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February 23 - 2021 NEW YORK / SARAF OMRA The Saraf Omra UNAMID team site before destruction (Photo: Amin Ismail / UNAMID) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the looting of the former team site of the United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Saraf Omra in North Darfur. As reported by Radio Dabanga last week, the site was ransacked and ‘levelled’ by looters on February 17, just weeks after it was handed over to the Sudanese governme...

February 18 - 2021 SARAF OMRA Saraf Omra UNAMID team site before destruction (Photo: Amin Ismail / UNAMID) The former team site of the United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in the Simana district of Saraf Omra in North Darfur, earmarked for use as a vocational training centre, was reportedly ransacked by looters and leveled on Wednesday, just weeks after it was handed over to the Sudanese government. Witnesses from Saraf Omra told Radio Dabanga that th...

Listen to article The traditional and customary fabric of Ghana is such that almost every community or traditional area in the country has a festival it celebrates annually. Every festival in Ghana has its history and essence. The Ayimagonu Festival celebrated by the people of Dorfor Traditional Area is no exception. This article seeks to unearth the history of the Ayimagonu Festival and how it got its name. The relevance of the Koklofu Deity in introducing the Ayimagonu Festival is equally s...

January 15 - 2021 KHARTOUM / SHEIKAN SLM-TC leader Seifeldin Abdelmoula speaks to the members of the Sheikan welcome committee (El Nour Abdallah) Delegations of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel alliance, which signed the Juba Peace Agreement with the Sudanese government on October 3 last year, are touring the country. A delegation of the Sudan Liberation Movement-Transitional Council (SLM-TC) visited Sheikan in White Nile state. After visits to White Nile state,...

January 8 - 2021 JUBA Sovereign Council member, Lt Gen Shamseldin Kabashi R) leaves for Juba, accompanied by Omar Gamreldin, FA Minister, Osama Saeed, chairperson of the Beja Opposition Conference, and Khaled Idris, leader of the eastern Sudanese Popular Front for Liberation and Justice (SUNA) The Sudanese government will definitely implement the eastern Sudan track protocol, part of the Juba Peace Agreement, it signed with the Sudan Revolutionary Front rebel alliance in...

In our context in which the state has essentially abdicated its responsibilities, community members need to start acting together to

6 min read In our context in which the state has essentially abdicated its responsibilities, community members need to start acting together to save themselves. The first step is to start reconstituting the capacity and authority of traditional rulers… It is only when communities start discovering and discussing their problems that they can start working out how to solve them. Nigeria is experiencing the most serious security challenge in its history. It is facing an even bigg...

January 7 - 2021 KADUGLI Protest in Kadugli against insecurity in South Kordofan, January 4, 2020 (Social Media). Hundreds of people participated in a demonstration in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, on Monday to protest against the deteriorating security situation in the state after the recent increase in violent crimes, including incidents of robbery, killing, and looting. Incidents of violence were widespread in December. On December 17, a merchant was shot de...

First Person: family tragedy and the UN as ‘saviour’ in Darfur Format UNAMID peacekeepers from Ethiopia in a volatile area of South Darfur, Sudan, in July 2012. © UN Photo/Albert González Farran The people of the restive region of Darfur in Sudan have seen the joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) as a "saviour" according to a writer for UN News who grew up in Darfur. UNAMID is due to begin the process of closing at the end of 2020 after almost 13 years. Con...