Sudan, South Sudan near bottom of 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index
In this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index released yesterday by Transparency International, New Zealand and Denmark rank highest with scores of...
UN-AU Special Representative in Darfur: ‘First phase of Unamid reconfiguration complete’
The Joint Special Representative for the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (Unamid), Jeremiah Mamabolo, has highlighted the positive role of the...
46+ dead in cattle raids across Sudan-South Sudan border
More than 46 people including women from the Misseriya and Dinka tribes have been killed and 10,850 head of cattle,...
New Enough Project report raises concerns over Sudan’s ‘charm offensive’
A report published today by the Enough Project highlights serious concerns including links to extremists and terrorists, abuses against Christians...
Sudan’s release of detainees criticised: ‘It’s political bargaining’
The Darfur Bar Association doubts President Al Bashir's decision to release all political detainees. The director of the security apparatus said...
Kenyan Appeal Court: Arrest Sudan president when he visits the country
President Omar Al Bashir is to be arrested if he enters Kenya, a Kenyan Court of Appeal has ruled. In a...
OCHA: 200,000 South Sudanese refugees expected in Sudan in 2018
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 200,000 South Sudanese refugees are expected in Sudan...
17 organisations and four individuals sign open letter to UN on detentions, use of excessive force in Sudan
17 organisations and four individuals have signed an open letter to several UN Commissioners expressing concern over “the crackdown on peaceful protests...
US ‘deeply concerned’ by arrests and detentions in Sudan
The United States Embassy in Sudan has issued a statement expressing its concern at the many arrests and detentions carried...
River-based transport to resume between White Nile state and South Sudan
River-based transport between Sudan and South Sudan is set to resume. The government started preparing the river-based means of transport...
Chad militiamen kill seven in West Darfur cattle raid
Seven people were shot dead and eight others were wounded in an armed cattle theft operation allegedly carried out by...
UNSC extends mandate of Sudan Experts with 13 months
The UN Security Council (UNSC) extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Sudan with a period of 13...
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