55,000 flee Sudan town as RSF battles army
More than 55,000 people have fled Sinja, the capital of Sennar state in southeastern Sudan, as fighting rages between paramilitary forces and the regular army, the UN humanitarian office OCHA has said...
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Madhusudan Dutt鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the 151st anniversary of death of the legendary Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
Half of Sudanese face 鈥榓cute food insecurity鈥�
Some 25.6 million people, or more than half of Sudan鈥檚 population, are facing high levels of 鈥榓cute food insecurity鈥�, a report cited by the United Nations said...
Sudan one of world鈥檚 鈥榳orst crises鈥� in decades
The on-going civil war in Sudan has provoked one of the world鈥檚 worst humanitarian crises in decades, the international chief of the medical charity...
Child victims of war spiked in 2023 amid Gaza, Sudan crises: UN
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached 鈥榚xtreme levels鈥� in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday...
10m displaced in war-torn Sudan: IOM
More than 10 million people have been displaced within war-torn Sudan, according to figures released on Tuesday by the International Organisation for Migration.
Fighting shuts last hospital in Darfur city
The last operating hospital in western Sudan鈥檚 El-Fasher has been closed after an attack by paramilitaries trying to seize the key Darfur city, medical charity...
40 killed in shelling near Khartoum
Pro-democracy activists in Sudan reported on Friday that about 40 people were killed in 鈥榲iolent artillery fire鈥� carried out the previous day by paramilitary forces on...
104 killed in Sudan village attack
A Sudanese pro-democracy activists鈥� committee Thursday reported 鈥榤ore than 104鈥� dead in a single day when paramilitary forces attacked a village...
Artistes must get into roles: Jyoti
Actress Jyoti Sinha said that artistes must immerse themselves in a role to leave a lasting impression on the audience...
Sudan facing 鈥榠nferno鈥� of violence: UN
Residents of conflict-hit Sudan are 鈥榯rapped in an inferno of brutal violence鈥� and increasingly at risk of famine due to the rainy season and blocked aid, the UN鈥檚...
7 million face 鈥榓cute鈥� food insecurity in S Sudan: UN
More than seven million people in fragile South Sudan are at risk of acute food insecurity in the coming months, including tens of thousands at a 鈥榗atastrophic鈥� level of famine, the United Nations warned on Tuesday...
76 million IDPs worldwide: NGO
Conflict in Sudan and Gaza pushed the number of internally displaced people worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, an NGO monitor said Tuesday...
27 killed in Sudan clashes
Clashes reignited between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries earlier this week in the key Darfur town of El-Fasher, the United Nations said...
Sudan wants emergency UN meeting on UAE 鈥榓ggression鈥�
Sudan has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting on what it calls UAE 鈥榓ggression鈥� for allegedly supporting paramilitaries battling the army, a diplomatic source said on Saturday.....
UN says 鈥榞ravely concerned鈥� by fresh fighting in Darfur
United Nations officials expressed 鈥榞rave concern鈥� Friday over 鈥榠ncreasingly alarming reports鈥� about the escalating fighting in Sudan鈥檚 North Darfur region...
WFP warns of worsening hunger in Sudan
The World Food Programme said Friday it had brought desperately-needed supplies into war-ravaged Sudan鈥檚 Darfur region for the first time in months, but...