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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday that attacks on health care in Sudan are becoming increasingly deadly and widespread, severely limiting access to critical medical services and putting health workers and humanitarian...

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(MENAFN) Sudanese authorities on Tuesday issued an urgent flood alert as rising Nile River waters reached critical levels across multiple regions, intensifying concerns amid ongoing conflict.

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(MENAFN) Mass displacement has engulfed North Darfur as more than 107,000 civilians escaped El-Fasher and neighboring settlements amid catastrophic security conditions, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced Sunday.

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“What people have been enduring during these 500 days in Al Fasher is nothing short of catastrophic.

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(MENAFN) The relentless flow of increasingly lethal weaponry is driving Sudan's catastrophic conflict, and a top UN official declared Monday that those facilitating the war will face consequences. "The continued supply of weapons – increasingly...

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(MENAFN) The Yemeni government and the Houthi movement announced on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to exchange thousands of prisoners following two weeks of talks hosted by Oman. Government negotiator Majid Fadael stated on social...

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(MENAFN) The head of the United Nations has issued a forceful denunciation of an attack in southern Sudan that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and wounded eight others, warning that such actions could amount to war crimes under international...

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(MENAFN) The ongoing influx of increasingly lethal weapons is driving the brutal war in Sudan, and those facilitating the violence will be held responsible, a senior UN official warned Monday. “The continued supply of weapons – increasingly...

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(MENAFN) The ongoing influx of increasingly deadly weapons is driving the devastating conflict in Sudan, with those facilitating the war facing accountability, a senior UN official warned Monday.

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(MENAFN) In her first Christmas address as president, Catherine Connolly highlighted the struggles of people affected by war, displacement, and crises worldwide, singling out Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan. "We hold in our thoughts the millions of...

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(MENAFN) The Yemeni government and the Houthi group reached a significant agreement on Tuesday to exchange thousands of prisoners, following two weeks of intensive negotiations mediated by Oman. Majid Fadael, the government’s chief negotiator,...

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(MENAFN) Sudan and the African Union (AU) have engaged in talks regarding the reinstatement of the nation’s membership in the bloc, a news agency reported on Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) Sudan is grappling with a severe cholera outbreak that has infected more than 113,600 individuals and claimed over 3,000 lives since July 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) A deadly artillery attack claimed nine civilian lives Wednesday in Dilling, a besieged city in Sudan's South Kordofan state, according to a local advocacy organization.

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(MENAFN) More than 107,000 civilians have been forced to leave the city of El-Fasher and nearby villages in North Darfur as violence and insecurity intensify, according to reports from the United Nations migration agency.

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(MENAFN) Artillery shelling in the city of Dilling, South Kordofan state, killed nine civilians, including three children, and wounded several others on Wednesday, according to a Sudanese non-governmental platform.

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(MENAFN) Ireland's head of state issued a sobering holiday appeal Monday, drawing attention to escalating humanitarian catastrophes engulfing populations across three continents amid overlapping emergencies of armed conflict, forced migration, and...

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(MENAFN) A grueling nine-day exodus has brought nearly 2,000 civilians to safety after paramilitary forces seized a strategic western Sudanese city, local media reported Tuesday.

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The ICRC organized the first-ever expert workshop with the Shariah courts on the missing under Islamic law. The workshop which took place online on 4 December 2025 aimed at discussing with Shariah Court judges, prosecutors, Islamic law professors...