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Crucial water facility destroyed in war-torn African nation

The director of Khartoum State Water Corporation has said over 450 service vehicles were also lost

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have destroyed the main water quality testing laboratory in Khartoum state, Sudan, inflicting a major blow to critical infrastructure amid the continuing civil war, according to a senior official.

In an interview with the Sudan Tribune on Wednesday,

African nation hits out at Trump over mega-dam claim

An official from Addis Ababa's office overseeing the project has said that the facility was built "without any foreign aid"

Ethiopia has rejected US President Donald Trump's claims that Washington funded a multibillion-dollar hydropower dam that the East African country has built on the Blue Nile, calling the statemen

Dozens gather on UK coast to protest migration

Demonstrators chanted Stop the boats while marching in the port town of Dover

Dozens of demonstrators have held a rally in the British port town of Dover, demanding tighter controls on migration and criticizing the government's asylum system.

The event - the 'Great British National Protest' - was held on Saturday, and drew large crowds on the Kent coastline. Many carried Union Jack and Engl

SUDAN-OMDURMAN-HARVEST

(250720) -- OMDURMAN, July 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Farmers harvest arugula at Al-Manara neighborhood in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudan on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)

Refugees escaping Sudan face escalating hunger, malnutrition as food aid risks major reductions

GENEVA, 1st July 2025 (WAM) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that millions of Sudanese refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries risk plunging deeper into hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortages force drastic cuts to life saving food assistance.

WFP quickly mobilised to provide emergency assistance to refugees escaping to seven neighbouring countries. Food and cash, hot

UAE expresses solidarity with Sudanese people, extends condolences over victims of gold mine collapse

ABU DHABI, 30th June 2025 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the families of the victims and the brotherly Sudanese people following the collapse of a gold mine in the town of Houeid, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) expressed its sincere sympathy and wishes for a speedy recovery for all the injured.

UAE strongly condemns attack on humanitarian convoy in North Darfur

ABU DHABI, 4th June, 2025 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the armed attack on a humanitarian convoy in North Darfur.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) strongly condemned all acts of violence against humanitarian personnel who dedicate their lives to serving those in need. The Ministry underlined that the targeting of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the

Sudan records Over 1,000 New Cholera Cases

Khartoum, SANA-The Sudanese Ministry of Health announced the registration of 1,307 new cholera cases within a week.

The ministry's Emergency Operations Center indicated in a statement carried by the Sudan Tribune news agency that "1,307 cholera cases, including 18 deaths, were recorded in 12 states within one week.

According to the statement, the number of people infected with the epidemic has decreased aft

Sudan reports 2,302 deaths from cholera since July 2024

A doctor visits cholera patients at an isolation unit outside the Bashayer Hospital, south of Khartoum, Sudan, May 31, 2025. /VCG

Cholera is hitting hard in Sudan, as the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday 91,034 cholera cases, including 2,302 deaths, across 116 localities in 17 states since the outbreak of the epidemic last July.

Between July 12 and 18, a total of 1,307 cholera cases wer

Eritrean President Warns Ethiopia against Waging War

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki warned neighbor Ethiopia against launching a new war between the bitter foes, with tensions high in the Horn of Africa region.

Eritrea and Ethiopia have had fraught relations since the former declared independence in 1993, with tens of thousands of people killed in a war between the two from 1998 to 2000.

At the heart of the current ten

4 dead after cholera outbreak hits Chad refugee camp

N'DJAMENA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- At least four people have died following a cholera outbreak in a refugee camp in eastern Chad, the country's health ministry said in a statement on Friday.

A total of 42 suspected cases have been recorded in the Dougui refugee camp in the Ouara department of Ouaddai province, the statement said, adding that samples have been collected and sent to the capital, N'Djamena, for confirm

1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery

With pockets of relative safety emerging in Sudan, over 1.3 million Sudanese people including one million who were internally displaced and over 300,000 refugees have returned home, according to UN agencies.

Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR,saidon Friday.

As the humanitarian crisi

Namibian president urges accelerated peace efforts in Africa

WINDHOEK, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has reaffirmed the importance of peace and socio-economic transformation in Africa during a visit by Malik Agar, special envoy and deputy chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council.

On Wednesday, Nandi-Ndaitwah emphasized that Africa should prioritize the socio-economic transformation of the continent to achieve the vision of a prosp

27 killed, 43 injured in paramilitary attack in W. Sudan: volunteer group

KHARTOUM, July 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 27 civilians were killed and 43 others injured in a recent attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in western Sudan, a volunteer group and an eyewitness said Thursday.

"Yesterday (Wednesday), the RSF launched an attack on the village of Brema Rashid, located north of the city of Al-Nuhud in West Kordofan State, leaving 27 civilians dead and 43 oth

Sudan reports 1,307 new cholera cases within one week

KHARTOUM, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,307 new cholera cases, including 18 deaths, were reported in Sudan over the past week, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.

"Between July 12 and 18, a total of 1,307 cholera cases were recorded, including 18 deaths, across 35 localities in 12 states," the ministry said in a statement.

According to the ministry, Tawila locality in North Darfur State record