♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan’s highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
♦ UN decides to downsize peacekeeping mission in Darfur
♦ Sudan army attacks Darfuris after killing of rapist
More news from Radio Dabanga:
July 4 – 2017 NYALA / SHEARIA / TENDELTI The state Ministry of Health placed medical tents to combat the spread of cholera in the overcrowded Kalma camp for displaced people in South Darfur. Five…
East Darfur capital bans South Sudanese because of cholera
July 3 – 2017 ED DAEIN / TABIT On Wednesday, the Commissioner of Ed Daein in East Darfur has ordered the evacuation of South Sudanese refugees from the town within 48 hours, to prevent the spread…
Violence in Darfur: Farmer killed, two herders abducted
July 3 – 2017 FANGA / UM DUKHUN On Saturday, a farmer was killed at his land west of Fanga in North Darfur. The situation in Central Darfur’s Um Dukhun has become tense after the abduction of two Misseriya…
Rains destroy 1,500 homes, five schools in Central Darfur camps
July 3 – 2017 ZALINGEI Torrential rains caused the collapse of about 1,500 homes and five schools at the camps for the displaced near Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur, on Saturday evening. El Shafee Abdallah…
Sudan extends ceasefire for four months
July 2 – 2017 KHARTOUM Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir officially extended the unilateral ceasefire on all military operations, starting today. Al Bashir's presidential decree, which he signed today…
More newly displaced families reach Kutum camp
July 2 – 2017 KASSAB / EIN SIRO Hundreds of families – more than 2,000 people – fled the recent attacks in Ein Siro and have arrived in a camp for displaced people in Kutum. Military confrontations…
New SPLM-N leader visits South Kordofan
July 2 – 2017 DELLING The acting chairman of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), Abdelaziz El Hilu, arrived to the rebel-held areas in South Korodfan on Thursday…
USA urges Sudanese govt. to improve human rights
June 30 – 2017 KHARTOUM The United States remains very concerned about Sudan’s human rights record, including the continued closing of political space, and restrictions on religious…
Egypt screens Sudanese arrivals for cholera
June 29 – 2017 CAIRO / EL GEDAREF / NYALA / EL TADAMON Egypt's Cairo airport has started screening passengers arriving from Sudan for signs of cholera because of the reported outbreak. Activists…
Nine Sudanese Congress Party activists held during seminar on cholera
June 28 – 2017 OMDURMAN Security agents detained nine members of the Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) in Omdurman on Tuesday. “While holding a seminar in Umbadda about way to combat…
This digest is an excerpt from the weekly Darfur & Sudan News Update. Subscribe here to receive the newsletter directly in your inbox |