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Sudan Humanitarian Overview - A monthly overview of humanitarian trends, activities, and issues of interest in Sudan, produced by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in collaboration with other UN agencies and partner NGOs.
Click to access Situation Reports and Press Releases prepared by OCHA and its partners that provide a succinct, up-to-date account of the current humanitarian situation, outlining the main issues, needs and partners' activities.
For all OCHA media enquiries, please contact Orla Clinton at:
clinton@un.org 249 187 08 9453, or 249 0 91 217 44 54
Click to view resources for humanitarians dealing with the media from Reuters Alertnet.
The latest news and updates are available at the links below.
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BBC News - Africa
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Zimbabwe names date for run-off
The run-off for Zimbabwe's disputed presidential election will be held on 27 June, the government says.
Children killed in Nigeria blast
At least 100 people are killed in an oil pipeline explosion by a school in Nigeria's city of Lagos, the Red Cross says.
Egypt con man gets 1,000 years
An Egyptian man is sentenced to 1,000 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of people out of about $52m.
Charges urged for Kenya 'torture'
Kenya's defence minister and army chiefs should be charged over the alleged torture of civilians, a rights group says.
Ugandan army kills Congo rebels
The Ugandan army says it has killed two Congolese rebels who tried to attack a border trading post.
Zimbabwe issues $500m note
Zimbabwe issues a Z$500m banknote, worth US$2, as the opposition calls for an emergency summit.
Taylor 'ignored rebel protests'
Liberia's Charles Taylor rejected Sierra Leone rebel complaints about his troops' behaviour, an ex-ally says.
Nigeria evictions condemned
The Nigerian government forced the evictions of 800,000 people from slums in Abuja, a report says.
Court to rule on 'blade-runner'
Double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius will learn on Friday whether he can compete at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing.
Senegal league to restart
The interim governing body of football in Senegal announces the start of the long delayed domestic championship.
Ghana in no rush for new coach
The Ghana Football Association says it will not rush to appoint a new coach to replace Claude LeRoy.
Comoran rebel loses asylum plea
France rejects a request for asylum by the ousted rebel leader of the Comoran island of Anjouan.
Nigerian film producer in court
A film maker in northern Nigeria who defied Islamic censors faces jail.
Sudan clashes prompt UN pull-out
The UN withdraws non-essential staff after clashes in oil-rich Abyei which straddles Sudan's north and south.
Kenya cabinet holds first session
Kenya's cabinet holds its first formal meeting, amid tensions that threaten to weaken the coalition.
Soldiers sue S Africa over Aids
South Africa's soldiers' union sues the defence ministry over alleged discrimination against those with HIV.
Madonna adoption case delayed
A court in Malawi delays its final decision in Madonna's adoption case until next week.
New deadline for Zimbabwe vote
Zimbabwe's government extends by 90 days the deadline for a presidential run-off to be held.
Somali surprise at Ethiopia aid
Ethiopian troops in Somalia's capital distribute food bought with their own salaries to city residents.
High alert at UK Rwanda embassy
Security is stepped at the Rwandan Embassy in London, following an attempt to set the building on fire.
Sudan wants rebels on terror list
Sudan asks for the Darfur rebel that led the weekend attack on the capital to be listed as a terrorist group.
Oil ship hijacked in Niger Delta
Gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta hijack a ship belonging to a US company and kidnap its 11 crew.
'Act to end Africa food crisis'
Solutions need to be worked on now to stop Africa's food crisis becoming a disaster, the UN food task force says.
Zimbabwe's turbulent priests
Zimbabwe's bitter political divide spills over into the Anglican church, with rival factions coming to blows.
Kenyan refugees fear going home
More than 2000 Kenyan refugees in Uganda are moved to the permanent Kiryandongo Refugee Camp.
Up the Congo without a helmet
The BBC's Mark Doyle fulfils a lifelong dream of travelling along the Congo and finds much more than the cliches.
Somalia - Africa's Afghanistan?
After a US missile killed a senior leader of an Islamist militant group in Somalia, the BBC's Rob Watson considers how serious the West considers the militant threat from the region.
US court allows apartheid claims
The US Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit brought by apartheid victims against a number of firms.
Power to SA mines 'not at risk'
South Africa promises that its lucrative mining sector will not suffer further power disruption during the winter months.
Is extended family a burden?
In Africa extended family is often as important as the immediate family. But are they draining you?
Does your faith burden you?
A Ghanaian man is in court for refusing treatment for a sick child on religious grounds.
Should Africa go solar?
Africa needs alternative sources of energy.Should solar panels be state subsidised?
Send us your pictures of Africa
BBC News website wants your digital photographs of life in Africa.
