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Sudan Investigates U.S. Chemical Weapons Allegations Amid Sanctions and Trump’s Push for Peace
Watan-The Sudanese government announced Thursday that it has begun taking practical steps to address U.S. allegations that the Sudanese army used chemical weapons during the ongoing war that erupted in April 2023. Officials also noted that...

Sudan’s Path to Peace: The AU’s Reparations Call and Global Responsibility
By Sami Abdelhalim Saeed (PhD) Background SPONSOR AD The ongoing conflict in Sudan has brought to the forefront the need for a comprehensive approach to addressing the country’s historical injustices and promoting sustainable peace. The African...

Sudan gene bank looted as RSF targets vital agriculture tools
RSF forces looted Sudan’s plant gene bank, destroying over 17,000 plant genetic samples. FAO and local officials now scramble to preserve food security. Sudan’s acting Director of the Agricultural Research Corporation, Ahmed Hass Abu Asara,...

Sudan's Path to Peace: The AU's Reparations Call and Global ...
Background The ongoing conflict in Sudan has brought to the forefront the need for a comprehensive approach to addressing the country's historical injustices and promoting sustainable peace. The African Union's declaration of 2025 as the "Year of...

Sudan’s Path to Peace: AU’s Reparations Call and Global Responsibility
The ongoing conflict in Sudan has brought to the forefront the need for a comprehensive approach to addressing the country’s historical injustices and promoting sustainable peace. The African Union’s declaration of 2025 as the “Year of...

Sudan: Acting Minister of Minerals Praises Performance of Sudanese Mineral Resources Company in Port Sudan
Port Sudan, July 7, 2025 (SUNA) – Acting Undersecretary and Minister of Minerals, Dr. Hind Al-Siddiq, visited the headquarters of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Limited in Port Sudan on Monday, where she inspected the directorates and...

Pasture Renovation Project Field Days Will Highlight Interseeding Sudangrass
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University is hosting two field days in August that will highlight innovative strategies for pasture renovation. The events are part of a three-year research project evaluating the benefits of...

Trump administration to revive Sudan peace push
US President Donald Trump has said his administration is working to support peace efforts in Sudan, as Washington prepares to host a four-nation meeting aimed at reviving stalled diplomacy to end the country’s ongoing war. “We’re facilitating...

Letters: Only the GOP denies humanity’s effect on climate change
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. GOP alone deniesman’s effect on climate Re: “Marin County relatives of ex-Giants pitcher Tyler Walker among missing” (Page A1, July 8). As a grandfather of children...

Microplastics act as ‘rafts’, increasing the threat to environmental and public health
African countries, including South Africa, have limited waste infrastructure and uneven water treatment systems, which exacerbates the problem of antibiotic resistance. Photo: Sustainable Seas Trust While antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is commonly...

Africa's climate crisis: 2021-2025 marks the deadliest period in 15 years
Droughts were by far the most significant hazard, affecting 178 million people or more than 81 per cent of those impacted between 2021 and 2025. Floods affected roughly 14 per cent and storms or cyclones impacted around 4.7 per cent. The Horn of...

A glimpse into Sudanese life amid scorching summer heat
Photo taken with a mobile phone on July 8, 2025 shows people resting in the shade to cool off in Khartoum, Sudan. [Photo/Xinhua] KHARTOUM - It was 2 pm in a displacement camp on the outskirts of Port Sudan, where the relentless sun had already...
Tibetan glacial lake drainage triggered deadly flood in Nepal, climate body says
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -The deadly flood in Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China, a...
World Reuters Tibetan glacial lake drainage triggered deadly flood in Nepal, climate body says
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China, a...
‘Completely unprecedented’: Glacial lake collapse highlights climate threat in deadly China-Nepal flash floods, say experts
KATHMANDU, July 10 — Flash floods that killed at least nine people in a mountainous region between China and Nepal and swept away a key bridge linking the two countries, were caused by the release of water from a glacial lake, experts said...
Feature: A glimpse into Sudanese life amid scorching summer heat
KHARTOUM, July 9 (Xinhua) -- It was 2 p.m. in a displacement camp on the outskirts of Port Sudan, where the relentless sun had already pushed the mercury past 45 degrees Celsius. Inside a battered tent, its fabric frayed and threadbare,...

Gold miners murdered in pit collapse in conflict-torn Sudan
(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...

The UN warns to worsen the humanitarian crisis in Sudan as moving, hunger and disease increase
The situation is particularly disastrous in El Fasher, the capital of the province of Darfur du Nord, which has experienced some of the worst episodes of the ongoing conflict between the rival soldiers. The remaining people in El Fasher are faced...

Opinion | Sudan’s conflict tests global resolve for peace
Generals Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. [Photo by Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via AFP]OPINION – The war in Sudan has captured the attention of global and regional hubs in New York, Brussels, and Washington during the past days....

Natural Disasters Claim 84 Lives in Colombia, Pakistan, and Sudan
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Throughout the past week, there have been reports of mourning from various parts of the world. Various natural disasters and accidents have claimed at least 84 lives. There were landslides in Colombia, widespread flooding in...