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Fighters from the notorious paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one town, a doctors’ group and the United Nations said. CBC | World News
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Cholera killing hundreds, sickening thousands in war-torn Sudan
Cholera is spreading in war-torn Sudan, killing at least 388 people and sickening about 13,000 others over the past two months, health authorities say. CBC | World News
Read More »What’s happening in Sudan? All about the war and humanitarian crisis going mostly unnoticed
More than 500 days after a brutal civil war broke out in Sudan, little global attention is being paid to the tens of thousands who’ve been killed, the risk of famine and fears of genocide in the northeast African nation. And there are few signs the situation will get any better. CBC | World News
Read More »Sudan at ‘breaking point,’ UN says, but expectations are low as ceasefire talks begin
Talks aimed at ending Sudan’s shattering 16-month-old civil war began on Wednesday in Switzerland. Massive hunger, displacement and allegations of targeted attacks and sexual assaults are among the grave issues facing the east African country. CBC | World News
Read More »How Ottawa’s Marial Shayok nearly led South Sudan past a star-studded U.S. men’s basketball team
South Sudan’s men’s basketball team will make its Olympic debut at Paris 2024, and leading the charge will be Ottawa native Marial Shayok. CBC | Sports News
Read More »James hits game winner with 8 seconds left as U.S. avoids upset to South Sudan
LeBron James’ layup with eight seconds left was the go-ahead basket Saturday, and the U.S. Olympic team that’ll soon head to the Paris Games escaped with a 101-100 win over South Sudan in London, rallying from a 16-point deficit to avoid perhaps the biggest upset in the program’s history. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Hospital treating war victims in Sudan shuts down after rebels attack
On Sunday, rebels from the Rapid Support Forces (paramilitary Group stormed the South Hospital in the city of El Fasher, opened fire, looted drugs and medical equipment, and made off with an ambulance, says Doctors Without Borders. CBC | World News
Read More »Acute hunger rose sharply in 2023, with greatest concerns in Gaza, Sudan: UN report
Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »As Canada brings in people fleeing war in Sudan, families scramble to make the cut
Sudanese Canadians say a new immigration pathway for their families has left them navigating complex bureaucracies and fighting for scraps. CBC | World News
Read More »The world has turned its back on Sudan as catastrophic war rages on, says aid worker
Jan Egeland says the stories he’s heard from refugees of the war in Sudan left him “utterly shaken.” And yet, the humanitarian worker says nobody seems to care. CBC | World News
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