Sudan
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:59:29 GMTBlue Nile State Sleep Walking Into Tribal Conflict Crisis
[SudaNow] One hundred and five persons were killed and more than two hundred others were injured when fighting broke out last week between between Hausa and some tribes in the Blue Nile state which borders Ethiopia.
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:59:26 GMTAfter a Successful Liver Transplant, Alia Specialist Hospital Prepares for Bone Marrow
[SudaNow] Aliaa Specialized Hospital is preparing to carry out bone marrow transplants inside after the success of the first two liver transplant operations in the country, which were performed last Wednesday, the first in which a mother donated to h...
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:59:23 GMTPress Headlines
[SudaNow] July 24 -- Sudan Press Headlines for Sunday, July 24, 2022
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:59:20 GMTKhartoum Education - Pass Rate in Basic Education Certificate Registers 80.6 Percent
[SudaNow] Acting Director of Education of the State of Khartoum Dr. Qareeballah Mohamed Ahmed has announced that the pass rate in the Basic Education Certificate this year has registered 80.6% compared to last year, when it was 79.8.%.
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:18:05 GMTStrengthening Sudan's Fragile Peace - a Resident Coordinator Blog
[UN News] The killing of protestors by security services during large-scale demonstrations in Sudan's capital Khartoum in June underscores the ongoing political tensions in the country. Against this backdrop, the UN is committed to sustain and build ...
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:10:31 GMTMetema-Gallabat Dry Port On Ethiopia, Sudan Border Resumes Services
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Metema-Gallabat dry port on the Ethiopia-Sudan boarder has resumed service as of 21 July, according to Biks Worke, the Administrator of Western Gonder zone in Amhara regional state.
Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:38:09 GMT115th Protester Killed in Sudan, Hausa Demonstrate Against Violence
[Dabanga] Omdurman / Khartoum -- Young protester Abubakr Mutasim Ismail was killed during demonstrations calling for peaceful co-existence in Omdurman yesterday. The anti-junta sit-in in El Fitihab, Omdurman, has been lifted. Earlier this week, membe...
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:03:22 GMTJunta Clampdown Bans Anonymous Mobile SIM Cards
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The ruling military junta in Sudan has directed all telecommunications providers in the country to immediately stop issuing mobile phone sim cards that are not registered to a person's identity. Technical Committee of the Securi...
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:03:23 GMT'UN Providing Aid to 30 Thousand Blue Nile Displaced'
[Dabanga] Khartoum / ED Damazin / El Roseires -- The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Khardiata Lô N'Diaye, has expressed her support for the victims of the recent intercommunal violence and mass displacement in Blue Nile state, saying that the...
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:03:21 GMTFour Cases of Dengue Fever Suspected in Kassala
[Dabanga] Kassala -- The Health Emergency and Epidemic Control section of the Department of Health Affairs in Kassala state, announced today the emergence of four suspected cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever and confirmed that it had reported the cas...
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:05:40 GMTSudan Doctors - Urgent Need for Surgeons to Treat Blue Nile Casualties
[Dabanga] ED Damazin / El Roseires -- Sudan's Federal Ministry of Health has described the health response by hospitals in Ed Damazin, capital of Blue Nile state, and neighbouring El Roseires to the many people affected by fierce fighting in the area...
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:05:38 GMTNorth Darfur Student Savagely Raped and Murdered
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- A young woman was brutally raped and murdered in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher on Monday, as she made her way from the home of her parents to the university residence, to prepare for the new semester.
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:05:36 GMTSudan Opposition Blame Junta, and SPLM-N Agar, for Blue Nile Hostilities
[Dabanga] ED Damazin / El Roseires -- The Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC) hold the 2021 "coup authorities" responsible for the crimes that occurred during the clashes in Blue Nile state, Kassala, and in other areas. The Communi...
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:05:33 GMTMarauding Bandits Torment Tawila in North Darfur
[Dabanga] Tawila / El Fasher -- Three people were kidnapped, another injured, and a vehicle stolen in three separate incidents of banditry by armed groups in Tawila, North Darfur, on Monday.
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:56:48 GMTSecurity Forces Use Teargas On Protesters After Deadly Clashes
[DW] Thousands of Hausa protesters took to the streets of a number of cities in Sudan on Tuesday, following a spate of clashes in the country's southern Blue Nile state.
