♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Sudan crisis: Thousands of school...
School dropout rates rise in Darfur camps as economy bites
The current economic collapse and runaway inflation witnessed by Sudan has led to children, especially secondary school students, dropping out...
‘500 Russian troops on CAR-Darfur border’
Several witnesses and sources from the Um Dafug area of South Darfur which borders on the Central African Republic (CAR)...
Sudan Call to map road ahead at Paris meeting
Next month, the members of the Sudan Call coalition of opposition parties and armed movements will hold a meeting in...
Child dies in Darfur, food scarce as floods isolate villages in eastern Sudan
The residents of Hillet Musa in the area of El Meilig in El Kamlin locality of Sudan’s El Gezira state...
Al Bashir: ‘Promote voluntary return in South Darfur’
President Omar Al Bashir has directed the government of South Darfur to promote voluntary return by providing services to the...
Sudan Revolutionary Front remains ‘committed to peace’
The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF, a coalition of Sudanese armed movements) has renewed its commitment to search for a peaceful...
Sudan rainy season: Four drown in floods, more than 200 homes collapse
Torrential rains caused the death of four people in West Kordofan over the weekend. More than 200 houses were destroyed...
Sudan, UNDP, Unicef launch peacebuilding project in Darfur’s Jebel Marra
The government of Sudan, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) have launched a new joint peacebuilding...
African Development Bank grants Sudan $ 41 million for agriculture
The Sudanese Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has signed a $ 41 million grant agreement with the African Development...
Darfur rebels claim govt. troops killed in Jebel Marra
The Sudan Liberation Movement under the leadership of Abdelwahid El Nur (SLM-AW) says its combatants killed a number of government...
Sudan crisis: Thousands of school children go without breakfast
Thousands of pupils and students in Sudan currently do not enjoy breakfast as their parents can no longer afford the...
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