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(MENAFN) At least 40 people were killed in a drone strike targeting a funeral outside el-Obeid in North Kordofan, Sudan, as mourners gathered in a tent, according to officials and aid groups.

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(MENAFN) Warfare has escalated dramatically in Sudan's North Darfur region after the Rapid Support Forces captured El Fasher, the state capital, UN humanitarian officials reported Tuesday.

Government of Slovenia

SLOVENIA, November 20 - The discussion on Russian aggression in Ukraine focused on the need for continued pressure on Russia, particularly measures against the Russian shadow fleet and comprehensive support for Ukraine, as well as peace efforts...

International Committee of the Red Cross

The announcement follows a decision by the ICRC Assembly to approve the organization’s 2026 budget of CHF 1.8 billion, a reduction of 17% compared with 2025. These cuts are a response to declining donor contributions for humanitarian aid even as...

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(MENAFN) Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has strongly denounced the atrocities committed by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city of El-Fasher, emphasizing that only a political settlement can end the prolonged bloodshed in...

Government Offices of Sweden

SWEDEN, November 11 - Published 11 November 2025 The Government is providing SEK 100 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for humanitarian operations for the civilian population in Sudan in 2025. This...

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(MENAFN) Iran's top diplomat has issued a sharp rebuke following deadly assaults on civilians in Sudan's embattled North Darfur capital, as the nation's civil war reaches a critical juncture.

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(MENAFN) The United States is intensifying efforts to broker a humanitarian truce in Sudan after the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly reached an initial agreement in principle. “Both parties have agreed in...

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(MENAFN) The United States’ senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos, stated that efforts are continuing to achieve a humanitarian truce in Sudan.

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(MENAFN) The US senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos, said on Monday that the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed in principle to a humanitarian truce plan, with negotiators now focusing...

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(MENAFN) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have taken control of El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, prompting urgent appeals for a political resolution to end the country’s prolonged conflict. “We express our collective shock at...

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(MENAFN) Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani denounced the violent acts carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, urging an immediate political solution to resolve...

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(MENAFN) At least 20 civilians lost their lives and 34 more were injured on Monday in two separate drone attacks carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in central and western Sudan, volunteer groups reported.

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(MENAFN) The UN human rights office issued a warning on Friday that atrocities carried out by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the vicinity of El-Fasher and Bara could qualify as "numerous crimes under international law." "More details are...

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(MENAFN) Türkiye and Iraq have signed a new “mechanism document” aimed at financing joint projects in the water sector, building on an existing framework agreement between the two countries, according to diplomatic sources.

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(MENAFN) Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a forceful denunciation of the recent wave of attacks and civilian deaths in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State.

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(MENAFN) Sudan’s Minister of State for Social Welfare, Salma Ishaq, has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 300 women within the first two days of seizing El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, according to reports. “The RSF killed...

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(MENAFN) The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has initiated an emergency public-health operation following a deadly assault on the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, western Sudan, that left hundreds dead and...

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(MENAFN) The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday called on world leaders to take urgent and decisive measures to halt the indiscriminate killing of civilians in Sudan.

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(MENAFN) Hundreds of displaced individuals have reached Al-Dabba city in Sudan’s Northern State after traveling over 1,200 kilometers from El-Fasher in North Darfur under severe conditions, according to reports from local media on Monday.