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Top UN officials ordered to leave Sudan for ‘insulting’ the country
Sudan said Friday it ordered two top United Nations officials to leave Khartoum for "insulting" the country and being "prejudiced" against its government.
AFRICA NEWS
Whistleblower calls for inquiry into UN's 'conspiracy of silence' over Darfur killings
A former UN spokesperson is in New York to ask for an investigation into her accusations that the organisation deliberately covered up attacks on civilians in Darfur. Also, a…
SUDAN
UN peacekeepers ‘look on’ as ‘Russia-backed’ war rages in Darfur
Victims of Darfur’s protracted war have been beaten, raped and killed as UN peacekeepers looked on, a former spokesperson for the UN mission tells FRANCE 24. She says Russia and…
THE OBSERVERS
A sacred volcano threatened in Hawaii, and transforming bombs into tools in Sudan
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Exclusive: George Clooney urges end to ‘war crimes’ in Sudan
In an interview with FRANCE 24, film star George Clooney said the Sudanese government was targeting civilian populations near its southern border in a repeat of tactics used in…
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SUDAN
Pope meets Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan
Pope Francis met privately on Thursday at the Vatican with a Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence, which was commuted in June.
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Sudan detains Christian woman sentenced to hang
A Sudanese woman freed from prison Monday after having her death sentence for apostasy commuted was detained by Sudanese authorities on Tuesday along with her husband at Khartoum…
AFRICA NEWS
South African miners end 5-month-long strike
South African union leaders say a five-month strike against the world's biggest platinum producers is over, ending a stoppage which has badly affected the country's…
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan death sentence woman allowed to go free
A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for "abandoning" her religion has been freed from prison, according to her legal team. The official news agency SUNA reported that Meriam…
SUDAN
Sudan frees woman sentenced to hang for 'converting'
A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death on May 15 for apostasy has been freed, one of her lawyers said on Monday. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim gave birth to a baby girl while in…
SUDAN
Sudan denies plans to free woman sentenced to death for apostasy
Sudan on Sunday retracted claims by a foreign ministry spokesman that a Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to hang for allegedly abandoning the Muslim faith would shortly be…
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