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 08:16:41 GMTEmergency Lawyers - 'Drug Test Violates Detainees' Rights'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Detainees including 15 minors and six women were released after being beaten and assaulted after protest marches in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum yesterday, according to follow-ups by Sudan's Emergency Lawyers, who lament tha...
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 08:16:38 GMTWFP Market Monitor Shows New Sharp Rise in Food Prices
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Political and economic instability resulting in hyperinflation in Sudan are forcing more Sudanese into poverty, and inability to afford the basic necessities of life. The latest estimates show that currently one-third of the pop...
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 08:16:33 GMTRainy Season - 100 Homes of Sudanese Refugees in Chad Washed Away
[Dabanga] Konongou Refugee Camp, Chad -- Torrential rains that lasted for five consecutive days led to the collapse of more than 100 homes of Sudanese refugees in Kounongou camp in eastern Chad last week.
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:39:40 GMTFintech Bloom Nabs U.S.$6.5 Million, Backed By Y Combinator, GFC and Visa
[TechCrunch] Bloom, a Sudan-based fintech that offers a high-yield savings account and adjacent digital banking services, has raised a $6.5 million seed round. This investment is coming after the startup's undisclosed pre-seed round last year.
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 04:35:58 GMTStatement by the Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan on Violence in Blue Nile State
[OCHA] Khartoum -- The Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Khardiata Lo Ndiaye has expressed deep concern over dozens of civilians killed and thousands of women and children displaced after a wave of inter-communal violence in parts of Blue Nile State ...
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 04:26:36 GMTHausa Protesters Torch Govt Offices in Eastern Sudan's Kassala
[Dabanga] Kassala / Rabak / Khartoum -- Angry young Hausa tribesmen set fire to a number of government buildings in Kassala on Monday, in protest against what they called the laxity of the Sudanese authorities concerning recent tribal clashes in Blue...
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:39:38 GMTHealth Condition of Detained Activist Deteriorating
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The health condition of detained activist Seifelislam Essameldin Mohamed has deteriorated to the extent that doctors of the Police Hospital in Khartoum decided to keep him for three days.
Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:02:45 GMTAt Least 65 Dead, 150 Injured in Intercommunal Clashes
[Dabanga] ED Damazin / El Roseires -- At least 65 people have died and an additional 150 have been wounded in the intercommunal clashes which began a week ago in Sudan's Blue Nile state. Authorities were deployed in the state's towns of Ed Damazin an...
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:59:36 GMTSudan Wins Gold Medals in African Taekwondo Championship
[SudaNow] The Sudanese National Taekwondo Team presented from Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, a bright plaque as it won three gold medals and a bronze medal through Poomsae players Salma Al-Sayed and Hussein Ishaq in the African Taekwondo Championship...
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:59:29 GMTBeekeeping
[SudaNow] The beekeeping is considered one of the most major activities in Sennar State which enjoys hue human and natural resources that introduced pioneering experiences in beekeeping and production of honey.
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:59:27 GMTQatar Charity Starts Implementing 'Water Plant' Project in Sudan
[SudaNow] Qatar Charity (QC) has started implementing a new 'water plant' project in Tajmla, Rashad, South Sudan to contribute to meeting the need of a large number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the host community in the area.
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:59:23 GMTKirkir Trees , Unknown Nutritional Value
[SudaNow] Sudan enjoys enormous quantities of natural plants and medical herbs that are used as traditional medicine fort many diseases. Caring of this wealth through more research and expansion of its cultivation constitutes material support to the ...
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 07:48:06 GMTSudan Reopens Gallabat Border Crossing With Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a statement released on Sunday July 17, the Sudanese army spokesman, Brigadier General Nabil Abdallah Ali, said the Technical Committee of the Security and Defense Council chaired by the head of the Sovereign Counci...
Sun, 17 Jul 2022 13:42:41 GMTDozens Dead in Sudan Tribal Clashes
[DW] At least 31 people were killed and 39 injured during several days of tribal clashes in the southeastern region of Sudan close to the border with Ethiopia, officials said Saturday.
Mon, 18 Jul 2022 07:18:38 GMTJohn Godfrey Confirmed As First U.S. Ambassador to Sudan in 25 Years
[Dabanga] Washington / Khartoum -- The US Senate has confirmed John Godfrey as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Sudan. Sudan has been served by a deputy ambassador, so that Ambassador Godfrey, who is expected to take up his ...