Suspected acute diarrhoea has killed 38 Sudanese in the past month and 317 since August 2016, the UN said Wednesday, warning the outbreak could worsen ahead of the rainy season. The UN children’s agency — or UNICEF — said cases of suspected acute diarrhoea were reported across 12 of the North African country’s 18 states … Read more
Sudan has made “positive” steps towards meeting Washington’s conditions for permanently lifting 20-year-old sanctions on the African country, the US envoy to Khartoum told AFP in an interview. Then-president Barack Obama eased the sanctions in January, but made their permanent lifting dependent on Khartoum’s progress in five areas of concern during a six-month review period … Read more
Together with her husband and seven children, a hungry and thirsty Shadiya Ibrahim fled war and famine in South Sudan and says she has found safety in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged Darfur. “This was the only place we knew we could come to,” Ibrahim said at El Nimir camp in East Darfur, a newly opened facility for … Read more
Clashes between two Arab tribes have erupted in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, causing several casualties, state media and tribal sources said Monday. The fierce fighting between the Hamar and Kababish tribes appeared to have been sparked by a theft of camels, a Hamar tribal source said. The clashes began Sunday when Kababish tribesman arrived in … Read more