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.
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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.
HRW accuses Sudan paramilitaries of widespread sexual violence
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces聽 and allied militias, at war with the army, of committing widespread sexual violence against women in southern Sudan....
Paramilitary attack kills three in western Sudan
Three civilians have been killed and 20 wounded in a drone attack by paramilitaries in the western Sudanese town of El-Fasher in North Darfur, activists said on Sunday.
Deadly attacks in Darfur shocking: WHO
The World Health Organisation voiced alarm Thursday at recent attacks in Sudan鈥檚 war-ravaged Darfur region, which it said had killed dozens of people and injured many more.
Kaktarua holds lecture on Madhusudan Datta in Khulna
Literary magazine Kaktarua held a special lecture titled 200 years of Michael Madhusudan Datta at the Umesh Chandra Public Library auditorium in Khulna on Friday...
40 killed in Sudan attack
A medic on Wednesday said 40 people were killed by gunshot wounds during a paramilitary attack on the Sudanese village of Wad Oshaib in the central state of Al-Jazira...
Egypt hosts 1.2 million Sudanese, with hundreds arriving daily: UN
Hundreds of people fleeing war-torn Sudan arrive in neighbouring Egypt every day, a UN official said Sunday, adding to more than 1.2 million who have found refuge there, according to official figures.
UNSC sanctions two Sudan paramilitary chiefs
The UN Security Council has added two Sudanese paramilitary officers to the list of individuals sanctioned because of their actions in the fighting there, the council鈥檚 British presidency announced.
Hunger deaths 鈥榣ikely鈥� in Gaza, Sudan, Mali, Haiti: UN
UN food agencies warned Thursday of deadly hunger levels in 16 鈥榟unger hotspots鈥� in coming months, with the Palestinian territories, Sudan and South Sudan, Mali and Haiti of most concern.
Sexual violence on staggering scale in Sudan civil war: UN
Rape is widespread in Sudan鈥檚 civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a 鈥榮taggering鈥� scale.
WFP calls for full access to Sudan amid looming famine
The World Food Programme has called on the warring parties in Sudan鈥檚 conflict to grant full access to the agency as the countries faces the imminent threat of famine...
50 killed in Sudan paramilitary attack: activists
A network of activists in central Sudan said that at least 50 people were killed in a single attack on Friday by the Rapid Support Forces, who have besieged and raided entire villages in al-Jazira state...
Activists say over 50 killed in two days of Sudan battles
Local activists in central Sudan have reported over 50 people killed since clashes erupted in Al-Jazira state on Sunday after a paramilitary commander defected to the army.
Air strike kills 23 in Khartoum market
A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said on Sunday the military carried out an air strike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead.
Bangladesh Navy deploys 67 personnel to UNMISS in South Sudan
A contingent of 67 members from the Bangladesh Navy departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday to participate in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan as part of the Bangladesh Force Marine Unit-10.
48 dead in Sudan paramilitary attacks on Darfur city
Two days of attacks by Sudanese paramilitaries on the Darfur city of El-Fasher killed 48 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country鈥檚 suffering.
18 killed in Sudan market attack
A paramilitary attack on a market in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher killed 18 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country鈥檚...
S Sudan postpones elections, extends transitional period
South Sudan said Friday that long-awaited elections would be postponed for a further two years, once again extending a transitional period agreed in a peace deal.
Sudan rejects UN call for 鈥榠mpartial鈥� force to protect civilians
Sudan has rejected a call by UN experts for the deployment of an 鈥榠ndependent and impartial force鈥� to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes by more than...
UN official says more needed to help Sudan
The UN鈥檚 deputy secretary-general welcomed food aid reaching Sudan but said it is insufficient as she visited a border post in Chad to witness the passage of a humanitarian convoy.
Social media images reveal Sudan war crimes: HRW
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused both sides in Sudan鈥檚 more than 16-month conflict of committing war crimes including summary executions, torture and...
Around 30 die in Sudan after dam collapses
The United Nations鈥� humanitarian office said around 30 people were killed in northeast Sudan after a dam collapsed due to flooding.
Sudan paramilitary attack kills 80
Sudanese paramilitary forces killed at least 80 people in a southeastern village, a medical source and witnesses said Friday, in an attack that followed US-sponsored talks aimed...
22 dead in shelling of Sudan鈥檚 besieged El-Fasher
Besieging Sudanese paramilitary forces pounded El-Fasher on Saturday, witnesses said, killing 22 people in Darfur鈥檚 last city outside their control, according to...
25 people drown in Sudan fleeing fighting
Around 25 people have drowned in Sudan鈥檚 southeast while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, a pro-democracy activists鈥�...