Nabeel Biajo is a journalist with VOA's English to Africa Service.
JUBA/WASHINGTON — Sudanese political circles are abuzz in the wake of United Nations Head of Mission to Sudan Volker Perthes’ recent resignation, months after the country’s military authorities declared him persona non grata.
The UNHCR's special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mohammed Affey, Thursday issued an urgent call to end the devastating conflict in Sudan, stressing the imperative to save millions of lives and restore peace in the region.
WASHINGTON — The ongoing conflict in Sudan has resulted in thousands of lives lost and millions displaced. However, according to rights organizations, a disturbing trend has emerged — rampant sexual violence against women and girls in various parts of the country, including in Khartoum and Darfur.
WASHINGTON — Analysts say Wednesday’s killing of West Darfur State's governor Khamis Abdullah Abbakar will likely heighten ethnic polarization in the state and beyond and possibly trigger a cycle of tribal retaliations barring an effective intervention to address the situation.
Hundreds of Sudanese Americans gathered in front of the White House in Washington D.C. to protest ongoing fighting back in Sudan. Protesters who came from different states across the U.S. chanted and held up placards and banners that said “No to War, Yes to Peace.” They also called on U.S. policymakers to stop the war and punish perpetrators of violence against civilians. VOA's Nabeel Biajo gives us more.
WASHINGTON — As a spurious three-day cease-fire ends Sunday in Sudan, analysts expect the worst in the northeast African nation’s now eight-day-long running conflict between Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Sudanese Islamic reformer Mahmoud Mohammed Taha was executed on Jan. 18, 1985 on charges of religious heresy. Many in Sudan believe the execution of the 76-year-old Taha— reverently referred to as Ustaz Mahmoud — precipitated the downfall of Sudan’s military dictator Jaafar Nimeiry who was ousted three months later in a popular uprising.
Maria Gakdeng, the 19-year-old daughter of South Sudanese immigrants who broke several college basketball records in her freshman year, has her eyes set on playing in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Sudan this week marked the anniversary of its first popular uprising in 1964 that topped the dictatorship of General Ibrahim Aboud with more protests, demanding the nation's present-day military rulers hand over power to civilians.
Information Minister Michael Makuei says the money which was borrowed from Qatar National Bank was given to businesspeople not the government.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague opened the trial Thursday of one of the last major suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga. For more on the trail, VOA’s Nabeel Biajo spoke with Serge Brammertz, prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
With cases of monkeypox rising in Sudan, health authorities say they will be working with humanitarian groups to adequately respond to the surge.
Kenya’s President William Ruto kicked off his presidency Wednesday by unveiling a plan to cut fuel subsidies to address the East African nation's $70 Billion debt, which analysts say is mounting.
Britain’s Buckingham Palace says Operation London Bridge, the program dictating the mourning of Queen Elizabeth II, commences Saturday with the proclamation of King Charles as the new leader of the Monarch. For more, VOA’s Nabeel Biajo speaks to VOA’s London-based correspondent, Henry Ridgewell.
Experts say Angola’s main opposition UNITA can still overturn the 2022 election result, regardless of the annulment dismissal by the Constitutional Court, because UNITA filed another pending petition requesting a vote recount. For more VOA’s Nabeel Biajo spoke with journalist, Israel Campos.
South Sudan's parties to the 2018 peace deal have agreed to extend the transitional period of the unity government by two years, a move that some of its partners have said lacks legitimacy.
A new rebel group known as the South Sudan People's Movement/Army captured Mayom County and killed at least 10 people, including the county commissioner, according to Unity state authorities.
Sudan military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has issued a decree relieving five civilian members of the sovereign council from their duties. This occurred shortly after his announcement on Monday. VOA host Esther Githui-Ewart interviewed VOA's South Sudan Reporter Nabeel Biajo.
While Sudan's military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has lifted the state of emergency he imposed in October and called for the release of people detained under that order, some analysts say the moves are mere gestures and will not build and sustain the trust of Sudan's people.
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