♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Twelve dead, 'another 30,000...
Six more Jebel Marra villages burn in Darfur
Militiamen set fire to six villages north of Kalokiting in southern Jebel Marra on Tuesday. “On Tuesday at around noon,...
Unicef: ‘Displaced Jebel Marra students in Darfur battle the odds’
The escalation of violence in Jebel Marra since mid-January caused the displacement of more than 90,000 people. 68 percent of...
‘SPLM-N rebels repel attack in South Kordofan’
Combatants of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) reportedly repelled an offensive by Sudanese government troops on areas under their...
Hunger deepens in South Darfur’s Kalma camp
Many children in Kalma camp for the displaced near Nyala, capital of South Darfur, are suffering from anaemia. “Most of...
Murder, rape in Tawila, North Darfur
On Tuesday, militiamen shot and killed two herders south of Fanga on the border of Jebel Marra and Tawila locality...
No water in El Gedaref districts, eastern Sudan
Several residential districts of El Gedaref city have been cut off from the water supply for more than a week....
Central Darfur university suspends 14 students
The chancellor of Zalingei University in Central Darfur suspended 14 students last week for violating university regulations. According to the...
Bombing continues as Sudan’s Ministries discuss aid for Darfur displaced
On Tuesday, Second Vice-President Hassabo Abdelrahman headed a meeting in Khartoum on the humanitarian situation of the Jebel Marra displaced....
Schools transfer exams from Jebel Marra
Authorities in Central and South Darfur have decided to relocate school examinations from areas in Jebel Marra to Mershing and...
Sudanese highlight displacement, discrimination on Women’s Day
The situation of women in Sudan is one of the worst in comparison to the rest of the world, a...
Old Darfur cinemas source of knowledge and enlightenment
Years after El Fasher Cinema screened its last film, people are awaiting the decision of the new owner. As one...
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