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July 23, 2024
Pundits applaud South Sudan men’s basketball team

Pundits say South Sudan’s men’s basketball team will be starting their 2024 Olympics campaign positively after displaying a great performance against a star-studded U.S. men’s basketball team, which included NBA superstars Lebron James and Steph Curry. VOA’s Mike Hove and Muqbil Yabarow have more on the Bright Stars’ preparations for the games in Paris.

July 19, 2024
Sudanese woman flees war and defies taboos

Mustafa is defying gender norms in Libya after taking a job changing oil in a garage — a step she has taken to support her family after fleeing war in Sudan. Reuters’ David Doyle has the story.
July 17, 2024
UNICEF says 50,000 seek refuge in Sudan's eastern Qadarif region

Around 50,000 people have arrived in the eastern Sudanese town of Qadarif, UNICEF said on Monday, with more expected in the coming days. Reuters’ David Doyle has more.
July 12, 2024
MSF forces to leave Sudan hospital after violence outbreak in the capital

Officials of Médecins Sans Frontières, an international non-profit organization also known by its English name Doctors Without Borders, says violence in Sudan’s capital Khartoum has forced them into evacuating their team from the Turkish Hospital, one of the few remaining health facilities in the city. For more, VOA’s Carol Van Dam spoke with Claire Nicolet, the head of MSF’s emergency response in Sudan.
June 21, 2024
Sudan and Russia are talking about strengthening military ties

Sudan’s army has been in talks with Russia to allow Moscow to build a naval logistics base on the Red Sea in exchange for arms. VOA’s Angie Omar reports from Cairo.
June 20, 2024
Officials say South Sudan national park is under threat from herders and refugees

South Sudan’s Bandingilo National Park is under threat from cattle herders and refugees searching for firewood. The acting park warden says cattle herders are encroaching and destroying the natural habitat of the park. Reporter Juliana Siapai has more for VOA from Juba.
June 20, 2024
South Sudanese religious leader wants government to protect citizens from gun violence

The Revered Duga Gibson Arona, a dean of the Cathedral of Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches in South Sudan, says after he was robbed at gunpoint that the government must do more to establish the rule of law and make sure that guns are kept in one place so that citizens are safe. Reporter Matia Samuel Timatio reports from Yambio.
June 20, 2024
Investigators find Sudan’s ongoing conflict is driving the country into a humanitarian crisis

Independent investigators accuse Sudan’s warring parties of driving the country into a humanitarian abyss by disregarding fundamental human rights and international humanitarian law. Lisa Schlein reports from Geneva.
June 18, 2024
Top commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces killed in north Darfur

Sudan's army said Friday it killed top Rapid Support Forces commander Ali Yagoub Gibril during a battle in the besieged north Darfur city of al-Fashir. Suliman Baldo, a widely recognized expert on conflict resolution, tells VOA’s Carol Van Dam that it is a short-term victory for the Sudanese army but does not bring the two sides any closer to ending the war.
May 28, 2024
UN warns of worsening conditions for thousands in Sudan’s El Fasher

United Nations agencies warn the humanitarian situation for an estimated 800,000 people in the Sudanese city of El Fasher and surrounding areas is rapidly deteriorating as fighting escalates between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva
May 25, 2024
Situation in Sudan’s North Darfur grows more dire by the day, UN says

The state’s last remaining working hospital could run out of supplies in a matter of days, as civilian casualties mount
May 24, 2024
Tens of thousands flee Sudanese city as paramilitaries continue attacks, activists say

CAIRO — Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in a camp in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, activists said, after a raid by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces who are fighting to seize the last army stronghold in the western Darfur region.

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