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Sudan floods kill 10, destroy homes as conflict deepens humanitarian crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 28, 2025

Local media reports show that River Nile State was among the worst-hit areas, with entire villages submerged, dozens of homes destroyed, and widesprea...

Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siege
UN News  |  Aug 28, 2025

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two years, has cut off all sup...

Sudanese cabinet holds first meeting in Khartoum since onset of civil war
XINHUA  |  Aug 27, 2025

The prime minister recently announced that the government will relocate to Khartoum in the coming months, after previously operating from Port Sudan,...

Nearly 1.65 million IDPs return home as Sudan displacement numbers fall
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 26, 2025

9,937,444 million people remained displaced across the country's 18 states during the period under review, down from a record 11.5 million IDPs record...

Sudanese sisters die in Mediterranean crossing
DW News  |  Aug 24, 2025

The three children had left Libya with their mother and brother, hoping to reach Italy. International estimates suggest that this Mediterranean crossi...

RSF accused of shelling hospital, abducting eight civilians in El-Fasher
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 24, 2025

Abu Shouk, which shelters thousands of persons displaced by fighting, has now come under attack twice this month. A week ago, at least 31 people were...

Darfur cholera outbreak kills 315 people in two months, aid group says
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 24, 2025

Large parts of the region remain under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has complicated humanitarian access.

Global charity warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
XINHUA  |  Aug 23, 2025

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report released in June notes that the overall malnutrition burden among children under five has inc...

Kiir sacks finance, investment ministers amid South Sudan’s economic turmoil
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 22, 2025

On Thursday, state-run television announced that Finance Minister Dr. Marial Dongrin Ater and Investment Minister Dr. Dhieu Mathok Diing had been show...

Salva Kiir appoints daughter as Presidential Envoy, stirring nepotism debate
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 21, 2025

The role, once held by Benjamin Bol Mel recently elevated to vice-president in charge of the Economic Cluster, has been vacant for months.

WFP aid convoy attacked in Sudan's North Darfur, food relief trucks torched
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 21, 2025

According to the UN body's spokesperson, Gift Watanasathorn, who condemned the incident, all WFP staff are safe and accounted for. She similarly calle...

Sudan government relocates ministries from war-ravaged Khartoum to safer cities
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 20, 2025

The relocation order covers the Council of Ministers, key ministries—including finance, minerals, and information—and the central bank, but makes no m...

Grenade attack forces MSF to suspend life-saving services at Zalingei Hospital in Darfur
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 19, 2025

Zalingei Hospital, the only facility in Central Darfur capable of handling severe cases, has treated 162 cholera patients in just 16 days since August...

Scribbled lines of life - hunger and hope in a Darfur city
XINHUA  |  Aug 19, 2025

The conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, devastating the country's infrastructure, killing tens of thousands, displacing millions, and creating a...

Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan reshuffles top command amid civil war
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 19, 2025

The appointments, which were made a day after several long-serving officers retired, include changes to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the inspector gener...

UN commander welcomes Rwandan troops to South Sudan
New Times  |  Aug 19, 2025

Rwanbatt-2 has now fully assumed its duties in Sector North, continuing Rwanda’s strong contribution to UN peacekeeping efforts.

South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council
UN News  |  Aug 19, 2025

Furthermore, the displacement crisis is a two-way street, Murtiga explained: the devastating civil war in neighbouring Sudan has driven 1.2 million re...

South Sudan peace deal at risk, RJMEC warns amid rising violence and political arrests
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 18, 2025

The warning was issued by Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) interim chairperson, Ambassador Major General (Rtd) George...

Sudan army accused of torture, 'execution chambers' in Khartoum as war fuels famine, cholera crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 17, 2025

The Emergency Lawyers group claims that since the army retook Khartoum in March, hundreds of people have been arrested, with some later found dead, th...

Cholera kills 40 in Sudan’s worst outbreak in years
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 14, 2025

Since the Ministry of Health declared the outbreak a year ago, there have been 99,700 suspected cases and more than 2,470 related deaths, as of August...

17 areas of Sudan "at risk of famine": UN spokesman
XINHUA  |  Aug 14, 2025

Some residents in El Fasher are reportedly surviving on animal fodder and food waste, the spokesman said.

‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher
UN News  |  Aug 14, 2025

Between January and June, the RSF, which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two years, has attacked the...

South Sudan refutes reports on Palestinian displacement talks with Israel
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 13, 2025

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said the claims are baseless and not a reflection of the official position or policy of...

RSF attack on Darfur camp kills 40 civilians, injures 19 in escalating Sudan conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 12, 2025

The civil war, which began in April 2023 between the RSF and the Sudanese army, has plunged Sudan into violent conflict, killing thousands and forcing...

WFP slashes food rations by 80 per cent in Kakuma, Dadaab refugee camps
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 12, 2025

In May, WFP warned that refugees in Kenya will be at risk of heightened levels of food insecurity owing to critical funding shortages.

After starvation in Gaza and Sudan, refeeding syndrome a risk
DW News  |  Aug 12, 2025

Even if food aid reaches Gaza, Sudan and other famine zones, complications can arise in malnourished or starving people when they regain access to reg...

Libya linked to Sudan’s RSF military camp as UN condemns arms flow amid ongoing Darfur conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 11, 2025

A video report released by the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience used satellite imagery, online videos, and photographs to trace vehicles fro...

Uganda army chief Muhoozi meets South Sudan’s Kiir to ease border tensions after deadly clashes
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 10, 2025

According to Uganda’s army spokesperson, Maj-Gen Felix Kulayigye, the confrontation began when South Sudanese soldiers crossed into Ugandan territory...

16 killed, eight injured in paramilitary forces attack in western Sudan - volunteer groups
XINHUA  |  Aug 09, 2025

The network condemned what it described as "a brutal attack," stating that it constitutes a full-fledged "war crime" and reflects a systematic pattern...

Sudan: El-Fasher faces famine as supplies cut off, UN says
DW News  |  Aug 08, 2025

The UN has warned that "everyone" in the besieged capital of North Darfur was under a daily struggle to survive, with food prices soaring and no acces...

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