Khartoum, Feb 3 (IANS) The Sudanese army on Tuesday announced that its units have entered Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State in southern Sudan, after more than two years of siege under the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied forces. “The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have broken the siege on Kadugli and entered the city,” the SAF Special Work Forces said in a brief statement.Meanwhile, a military commander confirmed to Xinhua news agency that the SAF forces entered Kad…
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Kabul, Jan 16 (IANS) Pakistani police has increased arrests of Afghan refugees in Islamabad, shifting dozens, including a journalist, to temporary camps amid deportation operations, local media reported. Pakistani police have been arresting and forcibly deporting Afghan asylum seekers, further increasing pressure on displaced communities in Kabul, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported citing sources in Islamabad.On Wednesday, police arrested several Afghan refugees from Islamab…
Jerusalem, Jan 1 (IANS) Israel said Thursday that new regulations banning access of dozens of aid organizations to Gaza and the West Bank had come into force, despite calls by UN agencies and international humanitarian groups to halt the move. Minister for Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said organisations had been given 10 months to submit detailed information about their staff, with the deadline expiring at midnight on Wednesday. Groups that failed to meet the new requirements “had their licen…