EU adds voice to new appeal for human rights in Sudan
The European Union (EU) has issued a statement echoing the concerns of the UN Independent Expert on the Situation of...
♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Renewed fighting between Sudan...
Death sentence for rape, murder of girl in South Darfur city
The Children's Court in Nyala sentenced the rapist and killer of a six-year-old girl to death by hanging. The victim...
Cholera cases ‘transferred to Khartoum’: doctors
Patients with cholera, or 'acute watery diarrhoea', are reportedly being transferred to the capital of Sudan. The cases come from...
Barrel bombs, abduction in Darfur’s Jebel Marra
Four bombs were dropped on eastern Jebel Marra on Monday, killing a number of livestock. Gunmen abducted six people at...
Darfur lawyers decry call to ‘leave rebel bodies in the open’
Lawyers of the Darfur Bar Association condemned a statement by the East Darfur Governor, to leave the bodies of fallen...
Villagers killed after renewed North Darfur fighting
Five people were killed in a raid in a rebel-held area near Kutum that witnessed renewed fighting between paramilitary forces...
Sudan, UNDP cooperate on ‘Prevention of Violent Extremism’
The United Nations Development Programme in Sudan (UNDP) and the Sudan National Commission for Counter-Terrorism (SNCCT) signed a Memorandum of...
US doctor in South Kordofan receives Aurora Prize
The $1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity of 2017 was awarded to Dr Tom Catena, a Catholic physician from...
West Darfur headmaster transferred to Omdurman prison
The headmaster of the Sirba Higher Secondary School who was detained in West Darfur in February without being charged, has...
Cholera still spreading in Sudan’s White Nile
Several towns and villages in White Nile state have reported new cases of cholera in the last week. Three people...
Renewed fighting between Sudan forces, rebels in North Darfur
Both the Sudanese government and members of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Minawi (SLM-MM) and the SLM-Transitional Council...
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