Updates from Sudan!
Unknown gunmen have shot and killed two brothers who were fishermen in Yei River County of South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State on Tuesday, a relative and police said.
The deceased were identified as Boboya and Towongo.
Anthony Diko, a relative …
Continue readingA number of residents in Maban County of South Sudan’s Upper Nile State have fled their homes citing an attack from the southern part of Bunj town on Wednesday morning.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Thursday, several residents who fled …
Continue readingA still-unknown group of armed men released Mohamed Hajir (60) yesterday after he had been detained in the Abu Zabad area of West Kordofan for two days. Hajir was kidnapped west of the town of Delling in South Kordofan on …
Continue readingThe Sudanese forces arrested four civilians, including children, on Monday in Geissan, Blue Nile State, and tortured and intimidated them, the Human Rights and Development Organisation (HUDO) writes in a statement today.
The civilians were eventually released the following day …
Continue readingDarfur witnessed a surge in violence this week. 10 people were killed and 32 others were injured during tribal clashes in Saraf Omra, North Darfur, yesterday. In Gireida, South Darfur, 11 people were killed and 26 were wounded in tribal …
Continue reading(JUBA) The slow implementation of security arrangements and the armies unification process paved the way for the increase of violence in South Sudan, said David Shearer in his last briefing to the UN Security Council as the head of UNMISS …
Continue readingThe first batch of 828,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Khartoum airport on Wednesday. Sudan’s Health Minister, Dr Omar Elnagieb, confirmed at a press conference that the vaccine will be distributed free of charge, giving priority to …
Continue reading(JUBA) - Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sovereign Council and Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, SPLM-N leader discussed the resumption of peace talks in a surprising meeting held in Juba on Wednesday.
Al-Burhan travelled Wednesday to the Ugandan capital for talks …
Continue readingA group of Sudanese and Somali traders based in Juba on Monday donated food items to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mangala County of Central Equatoria State.
The IDPs are residents of Bor town in Jonglei State who were displaced …
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