Land justice, drought, and desertification: How a Sudanese town is standing up for its rights
By Sarah Burroughs On June 4, hundreds of residents of Wadi Halfa, Northern State, blocked all major entrances to the...
Experts warn Sudan’s plastic crisis worsens as curbs fail
As the world marked World Environment Day on 5 June with the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”, led by the United Nations...
Farmers battle war’s economic scars to revive central Sudan farmlands
Prepared by Ayin Network for Sudan Media Forum In central Sudan, farmer Omar Qouz is preparing for his first planting...
Sudan Media Forum: Independent radio stations are the way to enlighten and raise awareness of climate change
Sudan Media Forum: Joint statement on World Radio Day Every year on February 13, the world celebrates World Radio Day,...
Jeili refinery fire engulfs Khartoum in ‘toxic’ smoke
Thick black and white smoke billowed from the Jeili refinery in Khartoum yesterday morning, spreading over parts of Khartoum North...
Ethiopia earthquakes – expert allays concerns for GERD and Sudan
Amid a swarm of earthquakes and aftershocks that have rocked the Afar, Oromia, and Amhara regions in Ethiopia since December...
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Farmers in El Gedaref face harvest crisis amid Sudan cash shortage
Farmers in Sudan’s El Gedaref state have warned of a disastrous upcoming harvest season due to crippling cash shortages and...
Sudan floods and cholera devastate White Nile communities
The humanitarian situation in White Nile state has rapidly deteriorated over the past week as floods and a cholera outbreak...
Wildfires destroy palm plantations in Sudan’s Northern State
“Massive” fires broke out in a date palm plantation in Merowe locality in Sudan’s Northern State over the weekend, reportedly...
Sudan’s Sai Island permanently bans ‘toxic’ mining mixers
Authorities in Wadi Halfa, Northern State, have permanently banned the use of environmentally harmful gold mining mixers on Sai Island,...
Report: World’s dams at risk from climate change and conflict
When the Arbaat Dam, 38 kilometres northwest of Port Sudan, collapsed catastrophically in August, following the unusually heavy rains that...
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