Deadly rebel reprisal for North Darfur village attacks
The opposition Transitional Council of Nimir leadership (SLM-TC) claims that it repulsed an attack yesterday by the government forces and...
AfDB Mission in Sudan to supervise education and health projects in North Kordofan and White Nile states
A mission from the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) arrived in Sudan on Monday to supervise the Inclusive Health Service...
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...
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