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    South Sudan out of foreign reserves as currency tumbles

    20 Aug 2020

    Daniel Kech Pouch, the bank's deputy governor, said late Wednesday that the pound was depreciating sharply and there was little that monetary advisers could do to arrest its fall.

    VIDEO: Sudanese groom flogs one of his friends to test his endurance as part of tradition

    03 May 2022

    It is noteworthy that flogging at weddings, or what is known locally as ‘Al-Potan,” is a traditional ancient Sudanese custom and heritage among some tribes of Arab origin.

    5 killed in Sudan as protesters rally on ‘uprising anniversary’

    30 Jun 2022

    Two of the four were shot dead by “bullets to the chest,” and another by “a bullet to the head,” the medics said, reporting the deaths on Thursday took the toll to 108 from months of protest-related violence.

    Peace to prevail

    10 Jun 2023

    It’s good news that the warring parties, the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, have finally agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire from Saturday (“Sudan sides agree 24-hour ceasefire from Saturday, Saudi Arabia and US say,” June 10, Gulf Today website). Saudi Arabia and the United States are the only hope for the Sudanese

    Hamdok talks of peace on trip to Darfur

    04 Nov 2019

    Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Monday his government was working toward bringing peace to war-torn Darfur as he met hundreds of victims of the conflict who demanded swift justice.

    UAE hails Egyptian role in resolving Sudan crisis; internet, mobile networks cut in Khartoum

    14 Jul 2023

    The latest mediation attempt was launched in Egypt on Thursday. Both the army, which has close ties to Egypt, and the RSF paramilitary group welcomed the effort.

    Sudan war enters 100th day as mediation attempts fail

    23 Jul 2023

    The fighting broke out on April 15 as the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces vied for power, since when more than 3 million people have been uprooted, including more than 700,000 who have fled to neighbouring countries.

    Nearly 100 die from mystery illness in South Sudan, WHO investigates

    15 Dec 2021

    A special task force from the WHO has been dispatched to the region after latest confirmation from health officials from last week reported dozens have died in the region that has also been struck by devastating floods.

    South Sudan tries to protect wildlife parks from poaching

    27 Jul 2019

    Charles Matthew secures his beret, slings a rifle over his shoulder and prepares a team for an overnight foot patrol in Bire Kpatous, one of South Sudan’s game reserves that survived the country’s civil war but are now increasingly threatened by poachers and encroaching human settlements.

    Exemplary Sudan

    07 Oct 2020

    Time and again the countries of the world that are termed as third world and underdeveloped, have proven that their thinking is more progressive than ‘developed’ countries (“A landmark Sudan pact will foster peace,” Oct 4, Gulf Today)

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