Recent News Headlines : Omdurman - Sudan

SUDAN, EGYPT SIGN MOU ON EARTHQUAKE MONITORING, MINERAL EXPLORATION


The memorandum also stipulates cadre training, monitoring of the dams, reservoirs and mines and road construction... READ MORE›

11th September, 2017 0

SOUTH SUDAN ELECTION RISKS PROLONGING CIVIL WAR


South Sudan's plan to hold elections next year risks deepening and extending an already devastating civil war, the United Nations warned... READ MORE›

9th September, 2017 958

LIBYAN MIGRANT DETENTION CENTRE: 'IT'S LIKE HELL'


He is behind bars in the Triq al-Sika detention centre in Tripoli, along with around 1,000 other men... READ MORE›

9th September, 2017 447

U.S. SANCTIONS SOUTH SUDAN OFFICIALS FOR ALLEGEDLY ENRICHING THEMSELVES AMID CIVIL WAR, FAMINE


Officials from the United Nations and donor countries have visited South Sudan recently to urge Kiir to participate in peace negotiations... READ MORE›

6th September, 2017 1073

S SUDAN: GANG-RAPE VICTIM TESTIFIES AGAINST 12 SOLDIERS


Human rights workers monitoring the trial have praised the woman's decision to return to South Sudan to give her testimony... READ MORE›

1st September, 2017 2993

AFRICA'S 'HEALTH TOURISM' PRESIDENTS MUST BE ASHAMED


Motsoaledi was speaking during a World Health Organization WHO meeting of African health ministers in Zimbabwe... READ MORE›

30th August, 2017 32

SUDANESE PRESIDENT PARDONS, FREES RIGHT ACTIVIST HELD SINCE DECEMBER 2016


Just before leaving office, former U.S. President Barack Obama temporarily eased penalties against Sudan, suspending a trade embargo, unfreezing assets and removing sanctions... READ MORE›

30th August, 2017 6

EUROPEAN LEADERS AGREE NEW ASYLUM POLICY FOR AFRICANS


In parallel, the European leaders agreed to help Chad and Niger with border control to stem illegal migration... READ MORE›

28th August, 2017 665

HOW TRUMP CAN STOP THE FOUR FAMINES


Now a worthy target is crying out for President Trump's extraordinary reach The so-called four famines that currently afflict South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen... READ MORE›

28th August, 2017 208

AFRICA'S NEXT GENOCIDE? UN SOUNDS ALARM ON VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC


In France, Emmanuel Macron battles record low popularity as his government prepares to push through a host of reforms. Finally, PSG coughs up again... READ MORE›

28th August, 2017 1

AFRICA'S NEXT GENOCIDE? UN SOUNDS ALARM ON VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC


In France, Emmanuel Macron battles record low popularity as his government prepares to push through a host of reforms. Finally, PSG coughs up again... READ MORE›

28th August, 2017 1

SUDAN PRESIDENT VOWS TO MAKE DARFUR REGION FREE OF ARMS


Al-Bashir on Wednesday met in Khartoum with North Darfur State Governor Abdul-Wahid Yousif... READ MORE›

24th August, 2017 0

CRIME WAVE STALKS SOUTH SUDAN'S CAPITAL AS WAR RUINS ECONOMY


Police spokesman Daniel Justin Buolo acknowledged this month's rise in crime, but said there was no cause for alarm... READ MORE›

23rd August, 2017 92

THE WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE SETTLEMENT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF


The largest of the settlements hosting refugees from South Sudan is Bidi Bidi... READ MORE›

17th August, 2017 175

ONE MILLION SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES NOW IN UGANDA, SAYS UN


An average of 1,800 South Sudanese citizens have been arriving daily in Uganda over the past 12 months, the UNHCR said in a statement... READ MORE›

17th August, 2017 0

SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES FACE LONG EXILE IN CAMPS


Grandi said the refugees had to remain hopeful of returning to their country, but a lot depended on when South Sudan becomes stable... READ MORE›

16th August, 2017 2

UN INVESTIGATES KILLING OF 25 PEOPLE IN SOUTH SUDAN


Thousands of people have already died in South Sudan from a four-year civil war pitting forces loyal to incumbent President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar... READ MORE›

8th August, 2017 4

IN SOUTH SUDAN, A CHILD SOLDIER THOUGHT LONG DEAD IS REUNITED WITH HIS MOTHER


It was December 2015, a year after Nyayan Koang's boy was abducted by government soldiers at the age of just 14 to fight in the South Sudan Army... READ MORE›

23rd July, 2017 1

RISK OF MASS KILLING ROSE MOST IN YEMEN IN 2016


Yemen rises as Syria tops UK-based rights group's annual 'People's Under Threat' index for third consecutive year... READ MORE›

20th July, 2017 1634

NW AID GROUPS WORLD VISION, MERCY CORPS JOIN NEW EFFORT TO EASE AFRICA FAMINE


The most hard-hit countries are Yemen, just across the Gulf of Aden from Africa, Somalia, Nigeria and South Sudan... READ MORE›

