Tag: Sudan
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Sudan risks full-blown war – United Nations
Following a recent airstrike in Omdurman, the United Nations has warned that Sudan is at risk of a full-blown war.
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Sudan faces full-scale civil war – UN warns
Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians.
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Sudan Conflict: Aliko Dangote doles out millions of naira, gift items to Nigerian Returnees
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has doled out cash and gift items to offer relief for more Nigerian nationals fleeing the conflict-ridden Sudan. Recently, One Hundred and Twenty-Five persons including many disabled, were flown into Abuja by Tarco Airline on Saturday, June 24th, with each receiving N100,000 and dignity packs courtesy of the Business tycoon,…
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Fighting rages on in sudan as thousands flee
At least 12 civilians were killed on Sunday in bombardments by soldiers and paramilitaries who are now clashing in a new town in Darfur, a vast region in western Sudan that is constantly being fled by refugees. “The first provisional toll is 12 civilians killed in Nyala,” the capital of South Darfur, a doctor in…
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Fighting surges in Sudan’s capital, Darfur as war enters 11th week
Clashes, artillery fire and air strikes surged in Sudan’s capital on Sunday, witnesses said, as a war between rival military factions that has displaced 2.5 million people and caused a humanitarian crisis entered its 11th week. Witnesses also reported a sharp increase in violence in recent days in Nyala, the largest city in the western…
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126 more Nigerians arrive Abuja from Sudan
No fewer than 126 Nigerians stranded in Sudan arrived Abuja on Saturday following the continued crisis in the war-torn country.
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Renewed violence in Sudan as ceasefire officially ends
As the three-day ceasefire between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) expired, the RSF set fire to the intelligence building next door to Army Headquarters. According to media reports, the renewed violence in Khartoum comes as the aid
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Sudan: Fighting resumes in Khartoum as 3-day cease-fire expires
Saudi Arabia and the US said that if the warring factions failed to observe the ceasefire they would consider adjourning the Jeddah talks, which critics have questioned as ineffective.
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JAMB set to absorb Sudan returnees into Nigerian universities
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB)has rolled out modalities for the absorption of returnee students from war-torn countries into Nigerian universities.
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Sudanese civil war: When riders end up in the belly of their tigers – By Dennis Onakinor
Since the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on July 1, 2002, Omar al-Bashir of Sudan holds the unenviable record of the only serving head of state to have been indicted by The Hague-based court. And, not once, but twice: in 2009 and 2010.