UNSC warns against Sudan rival govt
The UN Security Council has voiced 鈥榞rave concern鈥� over a charter signed by Sudan鈥檚 paramilitary forces, warning it could deepen the country鈥檚 war and worsen the humanitarian crisis.
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THREAT TO PEACE DEAL: South Sudan general, oil minister arrested
South Sudan troops have arrested the oil minister and deputy head of the armed forces, both allies of vice-president Riek Machar, as fears grew on Wednesday for the country鈥檚 fragile peace agreement...
UN says children as young as one raped in Sudan
Children as young as one have been raped by armed men during the conflict in Sudan, the UN said on Tuesday, condemning it as a horror that should 鈥榮hock anyone to their core鈥�.
46 killed in Sudan plane crash
Forty-six people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Khartoum, the regional government said on Wednesday...
Sudan battle forces 10,000 families out of famine-hit camp: UN
Two days of fighting between Sudanese rivals have forced an estimated 10,000 families to flee a famine-hit displacement camp in the Darfur region, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday...
200 killed in 3-day Sudan paramilitary assault
Sudanese paramilitaries have killed more than 200 people including women and children in a three-day assault on villages in the country鈥檚 south, a lawyer group monitoring the war said on Tuesday.
Sudan war is world鈥檚 worst humanitarian crisis: AU
African Union officials on Tuesday branded Sudan鈥檚 civil war the 鈥榳orst humanitarian crisis in the world鈥� and warned it was leaving hundreds of thousands of children malnourished.
80 killed in southern Sudan violence
The United Nations warned on Thursday that two southern Sudan states were 鈥榦n the brink of catastrophe鈥� after a recent eruption of violence reportedly killed at least 80 people in one city.
56 killed as fighting grips greater Khartoum
Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists....
20 killed in South Sudan plane crash
A plane has crashed in the north of South Sudan killing at least 20 people, Unity state minister for information said on Wednesday...
70 killed in attack on western Sudan hospital
An attack on the main hospital in El-Fasher, a besieged town in western Sudan, has killed 70 people and wounded 19 others, the World Health Organisation chief said on Sunday....
30 killed in drone attack on hospital in Sudan鈥檚 Darfur
A drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher in Sudan鈥檚 Darfur region killed 30 people and injured dozens, a medical source said Saturday....
Madhusudan Dutt鈥檚 birth anniv today
Today is the 201st anniversary of birth of poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
Madhu Fair begins today at Sagardari
A week-long Madhu Fair marking the 201st birth anniversary of great poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt will begin at Sagardari village in Jashore today...
1m people fled Sudan war to S Sudan: UN
Over one million people have now fled the Sudanese war into neighbouring South Sudan, according to the United Nations, which said the figures illustrated the scale of the unfolding humanitarian crisis...
More deadly anti-Sudanese protests in South Sudan
Another 12 people have died in the past two days in South Sudan in attacks on citizens from northern neighbour Sudan, the security forces reported Saturday, despite an overnight curfew.
South Sudan declares nighttime curfew after looting in capital
Police in South Sudan declared a nighttime curfew on Friday, the morning after anti-Sudanese protests in the capital Juba degenerated into looting.
Sudan rescuers say 120 killed by shelling near capital
Sudanese volunteer rescuers said shelling of an area of Omdurman, the capital Khartoum鈥檚 twin city just across the Nile River, killed more than 120 people.
3m Sudan children facing acute malnutrition: UN
An estimated 3.2 million children under the age of five are expected to face acute malnutrition this year in war-torn Sudan, according to the United Nations Children鈥檚 Fund.
Sudan faces 鈥榳idening鈥� famine crisis
Famine has spread across war-torn Sudan and is projected to expand even further, a UN-backed assessment said on Tuesday, with refugee camps and displaced communities hit particularly hard.
UN warns 鈥榞ravity鈥� of Sudan crisis not understood
The international community does not grasp the seriousness of the crisis ravaging Sudan after more than a year and a half of civil war, a high-level UN official warned on Monday.