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Deal Reached On Cuts To UN Peacekeeping

A tentative deal on nearly $600 million in cuts to the UN peacekeeping budget has been reached following weeks of tough...

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Sudan Hopes US Travel Ban Won’t Harm Sanctions Bid

Sudan expressed hopes on Tuesday that a US court's decision to partially reinstate a travel ban that includes its...

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Sudan Has Made ‘positive’ Steps On Meeting Sanctions Terms

Sudan has made "positive" steps towards meeting Washington's conditions for permanently lifting 20-year-old sanctions...

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UN Wishes Eid Mubarak To All Muslims

United Nations Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator, Jeremiah Mamabolo has sent warm wishes to all Muslims...

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Refugees From War-Torn S.Sudan Find ‘safety’ In Darfur

Together with her husband and seven children, a hungry and thirsty Shadiya Ibrahim fled war and famine in South Sudan...

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Sudan Military Helicopter Crashes Killing Crew

A Sudanese military helicopter has crashed in Northern State, killing all four crew members on board, the army said on...

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US Envoy To Sudan Pushes For Aid In Ex-Rebel Bastion

The top US envoy in Sudan pushed Monday for more access to deliver humanitarian aid to Golo as he visited the former...

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Sudan Begins Trial of Top Activist Accused of Spying

The trial of a prominent Sudanese human rights activist accused of spying for foreign embassies opened on Wednesday in...

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Sudan Begins Trial of Top Activist Accused of Spying

The trial of a prominent Sudanese human rights activist accused of spying for foreign embassies opened on Wednesday in...

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Sudan Boosts Border Patrols To Curb People Smuggling

It was Efrem Desta's yearning for freedom that made him flee his home country of Eritrea and enter Sudan illegally,...

International

Impunity Blocking War Crimes Probe In Darfur- ICC Chief Prosecutor

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, reiterated her call for states to arrest and...

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Darfur Peacekeeping Force Headed For Major Drawdown

The African Union and the United Nations are proposing major cuts to their joint peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled...

International

Qatari Planes Banned From Egyptian and Saudi Air Space

Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens...

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US, EU Urge End To Renewed Fighting In Sudan’s Darfur

The United States and key world powers on Thursday urged Khartoum and a rebel group to end a renewed bout of fighting...

International

5,000 Refugees Rescued On Route To Italy From Libya

About 5,000 refugees bound for Italy were rescued in waters off the coast of Libya between Thursday and Saturday...

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American War Photographer Stanley Greene Dies Aged 68

American war photographer Stanley Greene, who won five World Press Photo awards, died in Paris on Friday aged 68, the...

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Sudan’s Bashir To Skip Trump-Muslim Summit

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, will not join an Islamic summit...

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Frenchman Kidnapped In Chad Freed In Sudan

A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks...

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Italy Prosecutor Stirs Migrant ‘taxis’ Row With NGOs

Charity boats rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean are colluding with traffickers in Libya, an Italian prosecutor was...