Tag: Sudan

Rhinos increase by 12 in India’s Kaziranga Park

A census in India's Kaziranga National Park has counted 2,413 one-horned rhinos - up 12 from 2015, BBC News reported. Census is carried out every...

Human activities threatening species worldwide

MEDELLIN: Human activity has driven animals and plants into decline in every region of the world, putting our own well-being at risk by over-harvesting and...

Armeena Khan shuts down trolls for calling her ‘attention-seeking’

MANCHESTER: Pakistani-Canadian actor Armeena Khan has never been one to shy away from raising awareness on social issues and speaking her mind. In wake of the...

Sudan rebels demand compensation for releasing Kenyan pilots

JUBA: South Sudanese rebels are holding two Kenyan pilots and will not release them until compensation is paid to the family of a civilian...

Sudan authorities arrest Reuters, AFP journalists in Khartoum

KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities have detained a Reuters stringer and an AFP reporter who were covering protests in the capital Khartoum, the country’s external information...

Sudan bread protests spread, opposition leader detained

KHARTOUM: Protests over rising bread prices broke out in Sudan’s capital and spread across cities to the south on Sunday, witnesses said, as authorities...

Egypt wants ‘Sudan out’ of contentious dam talks

CAIRO: Egypt has proposed excluding Sudan from contentious negotiations over the future of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest hydroelectric dam project in Africa, according...

Turkey to restore Sudanese Red Sea port and build naval dock

ISTANBUL/KHARTOUM: Turkey will rebuild a ruined Ottoman port city on Sudan’s Red Sea coast and construct a naval dock to maintain civilian and military vessels,...

Defending human rights ‘not a crime’, says freed Sudan activist

Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, an engineering professor at the University of Khartoum, told AFP in an interview that it was pressure from global and local human rights groups that finally led to his release Tuesday after months of detention, during which he was put on trial on charges of spying for foreign embassies.

Sudan opens border with South Sudan for first time since 2011...

Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the opening of his country’s border with South Sudan for the first time since the south’s secession in...

Saudi-Iran standoff: Pakistan to sit on the fence for now

Pakistan condemns attack on Saudi mission; warns terrorists might benefit from differences between Muslim Ummah Saudi Arabia says Iran must act 'normal' as allies scale...

At least 133 killed in tribal clashes in Sudan

KHARTOUM- At least 133 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in clashes between two groups belonging to an Arab tribe in...

Death row Christian woman flies out of Sudan

A Sudanese woman who was spared a death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity and then barred from leaving Sudan flew into Rome...

Sudan rings with Gunfire

Gunfire continued in the capital from the early hours of Tuesday, a day after the announcement from President Salva Kiir of overturning a coup...

Ethiopia diverts flow of Blue Nile

Ethiopia has started to divert the flow of the Blue Nile river to construct a giant dam to meet its energy needs, according to...

Darfar rebels attack neighbouring Sudan city

Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region have attacked a city in a neighbouring state, taking their fight closer to Khartoum. Fighters stormed Um Rawaba, in North Kordofan...

Pakistani entrepreneurs invited to explore Sudan

Sudan is endowed with abundant natural resources and offers good investment opportunities, therefore, Pakistani businessmen should explore Sudan for making direct investment and joint...