News headlines
May 7 - 2021
KUTUM / SARAF OMRA
North Darfur’s Kutum still far from secure, Saraf Omra ‘under control’
A displaced man was killed by militant herders in Kutum, North Darfur on Thursday. Paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of Saraf Omra yesterday.
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May 7 - 2021
KHARTOUM
Sudanese economist: ‘Increase of US Dollar rate was expected’
The US Dollar rate recorded a new high at the end of the week’s trading on Thursday, reaching more than SDG400. This was not unexpected, says economist Hasan Bashir. On Wednesday,...
May 6 - 2021
KHARTOUM / SENNAR
Doctors warn of ‘impending health disaster’ in Sudan
Doctors raise alarm over medicine shortages, lack of funding, insecurity, and an “impending health disaster”. Yesterday, the Sudanese Ministry of Health reported 138 new COVID-19...
May 6 - 2021
NYALA / KHARTOUM
UNAMID forces leave Kass site, ICC prosecutor to visit Darfur
Yesterday, the joint UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) officially handed its last site in South Darfur to the authorities in Nyala. A delegation of the International Criminal Court...
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Christians in Sudan can ‘still not believe the changes’
May 7 - 2021
SUDAN
Sudanese Christians celebrated Easter on Sunday, May 2, the Coptic date for Easter according to the Orthodox Church calendar. For the occasion, Radio Dabanga decided to investigate the experiences of Christians in Sudan before and after the ousting of former dictator Omar Al Bashir.
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May 6 - 2021
SARAF OMRA
'Resurgence of violence' in North Darfur's Saraf Omra
A boy was killed in Saraf Omra, North Darfur, in a firefight between armed men and paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday. In another incident in the same...
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May 1 - 2021
KHARTOUM
US Senator Coons to visit Sudan to discuss Ethiopian relations
US Senator Chris Coons, member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen will arrive in Khartoum on Monday for a three-day visit.