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Latest Updates
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UNJLC announcement: The split of the Sudan logs list into Sudan logs and Sudan NFI
Source: UN Joint Logistics Centre
China helps Sudan train mine-clearing personnel
Source: Xinhua
Sudan says 80 Darfur 'child rebels' arrested
Source: Agence France-Presse
Sudan: Pakistanis hold free clinic at Amara Gedid
Source: UN Mission in Sudan
Sudan: Deadly fighting forces UN mission to evacuate staff from disputed Sudanese town
Source: UN News Service
AU chief urges Chad and Sudan presidents to calm tensions
Source: Agence France-Presse
East Africa Regional Rain Watch - 15 May 2008
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network
Sudan: Salva Kiir reaffirms commitment of Sudan People's Liberation Movement to implementation of CPA
Source: Sudanese News Agency
Secretary-General, in message to Luanda meeting, notes 'encouraging' steps towards peace in Central Africa, but says some recent events threaten lasting stability
Source: UN Secretary-General
Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin no. 15, 15 May 2008
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Chad cannot handle Darfur refugee overflow: minister
Source: Agence France-Presse
Thousands flee north-south clashes in Sudan oil town
Source: Reuters
Sudan: Humanitarian air service gets reprieve until mid-June but still risks closure
Source: World Food Programme
Sudan: RoS NFI & ES sector monthly update no. 4 - Apr 2008
Source: UN Joint Logistics Centre
Sudan: Darfur NFI & ES sector monthly update no. 4 - Apr 2008
Source: UN Joint Logistics Centre
Darfur conflict threatens to enter new cycle of violence – top UN official
Source: UN News Service
Sudan: Darfur mission deployment slowed by deteriorating security, harsh conditions; must be considerably strengthened to carry out mandate, Security Council told
Source: UN Security Council
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the recent upsurge in violence in Sudan
Source: European Union
Sudan: UNICEF Darfur Nutrition Update Apr 2008
Source: UN Children's Fund
Sudan: UNICEF Darfur Nutrition Update Dec 2007 - Feb 2008
Source: UN Children's Fund
Chad: Appeal 2008-2009 Appeal No. MAATD001
Source: IFRC
Hunger's global hotspots: 13 May 2008
Source: World Food Programme
Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 18, 04 - 10 May 2008
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Sudan: Darfuri civilians, including women, shot in Khartoum according to locals
Source: Aegis Trust
La Cinquième Commission examine le financement des opérations de maintien de la paix qui atteint 7,4 milliards en 2008
Source: UN General Assembly
Sudan: Security Council strongly condemns 10 May attacks against Government by Justice and Equality Movement
Source: UN Security Council
Sudan: Ban Ki-moon ‘deeply disappointed’ at continuing violence in Darfur
Source: UN News Service
Sudan: Report of the UN SG on the deployment of the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (S/2008/304)
Source: UN Security Council
Global food insecurity and price increase - Update no. 1
Source: US Agency for International Development
Sudan: Floods Appeal No. MDRSD002 Final Report
Source: IFRC
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allAfrica.com - Africa
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Fighting Forces UN Mission to Evacuate Staff
The United Nations has evacuated most of its staff from the Sudanese town of Abyei, located in a disputed oil-rich area, amid continued shooting between Government forces and the former southern rebels with whom they reached a peace deal in January 2005.
Fresh Questions As Kony Remains Elusive
The failure of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony to meet a team of elders has created a stalemate that raises fresh questions over the viability of talks between his group and the Ugandan government, a regional analyst said.
UN Humanitarian Airlift Gets Temporary Reprieve
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that an ongoing humanitarian airlift for Sudan, which has been threatened with closure for lack of funds, has been given a temporary reprieve by new donations.
Sudan Will Play Usual Game - Mazda
Sudan national football team coach Mohammed Abdullah a.k.a Mazda has admitted that his side will approach tomorrow's game with Rwanda at Nyamirambo stadium.
Darfur May Enter New Cycle of Violence, Says UN Official
The Darfur conflict could lapse soon into another major cycle of violence and large-scale human displacement unless the parties retreat from their recent state of confrontation, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council today.
Rebel Leader A No Show At Key Meeting
LRA leader Joseph Kony kept chief mediator and South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar, religious and cultural leaders from northern Uganda waiting for five days at Nabanga at the Congo-Sudan border but failed to show up.
Ethiopia Dismisses New Border Deal With Sudan
Ethiopia says a border demarcation with neighboring Sudan is underway although an agreement has not yet been reached.
Security Council Deplores Attacks By Rebel Group
The Security Council today deplored the weekend attacks by a Darfurian rebel group against the Sudanese Government on the outskirts of the country's capital, Khartoum, but urged restraint from all sides and warned that no retaliatory action should be taken against civilians.
