United Nations, Feb 25 (IANS) The UN Security Council expressed deep concern over continued violence across Sudan, including in the Kordofan and Darfur states, calling on all parties to the conflict to immediately halt the fighting.In a press statement on Tuesday, the members of the Security Council strongly condemned reports of repeated drone attacks on civilians, civilian infrastructure and humanitarian personnel as well as property and assets, including multiple attacks impacting the World Fo…
Latest Sudan News & Updates
Khartoum, Feb 15 (IANS) At least 12 people went missing after a boat carrying 16 passengers capsized in the Wad Al-Zaki area in central Sudan’s White Nile State, according to volunteers and eyewitnesses.”A ferry carrying 16 people, including women, sank in Wad Al-Zaki. Four passengers were rescued, while search operations are still underway,” the Sudan Doctors Network, a volunteer group, said in a statement on Saturday (local time).An eyewitness told Xinhua that the boat sank while crossing betw…
Addis Ababa, Feb 15 (IANS) United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that Africa is navigating some of the world’s “hardest challenges” with determination, creativity and resilience.Addressing the media on the sidelines of the 39th African Union (AU) Summit on Saturday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, the UN chief acknowledged sustained efforts by African countries to address development challenges, Xinhua news agency reported.”Not miracles, but s…
Addis Ababa, Feb 14 (IANS) Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Saturday expressed concern over Africa’s inability to address peace and security perils across different parts of the continent. The AUC chief made the remarks during the opening session of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU, which runs on Saturday and Sunday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.”Our summit is taking plac…
Khartoum, Feb 12 (IANS) At least 15 people have died after a passenger ferry sank in the River Nile State in northern Sudan, a source at Sudan’s civil defence authority said. The source on Wednesday (local time) said the wooden boat was travelling between the villages of Tayba Al-Khawad and Deim Al-Qarai, carrying more than 27 passengers, including women, elderly people and children, reports Xinhua news agency.The source said the boat capsized due to high waves, noting that civil defence units r…
Tripoli, Feb 9 (IANS) Fifty-three migrants, including two infants, were dead or missing after their rubber boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said Monday. The vessel, which was carrying 55 people, overturned on Friday north of the city of Zuwara, northwestern Libya. Only two survivors, both Nigerian women, were rescued by Libyan authorities, Xinhua news agency reported. One survivor reported losing her husband in the wreck; the other lost her…
United Nations, Feb 4 (IANS) Hostilities in Sudan and South Sudan have displaced hundreds of thousands of people, UN humanitarians said.”The continued insecurity in many regions is pushing more people to flee and deepening an already severe humanitarian situation,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.In Sudan’s South Kordofan state, an OCHA mission to the Abu Jubaihah locality last week found more than 10,000 displaced people living in camps facing c…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Urging the need to strengthen international cooperation to combat the “global scourge” of terrorism, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday said that zero-tolerance for terrorism must be an uncompromising universal norm. In his opening remarks at the 2nd India Arab Foreign Ministers meeting in the capital, EAM Jaishankar asserted that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations remains a common threat in both the regions.”Cross-border terrorism is par…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Saturday met Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi in New Delhi, where both sides discussed key issues including trade, critical minerals and regional developments, underscoring the depth of India-Oman Strategic Partnership.Taking to the social media platform X, EAM said, “A pleasure interacting with FM Badr Albusaidi of Oman this morning. Our discussions on trade, critical minerals and regional developments reflected…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Foreign Minister of Oman, Badr Albusaidi, arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to attend the second India–Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (IAFMM).Welcoming Oman’s Foreign Minister, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) took to X and stated: “His visit will further strengthen the multifaceted strategic partnership between India and Oman.”Earlier in the day, Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, United Arab Emirates’ Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrived…