Sudan will deploy "large numbers" of troops to South Darfur state after the killing of 15 people in tribal violence recently, the state news agency cited the state governor...
Pope Francis promised in his Christmas messages on Thursday to visit Lebanon and South Sudan as soon as he could, reported Reuters. The pope traditionally mentions countries in his...
Amid regional tension over the project, countries along the Nile must reach a legally binding agreement on the filling and operations of the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), or...
Leaders of the Sudanese opposition groups have arrived in the capital Khartoum amid national celebrations following the signing of the peace agreement with the country's transitional government, Associated Press reported yesterday....
Burkina Faso, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen are seriously expected to "soon slip into famine" if conditions there undergo any more deterioration in coming months, the World Food Program...
![A demonstrator holds up a sign reading in Arabic "peace first, Nertiti sit-in" along with a drawn Sudanese flag, during a protest outside the Sudanese Professionals Association in the Garden City district of Sudan's capital Khartoum on 4 July 2020, in solidarity with the people of the Nertiti region of Central Darfur province in the country's southwest. [ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1224654718.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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October 23, 2020 |
Khalil Charles Despite the latest peace agreement signed earlier this month, journeying through Darfur in the heart of a 17-year armed conflict area is an arduous task. There are still major...
World-renowned footballer and Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah, on Tuesday called on the world leaders to ensure that every child receives a quality education, including refugees. Salah, who became the...
South Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a statement resolving the controversy over its approval of Cairo's request to establish a military base near the Ethiopian...
The Government of Sudan has decided to extend the agreement on the transfer and export of South Sudan's oil through Sudanese territory until March 2022. A delegation from the...
At least three people were confirmed dead and seven others sustained injuries in a fuel tank explosion in South Sudan, a minister said on Monday. Peter Saki, the minister...
Almost 490,000 children have been affected by heavy floods currently hitting South Sudan, the UN's children agency said on Friday, reports Anadolu Agency. The UNICEF described the scope and...
An international rights group has accused South Sudanese authorities of allowing "impunity to flourish over serious human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity" committed since the brutal...
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar on Monday entered into talks in the Sudanese capital Juba, with an aim to resolve the impasse in peace...
South Sudan's transitional government of national unity will be formed on Nov. 12, officials said Friday, Anadolu reports. "The government is delivering and implementation of the agreement is going...
South Sudan's president on Thursday called on people to stop war and focus on peace and development in the country, Anadolu Agency reports. "Let us not talk about war in the...
Social and political tensions fuelled by climate change have yet to translate into international military confrontations, but local conflicts are heating up due to pressures such as drought and...
South Sudan announced that it would scale up its monitoring of the Ebola virus after an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever was reported in recent months in the neighboring...
Sudan and South Sudan police chiefs on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at expanding cooperation between both sides, Anadolu Agency reports. Director General of Sudan's Police Gen. Adil...
Sudanese and South Sudanese officials agreed late on Saturday with the leader of an alliance of armed factions operating along their joint border to extend a ceasefire and grant...
Sudan military and armed groups have agreed to release political detainees from both sides to bring peace and stability in Sudan, the deputy chairman of Sudan military transitional council...
South Sudan is free from Ebola after reports of a suspected case early this week which has caused panic among citizens of the African country, the deputy information minister...
South Sudan on Monday presented a 2019-20 fiscal year budget of 208 billion South Sudanese pounds ($1.3 billion) to parliament after agreeing to pay six months' salary arrears to...
The Sudanese opposition alliance Sudan Call announced yesterday that a delegation from the Alliance for Freedom and Change will travel to South Sudan to meet with the head of...
South Sudan's oil minister said on Monday that the country's oil was flowing smoothly and problems with importing chemicals for drilling, due to a strike at a port in...
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has offered to help mediate a political transition in Sudan after the fall of autocratic president Omar al-Bashir to weeks of popular protests, Kiir's...
Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to demilitarize the disputed common borders between the two countries within one month, the defense ministries of the two countries said on Monday,...
Starvation, disease and a lack of aid are killing 300 babies a day in war zones around the world, with the number of children caught up in conflicts nearing...
Egypt President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi last week discussed with his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir Mayardit, the future of Sudan as anti-government protests continue to rock Khartoum for the...
In an unprecedented move, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir allowed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fly over South Sudan. Sudan – whose aviation authorities control South Sudan's airspace –...
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir yesterday announced the appointment of Ambassador Jamal Al-Sheikh as peace envoy to follow up with the implementation of the peace agreement signed last month between...
More than half a million children under the age of five could die of starvation in conflict zones this year, Save the Children International warned on Monday. "4,500,000 children...
Sudan has complete the arrangements needed to sign a power sharing agreement between the government and opposition factions in South Sudan on Sunday, a minister has said. Sudanese Minister...