming....

RSF drones hit Khartoum Airport for 3rd day as Sudan reopens airspace

RSF launches a new wave of drone attacks on Khartoum International Airport on Thursday, marking the third consecutive day of strikes targeting the facility. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a new wave of drone attacks on Khartoum...

Sudan's capital is targeted by paramilitary drone attack for third day

BEIRUT (AP) — A Sudanese paramilitary force targeted the country’s capital and its main airport on Thursday with drones, just a day after the first passenger flight in two years landed in the city, according to military officials and local media....

Asylum seeker accused of killing hotel worker denies being 27

Majek, an asylum seeker from Sudan, enters a store after the murder of hotel worker Rhiannon Skye Whyte (Picture: British Transport Police/PA Wire) An asylum seeker accused of stabbing a woman to death with a screwdriver has insisted he hasn’t...

First flight lands at Khartoum airport despite two drone strikes in 24 hours

23 october 2025 - 04:35:40 MA 267 Views Panafrican News Agency Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A civilian aircraft landed at Khartoum Airport on Wednesday in the first flight marking the return of civil aviation at the Sudanese capital in more than two...

Sudanese govt slams EU Council for legitimising rival paramilitary group

23 october 2025 - 05:11:02 MA 75 Views Panafrican News Agency Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Wednesday rejected to the conclusions of the European Union Council, which emphasise that the primary responsibility for ending the...

In an era of techno-dystopia, Sudan Archives’ ‘The BPM’ imagines a liberated future

There’s a word that keeps popping up on The BPM, the stunning new album by Sudan Archives: sync. It is often used in the context of motion, wanting to align with someone else’s rhythm, but I kept thinking about the old process by which digital...

Asylum seeker was ‘utterly callous’ after hotel worker stabbed at Bescot Stadium train station, Crown KC claims

An asylum seeker accused of stabbing to death a hotel worker has put forward a “laughable” defence in the face of CCTV evidence which could not be clearer, a murder trial has heard. In her closing speech to the jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court,...

Asylum seeker was ‘utterly callous’ after hotel worker stabbed, Crown KC claims

An asylum seeker accused of stabbing to death a hotel worker has put forward a “laughable” defence in the face of CCTV evidence which could not be clearer, a murder trial has heard. In her closing speech to the jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court,...

Khartoum int'l airport resumes operation despite drone attacks

KHARTOUM, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sudan on Wednesday announced the reopening of Khartoum International Airport for domestic flights, ending a suspension that lasted nearly two and a half years, despite recent drone attacks targeting the facility. "A...

Egypt, EU hold first-ever summit to deepen ties on trade, security, and migration

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi met European leaders in Brussels on Wednesday for the first-ever EU-Egypt summit, marking a new chapter in relations between Cairo and the 27-member bloc. The high-level meeting focused on security, trade,...

In an era of techno-dystopia, Sudan Archive's 'The BPM' imagines a liberated future

There's a word that keeps popping up on The BPM, the stunning new album by Sudan Archives: sync. It is often used in the context of motion, wanting to align with someone else's rhythm, but I kept thinking about the old process by which digital...