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UN Envoy Meets Sudan’s Army Chief to Push for Life-Saving Aid Access Amid Deepening Crisis

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official, Tom Fletcher, met with General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces, on Tuesday in Port Sudan to negotiate urgent humanitarian access across…

Africa News Now November 12, 2025

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Egypt Pushes Ceasefire as Sudan War Escalates After El-Fasher Fall

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Sudan’s military ruler Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan in Port Sudan on Tuesday, renewing Cairo’s push for a ceasefire as the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region…

Africa News Now November 12, 2025

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U.N. Warns Sudan’s Humanitarian Effort Faces Collapse as North Darfur Crisis Deepens

The United Nations migration agency (IOM) has warned that humanitarian operations in Sudan’s war-ravaged North Darfur region are on the verge of total collapse, citing severe funding shortages, growing insecurity,…

Africa News Now November 11, 2025

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Sudanese Film Cotton Queen Wins Top Prize at Thessaloniki Film Festival

Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani has won the Golden Alexander, the top honor at the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, for her debut feature film Cotton Queen. The award…

Africa News Now November 10, 2025

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Sudan’s Army Withdraws from El-Fasher as RSF Seizes Key Stronghold in Darfur

Sudan’s army has withdrawn from el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, after months of siege and fierce fighting, ceding control to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in what marks a…

Africa News Now October 28, 2025

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Millions of Sudanese Return Home to Devastation as War and Disease Ravage the Country

Thousands of Sudanese refugees are making their way back home after months or even years in exile, only to find their country shattered by war, poverty, and disease. The mass…

Africa News Now October 8, 2025

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Khartoum Residents Return Home Amid Massive Rebuilding Challenge

After more than two years of brutal conflict, residents of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, are beginning to return home but they are coming back to a city in ruins. The war…

Africa News Now August 25, 2025

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RSF Attack on Sudan’s Abu Shouk Camp Kills 40 Amid Famine and Escalating War

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of carrying out a deadly assault on the famine-hit Abu Shouk displacement camp near El-Fasher, North Darfur, killing at least 40…

Africa News Now August 12, 2025

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AU Rejects RSF’s Self-Appointed Government in Sudan, Warns of Deeper Crisis

The African Union has firmly rejected the Rapid Support Forces’ move to establish a parallel government in Sudan, warning it could worsen the ongoing civil war and derail any path…

Africa News Now July 31, 2025

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Sudanese Refugees Begin Return Journey from Egypt as Khartoum Rebuilds

Hundreds of Sudanese nationals gathered at Cairo’s main train station on Monday to begin their journey home to Khartoum, as part of an Egyptian government initiative offering free train travel…

Africa News Now July 22, 2025

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ICC Alleges War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Darfur as Sudan Conflict Deepens

The International Criminal Court (ICC) told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed…

Africa News Now July 11, 2025