17th July, 2017 465

AFRICAN STATES SILENTLY MARK THE CONTINENT'S INAUGURAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY


The African Union has also declared 2018 as the African Anti-Corruption Year... READ MORE›

15th July, 2017 88

UN MISSION CONFIRMS IMPROVEMENT OF SECURITY SITUATION IN SUDAN'S DARFUR


The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Jeremiah Mamabolo, speaks at a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan, July 10, 2017... READ MORE›

11th July, 2017 0

STARVATION, EXODUS AND GENOCIDE SEES WORLD'S NEWEST NATION SOUTH SUDAN SUFFER


CARE Australia says that since famine was declared in South Sudan in March, the agency has raised just 113,000 for its East Africa Hunger Crisis appeal... READ MORE›

8th July, 2017 246

ICC: S AFRICA BROKE RULES BY FAILING TO ARREST BASHIR


Icc's africa broke rules by failing to arrest bashir... READ MORE›

7th July, 2017 1697

AFRICA'S PLACE AT THE 15-YEAR-OLD INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT


A South African High Court, later in 2017, ruled that the government's move to withdraw from the International Criminal Court was unconstitutional and invalid... READ MORE›

6th July, 2017 17

FEARFUL SUDAN REFUGEES IN EGYPT AWAITING U.S. RESETTLEMENT DEALT BLOW BY TRUMP TRAVEL BAN


Officials, and had hoped to be approved for resettlement in Kansas or Minnesota, states with large Sudanese communities... READ MORE›

29th June, 2017 0

SOUTH AFRICAN COURT BARS SCHOOLS FROM PROMOTING ONE RELIGION OVER ANOTHER


EYE ON AFRICA In this edition a South African court bars state schools from promoting any one religion over another. Also, Uganda houses almost a mill..... READ MORE›

28th June, 2017 4

THOSE WHO SAY THE REFUGEE CRISIS IS NOT OUR PROBLEM, ARE THE PROBLEM


Two-hundred-and-eighty-thousand South Sudanese refugees who've had to flee extraordinary violence live there... READ MORE›

27th June, 2017 180

WORLD LEADERS CONVERGE IN UGANDA FOR FIRST REFUGEE SOLIDARITY SUMMIT


United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Uganda to co-chair the Summit together with President Yoweri Museveni... READ MORE›

22nd June, 2017 50

U.N. CHIEF WARNS TRUMP THAT OTHERS WILL FILL LEADERSHIP ROLE IF U.S. DISENGAGES FROM WORLD


U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that if the United States disengages from many issues confronting the in... READ MORE›

21st June, 2017 7

Trending News Headlines : Omdurman

POPE DENOUNCES DONALD TRUMP SAYING 'BUILD BRIDGES' NOT WALLS


The pope didn't refer to President Donald Trump in his comments... READ MORE›

8th February, 2017 32418

NORWAY IS THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH


The World Happiness Report was released to coincide with the United Nations' International Day of Happiness on 20 March... READ MORE›

20th March, 2017 31034

WORLD FACES WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE 1945, SAYS UN OFFICIAL


Twenty million people face starvation without an immediate injection of funds in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria, warns Stephen O'Brien... READ MORE›

11th March, 2017 21375

UGANDA'S OPEN-DOOR POLICY SAGS AMID CRUSH OF REFUGEES FROM SOUTH SUDAN


But a three-year civil war has sent 700,000 South Sudanese refugees fleeing, many to their southern neighbor... READ MORE›

28th March, 2017 17472

THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH THE WINNER IS


That boosted the per person annual income, as measured by economic output, to more than 100,000 -- nearly double that of the United States... READ MORE›

20th March, 2017 15981

MUSLIM AMERICAN ACTIVIST VOWS TO HELP JEWISH CEMETERY WHERE HUNDREDS OF HEADSTONES WERE VANDALISED


A 26 year-old bodyboarder was attacked by a shark while bodyboarding in a dangerous water area on February 21, 2017 off Saint-Andre... READ MORE›

28th February, 2017 14510

ARMY ATTACK PROMPTS MASS EXODUS FROM SOUTH SUDAN


Michael Makuei, South Sudan government spokesman, confirmed its forces had attacked Pajok... READ MORE›

7th April, 2017 13992

A CHILD IN YEMEN DIES EVERY 10 MINUTES AS HUMANITARIAN AID FUNDING FALLS SHORT, U.N. SAYS


A broader call for 4.4 billion to address food crises in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria is still unfulfilled... READ MORE›

25th April, 2017 12143

TRUMP'S ORDER TO BAN REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS TRIGGERS FEARS ACROSS THE GLOBE


Some Sudanese refugees in Cairo have spent years in Egypt seeking resettlement to the United States and Europe... READ MORE›

26th January, 2017 10401

WHY TRUMP'S PLAN TO SLASH U.N. FUNDING COULD LEAD TO GLOBAL CALAMITY


Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations appointed by Trump, said in a statement on Thursday that in many areas, the U.N... READ MORE›

