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Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces kill 40 people in North Darfur displacement camp attack
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched attacks Monday in a famine-stricken displacement camp outside of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, killing 40 people, local rights groups said. The Emergency Response...

UN declines parallel government in Sudan
(MENAFN) The UN Security Council has condemned Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for establishing a parallel governing authority in areas under their control. Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in violent clashes between the RSF and the...

Sudan: Where the Abraham Accords Face Their Fiercest Trial
The Abraham Accords represented a bold recalibration of Middle East diplomacy — driven by American resolve, regional pragmatism, and the Trump administration’s unapologetic prioritization of national interests over ideological dogma. Nowhere was...

Sudan Notifies Its Committees of Including Hala’ib in Egypt Ahead of Border Demarcation Talks with Saudi Arabia
By: Muhamed Abdalazeem A French report has confirmed that the ongoing negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Sudan regarding the demarcation of their maritime borders will not come at the expense of Egypt or its interests related to the Hala’ib,...

Uncertainty surrounds Burhan's recent actions amid caution over the disproportionate role of Islamists
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...

Changing Tide: Shire Emerges as Hub for Gold Smuggled from Eritrea, Sudan
Long a center of Tigray’s gold trade, the northern town of Shire has transformed into a hub for a gold smuggling network that stretches across Ethiopia and into neighboring countries. An investigation conducted by The Reporter found that gold of...
Folk Forward: FAI Rolls Out 2026 Showcase Lineup
Folk Alliance International (FAI) will host its 38th annual conference January 21–25, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 2026 theme is Rise Up. The official showcase roster features more than 150 artists representing 34 countries. Selected...

A Spokane agency celebrates three years of helping refugees
The refugee agency Thrive Spokane is celebrating three years of helping people from other nations assimilate here. Thrive began by helping people who fled the war in Ukraine. But it has helped people from more than a dozen nations, some of whom...

Radio Dabanga Editor in Chief: ‘Sudan has become a forgotten country’
Reporters from the Netherlands national radio station NPO Radio 1* visited the studios of Radio Dabanga in Amsterdam today, to interview Editor in Chief Kamal Elsadig, and ask other journalists and presenters about the situation in Sudan, which is...

‘Coolie’ movie review: Rajinikanth, Soubin Shahir shore up a flick that suffers a ‘Vikram’ hangover
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? What if the force was superstar Rajinikanth, who, in this phase of his career, is experimenting merrily with genres and directors? Also, what if the object is Lokesh Kanagaraj, a...

Pakistan wins $1.5 billion defense contract from Sudan
Lieutenant General Pilot Al-Tahir Mohamed Al-Awad Al-Amin, Commander of the Sudanese Air Force, accompanied by the Commander of Sudanese Air Defense and members of the Sudanese Military Industry Corporation, conducted a visit to Pakistan. During...

In today's wars, music is a universal balm
In what was billed as a “healing concert,” tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Thursday for a music festival. The purpose was to support the survivors and bereaved families of those lost during the Hamas attack on the Nova music...

How Sudan and Libya's triangle border region became a hotbed of crime and war
On 12 June, Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary announced that it had taken control of the Sudanese portion of the triangle border region that straddles Sudan, Libya and Egypt. This mysterious, desert region has for a long time been...

Wintry chills and an alter ego in Edinburgh, plus surreal toys in London – the week in art
Exhibition of the week Victoria Crowe: Shifting Surfaces To mark the 80th birthday of this Scottish artist, this evocative survey brings together some of her rural portraits and wintry landscapes. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, until 11 October Also...

What makes a truly great song? We spoke to the five artists nominated for best Canadian song of the year
For the first time ever, SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) and the Polaris Music Prize have joined forces to create an award to honour the artist or group responsible for penning the year’s best Canadian...

Khartoum families finally lay war dead to rest as volunteers exhume makeshift graves
KHARTOUM, Aug 10 — In Sudan’s war-scarred capital Khartoum, Red Crescent volunteers have begun the grisly task of exhuming the dead from makeshift plots where they were buried during the fighting so their families can give them a proper funeral....

How foreign interest is fuelling Sudan’s war
The war in Sudan’s Darfur region has taken a darker turn, not only in its brutality but in the growing international allegations of foreign interference, most notably, claims that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is actively sponsoring the...

Arab World Film Fest Opens With Film On Palestine
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – When young Palestinian Noor hides from gunfire in a car during a protest against Israel, the vehicle's windshield is hit and shattered. From this moment, Palestinian American filmmaker Cherien...

Sudan paramilitaries kill 18 civilians in attack on villages west of Khartoum
Listen to article Sudan's paramilitaries killed 18 civilians in an attack on two villages west of Khartoum earlier this week, a monitoring group said on Saturday. The attack occurred on Thursday in North Kordofan state, which is key to the...

Sudan paramilitary attack killed 18 civilians: monitor
The attack occurred on Thursday in North Kordofan state, which is key to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' fuel smuggling route from Libya [GETTY] Sudan's paramilitaries killed 18 civilians in an attack on two villages west of Khartoum...