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Teachers warn: Khartoum still a war zone
Sudans Post
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June 16, 2025
Volunteers dig graves in Sudan, amid a bloody conflict that’s killed hundreds, in a photo taken by Dr. Noah Madni near Khartoum on April 25, 2023. KHARTOUM – The Sudanese Teachers’ Committee has condemned a recent decision by Khartoum State de...
Kenya denies role in fueling Sudan war
The Standard
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Governement Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura at a past event. [Collins Oduor, Standard] Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has dismissed claims suggesting Kenya is playing a role in fueling the ongoing conflict in Sudan, asserting the country’s...
Why the world must help Africa face climate change
Weekly Blitz
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June 14, 2025
Africa stands at the frontline of a climate crisis it did little to create. With less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the continent bears a disproportionately high burden of climate-related devastation. From collapsed agricultural...
Health amid collapse: How one woman’s efforts brought hope to Sudanese displacement camps
Global Voices
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June 15, 2025
Photo of Samia Osman, used with permission. By Ragaa Dawood In the war-torn Sudanese town of Shendi, in the River Nile State, over 40,000 displaced people from eastern Al-Jazira find themselves crammed into makeshift shelters, enduring a dire...
Eastern Chad ‘reaching a breaking point’ as Sudan war refugees continue to arrive
Panapress
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June 15, 2025
15 june 2025 - 05:38:46 MA 343 Views Panafrican News Agency N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Aid teams in eastern Chad have warned that host communities are reaching breaking point because of climate shocks and the pressure of hosting war refugees from...
‘I was lying between a lorry and a train’: One refugee’s two-year journey from Sudan to the UK
The Independent
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June 14, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
World News in Brief: Ages in Haiti, Sudan War sees Exodus in Chad, Optimism for food trade
The European Times
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June 13, 2025
Between January 1 and May 30, at least 2,680 people – including 54 children – were killed, 957 injured, 316 kidnapped for ransom and many others subject to sexual violence and recruitment of children’s gangs. “Also alarming, the figures cannot...
Starmer accused of reducing migrants to ‘commodities to be exchanged’ with ‘one-in-one-out’ deal
The Independent
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Syria, Ukraine and Gaza among countries to receive heritage funds from Aliph
The Art Newspaper
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July 10, 2025
ALIPH, the Geneva-based cultural heritage protection agency, has announced more than $16m in its latest funding round, with support going to Syria, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, as well as a dedicated focus on the effects of climate change on cultural...
Great European Eclipse 2026: When is it and how to view the eclipse
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Solar eclipse 2026: A traveller’s guide to the best places to be when the light goes out
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Religion news 10 July 2025
Religion Media Centre
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July 10, 2025
Faith groups lobby parliament on climate change Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist and Jewish leaders and campaigners, have taken part in a mass lobby of parliament, for action on climate and nature. They met their local MPs from across the UK,...
Insulin Arrives in Yemen, Cholera Treatments Depart for Angola, and More
Direct Relief
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July 4, 2025
By Lara Cooper Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 1,026 shipments of requested medical aid to 51 U.S. states and territories and 24 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 8.5 million defined daily doses of medication....
BRICS Forges Ahead Building a Different Order
Consortium News
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July 11, 2025
At their summit in Brazil, members of the expanding Global South group condemned recent Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran and Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Gaza, Abdul Rahman reports. Country leaders at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de...
9 underrated climbers for color, shade and privacy –the beguiling, resilient, and often-overlooked vines you need to discover
Homes & Gardens
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July 11, 2025
Finding out about these underrated climbers is like being granted access to a landscape architect’s little black book. The quiet, hardworking vines of the garden world, they offer something different to the showier classics such as wisteria and...
10 Mysterious and Ancient Finds That Shouldn’t Exist (But Absolutely Do)
Yahoo News
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Ancient civilizations were dropping technological bombshells long before Silicon Valley existed. Just this year, archaeologists in Turkey uncovered 2,400-year-old tablets containing unknown encryption methods that make modern cybersecurity look...
Shell Discusses Investment Opportunities in Iraq
Iraq International News Agency
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July 10, 2025
Today, the Executive Vice President of Shell Oil Company, Mr. Richard Howe, was received by Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, in Baghdad. The meeting discussed areas of cooperation in developing Iraq’s energy sector and investment...
‘It’s just unfair’: What end of TPS means for Nicaraguans and Hondurans in the US
The Guam Daily Post
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Virginia Guevara came to the United States from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the 1990s, before the country was granted Temporary Protected Status following the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Guevara, 48 at the time, found...
The New Ethiopian Dam: The History And Significance Of G.E.R.D.
The Organization for World Peace
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July 9, 2025
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, stated on Thursday, July 3, that the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (G.E.R.D.), a hydroelectric dam, has been completed. According to M.S.N., the dam is expected to generate 6,000...
“Famine, Cholera, Collapse”: UN warns on El Fasher crisis
Sudans Post
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July 8, 2025
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General EL FASHER – The United Nations (UN) has issued a stark warning about the deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, particularly in El Fasher, the last Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)-held city...