Attack on Capital Changes Darfur Conflict
It was a gem of a plan.
Ban Ki-moon 'Deeply Disappointed' At Continuing Violence in Darfur
Ongoing military activities by Darfur's rebel groups as well as reprisal actions by the Sudanese Government and its allied militia are costing lives and limiting humanitarian operations in the strife-torn region, the United Nations Secretary-General says today.
Watermelons, Conflict and Climate Change
Several hundred kilometres from the simmering conflicts between pastoralists and farmers [over natural resources] in Sudan's Darfur region, the two communities in the village of Gereigikh in North Kordofan State have learnt to cool the tension with watermelons.
Crooked Ntaganda Out of Sudan Clash
Defender Elias Ntaganda has been ruled out of Amavubi Star's African Nations Championship return leg clash against Sudan this Saturday at Nyamirambo stadium.
Mass Arrests After Rebel Attack Raise Concern
Mass arrests in Khartoum of perceived supporters of a Darfur rebel group and other political opponents raise fears of mistreatment, Human Rights Watch said today.
Chad Denies Involvement in Khartoum Attack
Chad's government has denied allegations made by neighbouring Sudan that it backed rebels who raided the Sudanese capital Khartoum on 10 May.
Govt Cracks Down After Daring Attack
The Sudanese government has arrested the Islamist leader, Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi, and top members of his political party in the wake of an unprecedented attack by Darfur rebels in the vicinity of the capital, Khartoum.
Desert Hawks Arrive Today
Sudan national football team arrives in the country today ahead of the second leg of the Africa Nations Championship against Rwanda on Saturday at Nyamirambo stadium.
AfDB Predicts Accelerated Economy for Country
A report entitled "2007/2008 African Economic Outlook" jointly published by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Centre and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has predicted acceleration in Nigeria's economy.
Violence on Outskirts of Capital Concerns UN Chief
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced grave concern over the fighting spurred by attacks by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces that has broken out on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
U.S. to Help Train Darfur Peacekeepers
The United States government will help Rwanda in training and equip peace keeping troops deployed in the Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, the army has said. Rwanda Defense Force spokesperson, Major. Jill Rutaremara said yesterday nine hundred soldiers comprise the first part to be trained and equipped.
There's Still Hope for the Juba Peace Talks
THE decision by Joseph Kony, the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) rebel leader, to postpone the signing of the Final Peace Agreement and officially end the war in the North is disheartening for war-affected communities who long for peace.
Egypt Partners With Sudan to Grow Wheat
Egypt has announced that it is to partner with its southern neighbour Sudan to till up to two million acres of new land to grow wheat.
Increasing Africa's Food Security
The most worrying scenario in Africa today, as the hike in food prices ravage the world's poor, is not in the price of the food, especially the imported kind per say, but is the underlying fact that Africa's population which is largely agrarian is still a net food importer, even after decades of attempts to kick start some sort of green revolution.
SPLA Throws Out Uganda Traders
Authorities in Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, have closed the busy Customs Market dominated by Ugandans as alleged persecution of foreign nationals in the city peaked this week.
UN, AU Envoys Alarmed By Darfur Violence
Speaking out against the recent stepped up violence between the Sudanese Government's forces and a rebel group, the United Nations and African Union (AU) envoys spearheading efforts to reach a durable political settlement in the war-ravaged Darfur region today underscored the civilian suffering resulting from the fighting.
Safeguarding Children From Armed Conflict
For several years after war erupted in Côte d'Ivoire in 2002, children were recruited to fight on all sides of the conflict.
A New Peace Strategy for Northern Uganda and the LRA
Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony’s failure to sign a peace deal in April drove a nail into the coffin of the Juba peace process—a process that is grinding to an unsuccessful end.[1]
Kony to Meet South Sudan VP On Saturday
LRA rebel leader, Joseph Kony will meet the Juba talks chief mediator, Dr Riek Machar this Saturday on the Sudan-Congo border, his key negotiator, Dr James Obita has said.
UN Chief Condemns Attacks On Civilians
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly deplored the recent bombings of villages in North Darfur that have resulted in a number of deaths and injuries, and called on all parties to the conflict in the strife-torn Sudanese region to cease hostilities and ensure the protection of civilians.
RDF Officer Dies in Darfur
Another Rwandan peacekeeping officer in the troubled Sudanese western region of Darfur died last week, this was revealed Thursday by the spokesman of the Rwanda Defence Forces, Maj. Jill Rutaremara.
Government Planes Bomb Darfur School, Kill 13
Days after the UN and African Union condemned as unacceptable the bombings of villages and markets in Darfur by Sudanese government planes, at least 13 people were reported killed in an attack on a primary school and market in North Darfur state.
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