Sudanese militia leader convicted of war crimes in Darfur

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Title: Pearls of Sustainable Peace — A Gambian writer’s manifesto for moral and global harmony

- Advertisement - By Cherno Omar Barry – Professor of Comparative Literature BOOK PROFILE Title: Pearls of Sustainable Peace Author: Muhammed Trawally ISBN: 978-9983-94-496-9 Year of Publication: 2025 Publisher: Self-Published, The Gambia Length:...

Ministry Unveils Ambitious GERD Development Plans

Experts caution irrigation schemes must be examined carefully The Ministry of Water and Energy has unveiled a conceptual master plan aimed at converting close to 30,000 square kilometers of land around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)...

Alternative Nobel’ goes to activists who made climate change a matter of international law

Pacific Islanders behind landmark ICJ advisory opinion win Right Livelihood Award SUVA (CBC)—For Vishal Prasad, climate change became a lot more than just an idea when Cyclone Winston devastated his home country of Fiji in 2016. The storm hit the...

Sudanese Army Accuses Rapid Support Forces of Drone Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure in North Kordofan

In a recent escalation of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) issued a strong condemnation of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday, October 5, 2025, accusing them of launching drone strikes targeting...

Mary Dinah Foundation’s Drive for Healthier Africa 

Kasim Sumaina The Mary Dinah Foundation (MDF) was recently featured in Forbes Africa’s latest issue on sustainable philanthropy. Founded in 2005, the Foundation has worked where the needs are greatest, that is, in communities affected by conflict,...

Devastating Rapid Support Forces Attack on El-Fasher Hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur Kills 12 Civilians, Injures 17

In a harrowing escalation of violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state, at least 12 civilians were killed and 17 others wounded when the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled El-Fasher Hospital, according to local doctors. The attack, which...

RSF Hits Darfur Hospital Amid Sudan's Worsening Cholera and Dengue Fever Crisis: A Humanitarian Catastrophe

The recent attack by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a hospital in Darfur has starkly symbolized the tragic intersection of armed conflict and humanitarian disaster in the war-torn country. This incident not only underscores the direct...

Sudan PM unveils $100bn Saudi investment plan and GERD review

Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil El Tayeb Idris has announced a $100 billion package of investment projects proposed to Saudi Arabia and a fresh review of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) with Ethiopia and Egypt. Speaking at a press...

Sudan's capital confronts Nile's wrath in record flood

Residents sit in a pool of water due to the flooding of the Nile river in the Sudanese village of Wad Ramli north of Khartoum on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP) Khartoum: In the outskirts of Wad Ramli, north of Sudan's capital...

Former Minister of Finance El Badawi: The Quartet is a historic opportunity if the civilians seize it – any military settlement will reproduce the Sudan crisis

Economist and former Minister of Finance of Sudan, Dr Ibrahim El Badawi: $200 billion in devastating losses of war for Sudan’s infrastructure; 40 per cent of GDP, destroyed in the first year of the war; $6 billion in losses in the capital Khartoum...

Environmentalists, politicians recall life, influence of primatologist Goodall

Breadcrumb Trail Links Celebrity News World Author of the article: Associated Press Tammy Webber And Hallie Golden Published Oct 01, 2025 • 3 minute read Jane Goodall plays with Bahati, a 3-year-old female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee...

Sudan activist among human rights awardees

The Emergency Response Rooms network in Sudan was awarded for ‘for building a resilient model of mutual aid amid war and state collapse that sustains millions of people with dignity.’ STOCKHOLM: The Right Livelihood Award was awarded Wednesday to...

Environmentalists, politicians, celebrities recall life and influence of primatologist...

The death of the famed primatologist, who produced groundbreaking research while living among chimpanzees in Africa decades ago, was announced Wednesday by the Jane Goodall Institute. She was 91. Here’s a roundup of some notable reactions to...

IAN AUSTIN: As a die-hard Aston  Villa fan for years now, I've never been so angry and appalled by this ban on an Israeli team

A season-ticket holder for longer than I care to remember, I can measure out my life in the great games of Aston Villa. Standing on the terraces at Villa Park – or, these days, sitting there with my equally fanatical sons – I love it all the same....

Sudan humanitarian aid group among winners of Right Livelihood Award

The Sudanese Emergency Response Rooms network won the Right Livelihood Award on Wednesday for its role in providing humanitarian assistance in war-torn Sudan. The Swedish Right Livelihood Award Foundation also honoured activists from Myanmar, the...

Environmentalists, politicians, celebrities recall life and influence of primatologist Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall was a pioneer, a tireless advocate and a deeply compassionate conservationist who inspired others to care about primates — and all animals — during a long life well lived, according to tributes from around the world. U.S. Sen Cory...

Sudan at a Crossroads: The Potential Resurgence of Political Islam

Image Source: Getty Images As Sudan’s civil war continues to wreak havoc for more than two years, the resultant resurgence of the Islamist movement appears not only plausible but increasingly imminent. The protracted conflict between the Sudanese...

Sudanese Ministry says rise of River Nile level not caused by Ethiopian dam

01 october 2025 - 09:18:09 MA/MO 68 Views Panafrican News Agency Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has said that the rise in the level of the River Nile in the country is due to climate change and not...

War and Extractivism – a view from Sudan and Congo

Two activists from Sudfa (a media outlet founded by Sudanese exiles in France) and Génération Lumière (a decolonial ecology association founded by young Congolese people in Lyon) discuss the ongoing wars in Congo and Sudan ~ from Ricochets ~ Hamad...