‘Holdout Darfur rebels could join DDPD’
The head of the Darfur Peace Implementation Office, Dr Amin Hassan Omar, has said that some holdout Darfur opposition groups...
South Sudanese refugee influx continues: OCHA
Between late January and 1 May, the cumulative number of reported/registered arrivals from South Sudan to the Darfur region and...
1,400 newly displaced from Jebel Marra to South Darfur in one week: OCHA
An estimated 1,400 newly displaced people from the Jebel Marra area have been reported in South Darfur during the past...
World Humanitarian Summit to be held in Istanbul this month
The United Nations Secretary-General is holding the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) on 23-24 May in Istanbul, Turkey. The Summit...
900 measles cases in Sudan in 2016, vaccination campaign starts next week
Between 1 January and 29 April 2016, out of 2,546 suspected cases with fever and rash, 907 were confirmed as...
USAID sorghum for Darfur lands in Port Sudan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a significant in-kind food contribution, 47,500 metric tons of sorghum, from...
Peaceful coexistence conference on Sudan-Chad border
A peaceful coexistence conference on the subject of the Sudan-Chad border will be held in the West Darfur capital of...
UN, AU, Sudanese trilateral action team to visit Darfur
A joint trilateral action team from the United Nations, the African Union, and the Sudanese government will begin a visit...
120 US Congress members call on President Obama to keep Sudan humanitarian crisis a high priority
Yesterday, a bipartisan group of 120 members of Congress called on President Obama to re-prioritize peace, accountability and protection of...
AUHIP roadmap and Unamid exit from Darfur on Khartoum agenda
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Abdelghani El Naeem, held a meeting his office with Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi,...
Open Letter concerning excessive use of force by Sudanese authorities
The Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG) has addressed an “Open Letter concerning excessive use of force by Sudanese authorities” to...
‘Free media strengthen societies’: US diplomat in Sudan
In a statement to mark World Press Freedom Day that was observed around the world yesterday, Benjamin Moeling, Chargé d’Affaires...
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