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UN votes to cut the peacekeeping force in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000

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UN votes to cut the peacekeeping force in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000

United Nations Security Council. | Photo Credit: Reuters The UN Security Council voted on Thursday (April 30, 2026) to reduce the ceiling for the peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000 troops with a mandate to prevent a return to civil war in the world’s newest nation. The vote on the U.S.-drafted…

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Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says

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Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says

“Killing children in their school is a horrific violation of children’s rights,” said UNICEF Representative for Sudan Sheldon Yett in a statement on Friday. | Photo Credit: Reuters A drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary forces hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, a doctors’ group said. Paramedics on the…

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UN human rights body holds special session on Sudan after hundreds killed in Darfur’s el-Fasher

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UN human rights body holds special session on Sudan after hundreds killed in Darfur’s el-Fasher

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. | Photo Credit: AP The U.N.’s top human rights body was holding a one-day special session on Friday (November 14, 2025) to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region and other atrocities committed last month by paramilitary forces fighting the army. The Human…

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Agents of death: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

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Agents of death: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

File picture of Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) unit, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, secure the area where Dagalo attends a military-backed tribe’s rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan. | Photo Credit: AP ‘Women and girls are being raped, people being mutilated and…

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UAE supplying weapons to Rapid Support Forces: Sudanese Ambassador to India Eltom

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UAE supplying weapons to Rapid Support Forces: Sudanese Ambassador to India Eltom

This image grab taken from handout video footage released on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Telegram account on October 26, 2025, shows RSF fighters holding weapons and celebrating in the streets of El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur. | Photo Credit: FP Sudan is not in a state of civil war and is confronting attacks from…

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Pope Leo decries Sudan violence, urges dialogue and relief effort

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Pope Leo decries Sudan violence, urges dialogue and relief effort

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo on Sunday (November 2, 2025) appealed for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors in Sudan, saying he…

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Air strike on market kills over 100 as fighting rages across Sudan

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Air strike on market kills over 100 as fighting rages across Sudan

A Sudanese military air strike on a market in North Darfur killed more than 100 people, a pro-democracy lawyers’ group said Tuesday, as fighting raged across the war-torn country. The Emergency Lawyers said the air strike on Monday also left hundreds injured in Kabkabiya, a town about 180 kilometres (112 miles) west of El-Fasher, the…

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Sudan’s warring sides target volunteers fighting famine

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Sudan’s warring sides target volunteers fighting famine

Sudanese women from community kitchens run by local volunteers prepare meals for people affected by the ongoing crisis. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Attacks by opposing sides in Sudan are making it difficult to provide life-saving aid amid a huge hunger crisis, said local volunteers who have helped to feed the African countries most destitute during…

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Morning Digest | Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on Sept 5; EC to visit Bhopal today to inspect poll measures, and more

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Morning Digest | Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on Sept 5; EC to visit Bhopal today to inspect poll measures, and more

Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge during a press conference after the bloc leaders meeting, in Mumbai on Friday | Photo Credit: ANI Mallikarjun Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on September 5 ahead of Parliament’s Special Session Ahead of the Special Session of Parliament, floor…

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