Hemeti: New school feeding programme to benefit 400,000 students in Sudan
The Vice President of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council and Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lt Gen Mohamed ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo,...
Covid-19: US-COVAX grant of a million doses of Pfizer vaccine lands in Sudan
As many countries in the world report an upsurge in Covid-19 infections as the ‘autumn wave’ approaches, a consignment of...
UNICEF declares polio outbreak successfully stopped in Sudan
Sudan’s outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) has come to an end, according to UNICEF, the World Health...
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ACJPS call on Sudan and int’l efforts to help with ‘unidentified bodies crisis’
The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) called on several organisations and figures in Sudan, including the Attorney General,...
Darfuri refugees in Chad face severe drinking water crisis
Darfuri refugees in Touloum and Kounongou refugee camps in eastern Chad have been suffering from a severe drinking water crisis...
Seven cases of monkeypox reported in West Darfur
The Director General of the Ministry of Health in West Darfur, Osman Ali Abakar, reported the death of a new-born...
Health Ministry: North Darfur registers 4.5k+ malaria cases in a week
The North Darfur Ministry of Health is taking several precautions, including a spraying campaign in the capital El Fasher, as...
OCHA: West Darfur hardest hit in Sudan-wide food crisis
The humanitarian situation in Sudan continued to worsen during July-August 2022, with 177,350 people newly displaced due to conflict between...
Junior doctors continue their strike over unpaid salaries
Junior doctors continued their nationwide strike, which is now on its tenth day. The doctors in training have been on...
Three siblings killed, another injured in North Darfur UXO blast
Three siblings were killed in an explosion as a result of an unexploded ordnance (UXO), the fourth sibling was also...
Drug abuse in Sudan: Port Sudan worries about crystal meth use among youth
People in Port Sudan ring the alarm bells over the increased crystal meth use among youth. Security forces are doing...
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