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Appointment of associate global directors Americas, Middle East and North Africa
Royal College of Physicians
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August 4, 2025
We are proud to announce the appointment of two new associate global directors. Professor Hariharan Iyer has been appointed as associate global director for the Americas, and Dr Mohamed Bakhit as associate global director for the Middle East and...
Media reports mass graces discovered in conflict-torn Sudan
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 117 mass graves have been uncovered across Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, as the country’s civil conflict intensifies, according to the Sudan Tribune. A government official, speaking anonymously due to the sensitive nature of the...
Sudanese official states Ukraine doing West’s ‘dirty work’ in Africa
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official, Muhammad Al-Sirr, has accused Ukraine of doing the West’s “dirty work” by backing armed groups involved in terrorist attacks across African countries like Libya, Somalia, and Niger. In an interview...
Gold mine collapses in Sudan, killing at least fifty civilians
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 50 people have died following the collapse of a gold mine in northeastern Sudan, according to local reports on Sunday. The incident occurred Saturday in the Howaid desert, located in Nile River State, where artisanal mining is...
Gold Mine Collapse Leaves Over Fifty Dead in Sudan
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) More than 50 people lost their lives when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Sudan, according to reports from local media on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday in the Howaid desert, situated in Sudan's Nile River State, a...
Dozens Die in Sudan Due to Gold Mine Collapse
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 50 individuals lost their lives following the collapse of a gold mining site in northeastern Sudan, according to local media coverage on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday within the Howaid desert region, situated in...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: European Parliament committee probes human rights in EU-Southern Neighbourhood deals ― EU approves €4 billion aid to Egypt ― Sudanese refugees fleeing Egypt ― Italian NGOs demand end to Italy-Libya co-operation ― EU allocates €202…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 26, 2025
The European Parliament (EP) Subcommittee on Human Rights has organised a public hearing on the human rights implications of the EU’s memoranda of understanding (MoU) with its partners in the Southern Neighbourhood. The EP has approved €4 billion...
Sudan’s New Premier Reveals Plans to Reinstate Security, Unity
MENAFN
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June 2, 2025
(MENAFN) Sudan’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Kamil Idris, declared on Sunday that his administration’s foremost goals include securing national stability and reinstating the government’s control across the country. In his inaugural address on...
Sudan's new Prime aims to reach national security
MENAFN
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June 2, 2025
(MENAFN) On Sunday, Sudan’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Kamil Idris, outlined his government’s main objectives, prioritizing the establishment of national security and the reassertion of state control. In his inaugural speech, which was...
Sudan’s New Premier Swiftly Dismantles Caretaker Government
MENAFN
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June 2, 2025
(MENAFN) Sudan’s freshly appointed prime minister, Kamil Idris, moved quickly on Sunday to dismantle the caretaker government just one day after his formal inauguration in front of Transitional Sovereignty Council leader and military chief Abdel...
Sudan Unveils Massive Cholera Vaccine Rollout Amid Rapid Outbreak
MENAFN
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May 31, 2025
(MENAFN) The Sudanese Ministry of Health revealed on Friday that it has received more than 2.9 million cholera vaccine doses in response to a sharp rise in cases, particularly concentrated in the capital, Khartoum. According to the ministry’s...
UN Rights Chief Warns of Escalating Violence in Sudan
MENAFN
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June 21, 2025
(MENAFN) On Friday, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a stark warning about the escalating violence and widespread human rights violations in Sudan, where civil war has raged since April 2023. "The recent fighting and...
Sudan Launches Emergency Response to Curb Cholera Outbreak
MENAFN
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May 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Sudanese health authorities declared on Wednesday a set of urgent actions aimed at curbing a recent cholera outbreak, noting that 90 percent of newly reported cases are concentrated in Khartoum State. Federal Health Minister Haitham...
Sudanese Army, Allied Forces Reclaim Key City in South Kordofan
MENAFN
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May 24, 2025
(MENAFN) A coalition aligned with the Sudanese military, known as the Joint Forces, declared on Friday that they had successfully reclaimed the crucial town of Al-Dabiabat in South Kordofan after intense confrontations with the paramilitary Rapid...
CBP arrests Sudanese citizen for failure to appear at murder trial
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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June 16, 2025
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo, Peace Bridge border crossing, arrested a citizen of Sudan, Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States, who had an active warrant out of Fairfax County,...
Ethiopia hosts Sudani refugees
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN) Close to 75,000 individuals have crossed into Ethiopia from Sudan in search of international protection since fighting erupted in April 2023, according to the latest update from the United Nations refugee agency. The UN High Commissioner...
Russia, UN representatives talk about strategies to end Sudan war
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin met with Ramtane Lamamra, the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy for Sudan, to discuss ways to end the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Monday. Both...
UN assistance employees murdered in ambush in Sudan
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) At least five United Nations aid workers lost their lives and several others were injured when an armed group ambushed a humanitarian convoy in Sudan, where fighting between rival forces has persisted for over two years. The convoy, a...
Sudan ends relations with UAE
MENAFN
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May 8, 2025
(MENAFN) Sudan has severed its diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after accusing the Gulf nation of supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group currently engaged in a civil war with Sudan’s military....
Cholera-Related Deaths Drop Sharply in Sudan’s Khartoum
MENAFN
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June 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Cholera-related deaths in Sudan's Khartoum State have declined, the country’s Health Ministry announced Monday, signaling a potential turning point in the fight against the outbreak. In a statement, the ministry confirmed 605 new cholera...