Fostering Peace and Unity in South Sudan: A Call to Leadership

By Benjamin Ajuong Machiek   In the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, the quest for peace and unity continues to be a paramount challenge. Since gaining independence in 2011, the country has faced ethnic tensions, civil conflict, and political …

Smoke billows over Port Sudan after a paramilitary drone strike on the army-contolled aid hub on Tuesday.

RSF drone strikes pound Port Sudan, putting aid deliveries a...

Drone attacks have battered Port Sudan since Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the conflict. Until now, the city — which became the temporary capital following the destruction of Khartoum — had remained largely untouched. Port Sudan is now home to …

Altadeña students walk for Sudan water access

Seventh-grade students at Kyrene Altadeña Middle School last month walked to help make a difference for families in South Sudan.  The fundraiser, nearing its tenth year, was held to help provide clean water for impoverished communities. During their …

Drone strikes spark civilian exodus from army-controlled Sudan aid hub

Paramilitary drones struck army-held areas of eastern and southern Sudan for a fifth straight day Thursday, army sources said, prompting an exodus of civilians from Port Sudan, seat of the army-backed government. "The militia launched another drone …

South Sudan violence block aids to 60,000 malnourished children, UN Agencies says

A child carries his younger sister on his back. Both children are living on the street in Aweil, South Sudan [Photo by UNICEF]JUBA — The ongoing violence along the river in Upper Nile State of South Sudan blocked humanitarian aid from reaching 60,000 …

IGAD Executive Secretary Condemns Drone Strikes on Civilian Infrastructure in Port Sudan

Addis Ababa, May 8, 2025 (ENA) -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) expressed its grave concern and unequivocal condemnation of the recent drone strikes targeting critical infrastructure and civilian areas in Port Sudan. The Executive …

Port Sudan hit by fresh drone attack as clashes escalate

The eastern Sudanese city of Port Sudan on Thursday morning faced a fresh drone attack for the fifth consecutive day amid raging fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). According to eyewitnesses, explosions were heard in …

Sudan People's Lives In Jeopardy Over Landmines, Explosives

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) News report by Mohammad Abdulaziz KHARTOUM, May 8 (KUNA) -- UN officials and mine experts sounded the alarm that landmines and explosives pose a mounting risk to Sudanese civilians' lives and hamper humanitarian aid …

Urgent intervention is needed to stem flow of arms to Sudan

The Sudanese crisis, or rather the tragedy of a geographically strategic country, corroborates the idea that external interventions can destroy a state in a matter of weeks, displace populations, cause all kinds of abuses, massacres, rapes, and popular …