UN rights expert to Sudan for implementation of recommendations
The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan will hold meetings in Khartoum and...
Frenchman abducted in Chad freed in Sudan’s North Darfur
The French miner who was abducted in eastern Chad about two months ago, was found in Kutum in North Darfur....
Darfur women welcome UN report on conflict-related sexual violence
Displaced women in Darfur have commended the recently published UN Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence in 2016....
‘USA must delay permanent lifting of sanctions against Sudan’: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Washington to delay the definite lifting of economic sanctions until the human rights...
Western diplomats hold talks with Sudanese Islamic opposition
On Thursday, Western diplomats held talks with the Popular Congress Party (PCP) and the Reform Now Movement (RNM) in Khartoum...
20,000 South Sudanese refugees in new South Kordofan border camp
Hundreds of South Sudanese refugees have been pouring into a new administrative camp on the border with South Kordofan –...
UN, EU call for protection of journalists on World Press Freedom Day
The United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) both issued statements yesterday to mark World Press Freedom Day, calling on...
Rebels declare six-month ceasefire in Darfur and Kordofan
The Sudanese opposition Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Movement’s Minni Minawi faction (SLM-MM) have made a...
Darfur rebels meet Unamid head in Paris
The new Joint Special Representative for Darfur and head of the UN hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (Unamid), Jeremiah Mamabolo...
Sudanese, Ethiopian forces launch joint border op
Sudanese and Ethiopian forces have launched a major ongoing operation on the border between the two countries to combat human...
‘End of Joseph Kony hunt breeds frustration and fear’: IRIN
Uganda and the USA have ended a six-year search for warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Yet...
About 160,000 Sudanese, South Sudanese in Abyei need aid
According to the UN Secretary-General’s most recent report on Abyei, the humanitarian situation has remained relatively stable. Nevertheless, the people...
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