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Starving Sudanese people eating weeds to survive amid brutal war
The Independent
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June 29, 2025
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Control Yuan reprimands Taiwan FDA over Sudan dyes inspection failings
Focus Taiwan
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June 29, 2025
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) Taiwan's top government watchdog issued a formal reprimand to the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday for lapses in border inspection procedures that allowed chili powder contaminated with toxic "Sudan dyes"...
Alh. Aminu Alhassan Dantata: Profile of the North’s Century-Long Legendary Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Daily Trust
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Sunday, the 19th of May, 2024 marked the 93rd year of the birth of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, a Kano-based businessman and philanthropist who is a scion of the late Alhaji Alhassan Dantata, famously known across Northern Nigeria as Alhassan Dogo, owing...
Control Yuan reprimands FDA over Sudan dye issue
Taipei Times
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June 29, 2025
The Control Yuan issued a formal reprimand to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday for lapses in border inspection procedures that resulted in contaminated chili powder slipping into the country over the past few years. Six food...
Delinquency, Inc.: How crime is infiltrating the global economy
El País
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June 29, 2025
The tentacles of organized crime reach across the globe, strengthened by growing armed conflicts, various crises and a worldwide panorama that has put democracies under pressure. No country is immune; in fact, according to the Global Initiative...
Obligados por el hambre, sudaneses comen hierbas y plantas para sobrevivir mientras sigue la guerra
Los Angeles Times
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June 29, 2025
EL CAIRO, Egipto — Con Sudán sumido en la guerra y millones de personas tratando de encontrar algo que comer, muchos recurren a las malas hierbas y las plantas silvestres para calmar las punzadas de hambre. Las hierven en agua con sal porque,...
Is starvation forcing Sudanese to eat weeds to survive?
ImpACT International
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Sudan is now the epicenter of one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. Since the outbreak of war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, the country has spiraled into a disaster marked...
As the War Drags On, Sudanese Civilians Pay the Price
International Policy Digest
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June 29, 2025
When the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) recaptured Khartoum in March, it seemed to mark a turning point in the war—a moment that suggested the SAF was finally regaining control. But what may have felt like momentum proved short-lived. Since that...
World Bank Warns: 39 Countries Facing Severe Economic Decline due to Conflict
Sada Elbalad
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June 29, 2025
Sun 29 Jun 2025 | 06:14 AM The World Bank has issued a stark warning over the economic deterioration in 39 conflict-affected and fragile states, revealing that more than 420 million people are now living below the poverty line in these regions....
US slaps Sudan with sanctions over chemical attacks — here’s what we know
Malay Mail
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June 29, 2025
PORT SUDAN, June 29 — The US State Department imposed sanctions on the Sudanese government Friday, accusing it of using chemical weapons last year in its war against rival paramilitaries. Since April 2023, the war between the army and the Rapid...
Falling missile debris smash West Bank villages and terrify residents
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 29, 2025
While Israel's war on Iran claimed hundreds of Iranian lives and dozens in Israel, Palestinian villages were being showered by missile debris and interceptor shrapnel. Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank said they were put at risk by...
US sanctions on Sudan over alleged chemical weapons use begin
Dawn
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June 29, 2025
WASHINGTON: US sanctions on Sudan’s government — imposed over what Washington says was the use by Khartoum’s military of chemical weapons in the country’s bloody civil war last year — have taken effect. The sanctions — which include restrictions...
The United States has imposed sanctions on Sudan due to chemical weapons.
Mezha
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June 28, 2025
Sanctions imposed by the United States against the Sudanese government for the use of chemical weapons during the civil war have come into effect. This information is reported by TRT Global Afrika English. Washington accuses the Sudanese army of...
Sudan: Türk Warns Of Catastrophic Surge In Violence
Scoop
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GENEVA (20 June 2025) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warned today of the disastrous consequences stemming from ongoing and escalating hostilities across the North Darfur and Kordofan regions in Sudan, where civilian casualties, sexual...
US sanctions on Sudan take effect
Oman Observer
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June 28, 2025
Washington: US sanctions on Sudan's government — imposed over what Washington says was the use by Khartoum's military of chemical weapons in the country's bloody civil war last year — have taken effect. The sanctions — which include restrictions...
US Sanctions Sudan for Alleged Chemical Weapons Use
News Central TV
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June 28, 2025
The United States State Department announced on Friday new sanctions against the Sudanese government, accusing it of deploying chemical weapons last year in its ongoing conflict with rival paramilitaries. This accusation adds to widespread...
US Sanctions on Sudan Over Alleged Chemical Weapons Use Take Effect
The Defense Post
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June 28, 2025
US sanctions on Sudan’s government – imposed over what Washington says was the use by Khartoum’s military of chemical weapons in the country’s bloody civil war last year – have taken effect. The sanctions – which include restrictions on US...
US sanctions Sudan over alleged use of chemical weapons
The Express Tribune
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June 28, 2025
The US State Department imposed sanctions on the Sudanese government, accusing it of using chemical weapons last year in its war against rival paramilitaries. Since April 2023, the war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has drawn...
Nigeria, Libya, Ukraine… World Bank lists 39 countries where conflict is worsening poverty
Nigerian Eye
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June 28, 2025
The World Bank has listed Nigeria among 39 economies where poverty and hunger are worsening due to conflict and instability. According to a World Bank report, 39 economies comprise a mix of low-and middle-income economies, spread across all...
Otumfuo speaks on war in DR Congo, Somalia, Sudan during King Mswati's visit
GhanaWeb
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June 28, 2025
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on countries embroiled in conflict on the African continent to make peace reign. He stated that the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Chad, and Sudan do not reflect well on the...