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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
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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
Read More »Sudan a ‘human tragedy of immense proportions,’ UN says, as hundreds of thousands flee violence
Fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group has forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province that had been a safe haven for families displaced by the devastating conflict in the northeastern African country, the United Nations said Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Millions displaced amid mounting crisis in Sudan
Millions of people in Sudan have been displaced after seven months of fighting between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group, and concerns of a humanitarian crisis are growing among aid groups. CBC | World News
Read More »UN urges international support for Sudan as concerns grow of humanitarian crisis
Millions of people in Sudan have been displaced after seven months of fighting between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group, and concerns of a humanitarian crisis are growing among aid groups. CBC | World News
Read More »Sudan says it will hand over former dictator Bashir to International Criminal Court
A top Sudanese official said Tuesday the country’s transitional authorities and rebel groups have agreed to hand over former autocratic president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial for war crimes, including mass killings in Darfur. CBC | World News
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