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#WorldHumanitarianDay: Sudan resilient despite crisis
Dabanga Radio
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August 18, 2025
As the world marks World Humanitarian Day on August 19, under this year’s theme Strengthening Global Solidarity and Empowering Local Communities, Sudan stands as a sobering reality of why such solidarity is not an abstract principle, but a matter...
A government initiative for the return of the Sudanese press – An attempt to revive or a plan to domesticate the media?
Dabanga Radio
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August 17, 2025
Compiled by Sudan Tribune for Sudan Media Forum joint newsroom As a result of the war that has erupted between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 15, 2023, more than 20 newspapers in Sudan have stopped publication, plunging...
Sudan FA ‘orders Kwesi Appiah to win 2024 CHAN
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 14, 2025
The Sudanese Football Federation has rewarded head coach Kwesi Appiah with what they describe as a “blank cheque” following the Falcons’ stunning 4–0 victory over Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles in the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN)....
How Russia is quietly trying to win over the world
BBC
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August 24, 2025
Juliana GragnaniEditor, BBC Global Disinformation Unit Maria KorenyukBBC Global Disinformation Unit ShareSave Listen to Juliana read this article Javier Gallardo likes to start his morning watching a classical music programme on television - it is...
Prestigious Camden International Film Festival To Showcase Almost Three Dozen U.S., North American & World Premieres, Many With Oscar Ambitions
Deadline
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August 18, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Some of the greatest documentary talents in the world will be descending on coastal Maine for the 21st edition of the Camden International Film Festival. CIFF announced its lineup today ahead of the event running September 11-14, a...
Pakistan signs $1.5 billion deal to sell lethal combat weapons to Sudan’s junta
The Print
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August 18, 2025
New Delhi: Pakistan has signed an agreement to supply $1.5 billion worth of military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the internationally sanctioned military junta fighting to control the war-torn north-east African country. The deal,...
Sudan: Diplomat seeks genocide label as cholera spreads in IDP camps
Daily Trust
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Mr Mohamed Khairy Algedail Arbab, Chargé d’Affaires of the Sudan Embassy in Nigeria, has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. The RSF attacked a famine-hit refugee camp in Darfur...
Sudan marks anniversary of army’s founding in shadow of war
Press TV
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August 15, 2025
Abdallah Hussain Press TV, Khartoum Sudan marked the 71st anniversary of its Armed Forces and a century since the army’s founding with grand celebrations in Omdurman, a rare moment of unity and pride, unfolding even as the war rages on and...
Donegal artist: ‘I didn’t want to romanticise dementia, but music still connects us’
DonegalLive
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August 18, 2025
Gortahork-based artist and dementia advocate Mary Toland has completed a personal painting inspired by her husband, Dermot, in preparation for World Alzheimer’s Month this September. Dermot, who is affectionately known as ‘Dermie’ to family and...
U.S. tightens visa rules for Nigerian travelers with mandatory social media disclosure
Business Insider Africa
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August 18, 2025
This new measure, which extends across most non-immigrant visa categories, reflects Washington’s growing emphasis on digital footprint checks as a tool for national security and immigration vetting. According to the disclosure on the UN mission’s...
Shelling by Sudan's RSF kills 17 in besieged Darfur city
The New Arab
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August 17, 2025
Sudanese paramilitary forces shelled North Darfur's besieged capital El-Fasher on Saturday, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring 25 others, a medical source told AFP. Speaking anonymously for safety reasons, the source at El-Fasher hospital...
Sudan–US meeting sparks debate
Press TV
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August 14, 2025
Abdallah Hussain Press TV, Khartoum Amid deepening political and humanitarian crisis in Sudan, unconfirmed reports suggest Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has had a meeting with a US envoy in Switzerland. While Washington condemns RSF violence,...
Gemstones In Sudan: Investment Opportunities And Challenges
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN- Sudanow Magazine) By: Rogia al-Shafee Port Sudan(Sudanow)-Gemstones are natural treasures that have always captivated hearts with their beauty and luster, and have been an integral part of human history and cultures. These Gemstones have...
Rights group: Sudan army torturing people to death
Star
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Khartoum was a burnt-out shell of its former self after the army recaptured it in March/Screengab A prominent Sudanese human rights group has accused the country's army and security forces of torturing people to death and operating "execution...
Uncertainty surrounds Burhan's recent actions amid caution over the disproportionate role of Islamists
Atalayar
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August 25, 2025
In recent days, the Sudanese media has been rife with speculation that the army has aborted a military coup attempt orchestrated by Islamists. Although its accuracy could not be verified, the speculation allowed disagreements between the army and...
Sudan’s hidden horror: inside the 15 August Guardian Weekly
The Guardian
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August 13, 2025
While the wars raging in Ukraine and Gaza have dominated global news agendas for months turning into years, relatively little attention has been paid to the ongoing civil war in Sudan – which for many western media outlets remains out of sight and...
PM Al-Sudani: Iraq’s Riyada Initiative delivers 22,000 jobs
Shafaq News
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2025-08-17T12:52:26+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced that nearly half a million people have registered for the government’s Riyada Initiative, which has...
AUC Publishes 38th Issue oF Arab Media & Society on 'Media & Conflict'
Sada Elbalad
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August 17, 2025
Sun 17 Aug 2025 | 11:36 AM Arab Media & Society, the Scopus-indexed, open-access journal of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), the American University in Cairo...
Sudan's military leader in talks with US Africa envoy over peace plan
The National News
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Sudanese Armed Forces chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump's senior adviser for Africa, met in Switzerland this week to discuss an American plan to end the country's two-year civil war, government sources...
UN Condemns Sudan RSF’s Parallel Government
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN) The UN Security Council has firmly dismissed a recent declaration made by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) concerning the establishment of a separate governing body in areas under their control. This move comes amid an ongoing and...