19th March, 2017 10059

UGANDA AT BREAKING POINT AS BIDI BIDI BECOMES WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP


Initially, the UN expected roughly 300,000 South Sudanese refugees to come to Uganda in 2017... READ MORE›

3rd April, 2017 7833

IVF HOPED TO SAVE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO FROM EXTINCTION


The world's three last rhinos live in Kenya's Ol Pejeta conservancy and just one of them, ageing Sudan, is male... READ MORE›

30th December, 2016 7319

TRUMP'S PLAN TO SLASH FOREIGN AID COMES AS FAMINE THREAT IS SURGING


Last year, the United States contributed 6.4 billion in humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, more than a quarter of global funding... READ MORE›

1st March, 2017 5640

ANALYSIS | IN SOMALIA, A DROUGHT KILLED 110 PEOPLE IN JUST 48 HOURS


In Somalia a drought killed 110 people in just 48 hours... READ MORE›

5th March, 2017 5394

WHY 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ON BRINK OF FAMINE IN A WORLD OF PLENTY


UNITED NATIONS -- In a world filled with excess food, 20 million people are on the brink of famine, including 1.4 million children at imminent risk of death... READ MORE›

24th February, 2017 5202

UN CHIEF: WORLD MUST ACT TO AVERT FAMINE IN SOMALIA


The World Health Organization WHO has warned there are just two months left to avert what would be Somalia's third famine in 25 years... READ MORE›

7th March, 2017 4753

SIX AID WORKERS KILLED IN AN AMBUSH IN SOUTH SUDAN


Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in famine-hit South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday, without specifying what organisation they worked for... READ MORE›

27th March, 2017 4349

THE U.N. ASKED FOR BILLIONS TO AVERT FOUR HUNGER CRISES. THE MONEY DIDN'T ARRIVE.


In South Sudan, the United Nations says that 2,800 people are fleeing worsening violence and looming famine every day... READ MORE›

3rd June, 2017 4024

ETHIOPIA REPORTS DEADLY RAID BY GUNMEN FROM SOUTH SUDAN


He said Ethiopian troops have not crossed the border into South Sudan in pursuit of the accused attackers... READ MORE›

15th March, 2017 3865

CHOLERA KILLS 115 PEOPLE FROM LATE APRIL TO MAY


More than 8,000 people have been killed since the Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened to support Yemen's government in 2015, according to the WHO... READ MORE›

14th May, 2017 3838

DUOP CAN YOU HEAR ME A CHILD SOLDIER TRIES TO GO HOME AGAIN


But Unicef officials said there was nowhere in South Sudan that had the specialists Duop needed. Duop retreated to a cot in his aunt's shack... READ MORE›

4th April, 2017 2855

REPORT: U.N. GAVE ARMS TO SOUTH SUDAN REBELS LATER IMPLICATED IN MASSACRE


The United Nations established a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in 2011 that has grown to more than 13,000 soldiers and police officers... READ MORE›

18th December, 2016 2829

SOUTH SUDAN PLANE CRASHES, ALL 49 PASSENGERS, CREW SURVIVE


A passenger plane crash-landed and burned in Wau, northwestern South Sudan on Monday, but all 49 passengers and crew survived, an airport official said... READ MORE›

21st March, 2017 2688

FAMINE DECLARED IN PART OF SOUTH SUDAN'S UNITY STATE


This famine is man-made, said Joyce Luma, head of the World Food Programme in South Sudan... READ MORE›

20th February, 2017 2673

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO LIFT SOME SANCTIONS AGAINST SUDAN


The United States has extremely limited diplomatic contact with Sudan, although in 2005, then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited and met with Bashir in the capital Khartoum... READ MORE›

13th January, 2017 2502

'THEY SLEEP WHEN THEY'RE TOO HUNGRY'


'They sleep when they're too hungry' South Sudanese trapped by war, famine grow increasingly desperate... READ MORE›

3rd May, 2017 2435

2M CHILDREN DISPLACED BY SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT


The civil war in South Sudan has forced more than two million children to flee their homes, according to two UN agencies... READ MORE›

8th May, 2017 2256

JOSEPH KONY IS STILL AT LARGE. HERE'S WHY THE U.S. AND UGANDA WERE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE HUNT.


The Ugandan military faced allegations that soldiers committed rape and sexual violence against women and girls in the Central African Republic... READ MORE›

23rd April, 2017 1982

FAMINE DECLARED IN SOUTH SUDAN, WITH 100,000 PEOPLE FACING STARVATION


The United Nations has been alarmed by the recent deterioration in South Sudan... READ MORE›

21st February, 2017 1859

UN AGENCIES URGE TRUMP TO ALLOW REFUGEES ENTRY


Some 25,000 refugees were resettled in the United States between October and year-end under UNHCR's program for the most vulnerable, the agency said on Friday... READ MORE›

28th January, 2017 1703


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