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Joe Biden paints misguided picture of road to regional peace in Mideast
January 13, 2024 | 7:12amSecretary of State Antony Blinken claimed last week that Arab nations won’t accept Israel absent a “pathway to a Palestinian state.”
Donald Trump, for all his flaws, made Israel's triumph over Hamas much more likely
December 28, 2023 | 5:00pmDonald Trump's policies made Israel's victory over Hamas a much more likely occurrence.
'Brutal choices': UN warns food aid for 1.4 million refugees in Chad may end over limited funding
November 23, 2023 | 11:37amFood assistance to 1.4 million refugees in Chad who fled the conflict in parts of the Sahel could end because of limited funding, the United Nations food agency warned Tuesday.
Killing 'door to door': More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in Darfur attack, UN says
November 16, 2023 | 10:34amFighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through Darfur, Sudan, reportedly killing more than 800 people in a multiday attack, doctors and the U.N. said.
Sudan’s military conflict is getting closer to South Sudan and Abyei, UN envoy warns
November 7, 2023 | 9:38amThe “unprecedented” conflict between Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary force now in its seventh month is getting closer to the disputed Abyei region, the U.N. special envoy for the Horn...
Sudan's rival fighting forces to meet for first time after hundreds killed
May 6, 2023 | 5:52pmAfter weeks of brutal fighting that left hundreds dead, Sudan's rival military factions have agreed to meet in person for the first time.
US doctor determined to make an impact in violence-wracked Sudan 'killed for nothing' in front of his family
April 30, 2023 | 6:05pmBound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting engulfed Sudan’s capital.
US conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war
April 30, 2023 | 12:04amHundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nation’s port Saturday in the first US-run evacuation, completing a dangerous land journey under escort...
Heavy fighting continues in Sudan despite US-brokered truce
April 29, 2023 | 11:39amFighting continued in and around Sudan's capital Khartoum despite a 72-hour truce hammered out between rival factions earlier this week
Warring Sudanese factions agree to three-day ceasefire with some Americans still trapped, US officials say
April 24, 2023 | 7:20pmUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the agreement between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the opposing Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was the result of "intense negotiation over the...
Thousands of Americans trapped in Sudan told to 'shelter in place' till help can arrive
April 23, 2023 | 7:13pmMost of the US citizens remaining in the East African nation ravaged by civil war are aid workers or Sudanese Americans, said Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) on...
Biden says US embassy evacuation in Sudan is complete, calls violence 'unconscionable'
April 23, 2023 | 12:01amThe US military evacuated American diplomats and their families from Sudan, the country's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said early on Sunday as fighting between rival commanders that has killed...
Sudan's military coordinating evacuation of foreigners amid civil war
April 22, 2023 | 10:14amWith a brutal civil war raging in Sudan, the country's military leaders say they are working to evacuate foreign diplomats.
At least 25 killed as violence erupts in Sudan
April 15, 2023 | 7:27pmAt least 25 people were reportedly killed and up to 400 wounded in Sudan Saturday as violent clashes erupted between the country's armed forces and a paramilitary group that have...
Pope says South Sudan’s future depends on treatment of women
February 4, 2023 | 4:44pmPope Francis warned Saturday that South Sudan’s future depends on how it treats its women.
Both pilots on Ethiopian Airlines flight fall asleep, miss landing
August 19, 2022 | 3:00pmEthiopian Airlines has suspended two pilots after they reportedly fell asleep during a two-hour flight and overshot the runway at a cruising altitude 37,000 feet.
Sudan woman faces stoning for charges of adultery
July 13, 2022 | 3:21pmMaryam Alsyed Tiyrab, 20, was tried and convicted of adultery without access to a lawyer and is currently being held in prison after being sentenced to death by stoning.
At least 89 killed by mystery disease as WHO deploys task force amid fears of outbreak
December 14, 2021 | 11:16amThe region was recently hit with severe flooding - with health officials tasked with gathering samples to help identify the deadly disease.
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December 14, 2021 | 7:59amCheck out Google Maps' strangest, weirdest, coolest and awe-inducing satellite photos you won't believe exist.
US ‘deeply alarmed’ by reports of apparent military coup in Sudan
October 25, 2021 | 4:35pmThe White House’s stance comes hours after reports emerged that the country’s interim Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok was placed under house arrest and forced to issue a message supporting the...