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August 4 - 2021
DABANGA SUDAN
♦ Sudan: This week's news in brief ♦
A compact digest of the past week's most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan
August 3 - 2021
KHARTOUM / UM RAKUBA
USAID chief says unified Sudanese army key to stability
The presence of a national army in which the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the forces of armed struggle movements are integrated to be one army...
August 3 - 2021
TAWILA / EL FASHER
Violence continues as occupying militants refuse to leave North Darfur farms
A farmer was killed and four others were injured on Sunday, when gunmen opened fire in the Gallab area in Tawila, North Darfur, in a continuation of the violence at the weekend...
August 3 - 2021
EL GEZIRA / EL GEDAREF / SENNAR
Sudan’s Nile valley reels as flood levels peak
High water levels and floods have wreaked havoc in El Gezira, El Gedaref, and Sennar states, as heavy rains continue to swell rivers, however Sudan’s flood committee predicts that...
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Sudan Cabinet unanimous on bill to join Rome Statute of ICC
August 3 - 2021
KHARTOUM
The Council of Ministers constituting Sudan’s Cabinet today unanimously passed a draft law for Sudan to accede to and ratify the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The announcement follows a similarly unanimous decision by the Cabinet in June to hand former officials indicted for war crimes in Darfur to the ICC.
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August 2 - 2021
KHARTOUM / DARFUR
USAID head: $700 million to support Sudan’s ‘complex and daunting’ transition
Samantha Power, the Executive Director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has affirmed the determination of the Biden administration to move forward with its...
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July 31 - 2021
WASHINGTON DC / KHARTOUM
At least 3,000 more Ethiopian refugees arrive in Sudan
At least 3,000 Ethiopian refugees reportedly fled into Sudan this week, following the spread of the war in Ethiopia's Tigray to the neighbouring Amhara region.
According to the...
July 29 - 2021
KHARTOUM / EL GEZIRA / EL MANAGIL