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Gold miners murdered in pit collapse in conflict-torn Sudan
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 11 gold miners lost their lives and seven others were injured when part of a gold mine collapsed in Sudan’s eastern Nile State, local officials confirmed. The accident took place over the weekend at the Karsh al-Fil mine in the...
Sudan Reports 239 Children Dead Since January
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) Since January, at least 239 children have died in western Sudan due to severe shortages of food and medical supplies, the Sudan Doctors Network reported on Sunday. The civilian medical group revealed that its team documented these child...
UN Reports Sudanese Refugees Face Rising Hunger, Malnutrition
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The UN's refugee and food agencies issued a critical warning on Tuesday about the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition crisis affecting millions of Sudanese refugees, as severe funding shortages continue to disrupt life-saving aid...
Russia coaches Ugandan medics to fight fatal epidemics
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia’s health agency, Rospotrebnadzor, has begun training Ugandan medical professionals as part of an initiative to strengthen Africa’s ability to fight infectious disease outbreaks. The program, launched in Kampala, follows the...
Sudan’s Crisis Draws Warning from UN Rights Chief
MENAFN
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June 21, 2025
(MENAFN) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, issued a cautionary message on Friday regarding the escalating conflict and increasing breaches of human rights in Sudan, where an internal war has persisted since April 2023. "The...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: European Parliament committee probes human rights in EU-Southern Neighbourhood deals ― EU approves €4 billion aid to Egypt ― Sudanese refugees fleeing Egypt ― Italian NGOs demand end to Italy-Libya co-operation ― EU allocates €202…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 26, 2025
The European Parliament (EP) Subcommittee on Human Rights has organised a public hearing on the human rights implications of the EU’s memoranda of understanding (MoU) with its partners in the Southern Neighbourhood. The EP has approved €4 billion...
WHO Chief Condemns Deadly Sudan Hospital Assault
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN) The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) condemned on Tuesday the recent assault on a Sudanese hospital that claimed 40 lives as “appalling.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the strike on Al Mujlad Hospital in West Kordofan,...
UN Rights Chief Warns of Escalating Violence in Sudan
MENAFN
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June 21, 2025
(MENAFN) On Friday, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a stark warning about the escalating violence and widespread human rights violations in Sudan, where civil war has raged since April 2023. "The recent fighting and...
Brutal ambush in Sudan kills five UN aid workers
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A brutal ambush in Sudan late Monday left at least five United Nations aid workers dead and several others wounded after armed militants opened fire on a humanitarian convoy, according to official statements. The convoy, jointly managed...
Conflict-torn Sudan commands evacuation of nationals from Iran
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Sudan’s transitional government has called for the immediate evacuation of its nationals from Iran following Israeli airstrikes that have intensified the conflict in the region. The order was issued by Prime Minister Kamil Idriss on...
Media reports mass graces discovered in conflict-torn Sudan
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 117 mass graves have been uncovered across Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, as the country’s civil conflict intensifies, according to the Sudan Tribune. A government official, speaking anonymously due to the sensitive nature of the...
Russia, UN representatives talk about strategies to end Sudan war
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin met with Ramtane Lamamra, the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy for Sudan, to discuss ways to end the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Monday. Both...
UN assistance employees murdered in ambush in Sudan
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) At least five United Nations aid workers lost their lives and several others were injured when an armed group ambushed a humanitarian convoy in Sudan, where fighting between rival forces has persisted for over two years. The convoy, a...
President Cyril Ramaphosa participates in XVII Brics Summit in Brazil, 6 to 7 Jul
South African Government
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July 7, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa will, at the invitation of His Excellency Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, attend the XVII BRICS Summit from 6 to 7 July 2025 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. BRICS is a political and...
Starvation cause death of over two hundred thirty-nine children
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 239 children have lost their lives in western Sudan since the beginning of the year due to severe shortages of food and medical care, according to a statement released Sunday by the Sudan Doctors Network. The organization...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: UNHCR calls for urgent funding for refugees in Egypt ― EU co-operation with ‘dodgy’ Libyan authorities continues unabated ― Turkish border guards convicted for torturing and killing migrants
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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July 3, 2025
|Published on: 3rd July 2025|Categories: News| The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent appeal for increased international funding to support the rising number of refugees in Egypt. European Commissioner for Internal Affairs...
The humanitarian consequences of armed conflict: Promoting respect for and good practices in the application of international humanitarian law
International Committee of the Red Cross
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July 2, 2025
Chair, Excellencies, In September 2024, Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, and South Africa launched, jointly with the ICRC, a global initiative to galvanize political commitment to international humanitarian law (IHL). They called upon...
2024 Impact Report: LifeStraw Reaches 11.8M Children with Safe Drinking Water
EIN Presswire
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June 18, 2025
Company’s Give Back Program hits milestone, while advancing emergency response, menstrual health, and sustainability efforts across the globe BALTIMORE, MD, UNITED STATES, June 18, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- LifeStraw, a public health B Corp and...
From Gaza to Africa: Equalall widens its Urgent Global Fundraising Drive to Support Crisis-Affected Communities in Africa
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 1, 2025
SAN DIEGO, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equalall, a rapidly growing non-profit organization established in 2024, today announced a major global call for donations to provide critical support to individuals and families suffering from ongoing...
ICRC president: When the rules of war are applied selectively, they lose their protective power
International Committee of the Red Cross
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June 27, 2025
Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, It is a great honour and pleasure to be among you today. I wanted to be here to speak about the importance and power of the normative. And this is where it is necessary to be brought back to because of the...