Source : AFP / 13 Aug 2013

The number of people affected by this month’s flooding in Sudan has climbed to around 150,000 and is expected to rise further, the United Nations said on Monday.

More than half the victims, 84,000, are in the area around the capital Khartoum, said the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Source : AFP / 13 Aug 2013

The number of people affected by this month’s flooding in Sudan has climbed to around 150,000 and is expected to rise further, the United Nations said on Monday.

More than half the victims, 84,000, are in the area around the capital Khartoum, said the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Source : AFP / 17 June 2013

Just after the footpath beside the school passes into the cool late afternoon shadows, a gentle cracking sound signals that Doud Sebet has arrived.

He sits on a piece of cardboard, with one long leg out in front of him and the other tucked underneath.

Source : Al Arabiya / 1 May 2013

Ever since cola soft drinks became a household favorite across the world, one question has transcended generations: What goes in a can of Coke?

But cola beans and fizz aside, we now know the ingredient behind the “glue” that holds all the ingredients together.

Source : Reuters / 6 Apr 2013

Sudan hopes to collect up to $1.2 billion in transit fees in 2013 after oil starts to flow from South Sudan, and is considering a new tax on gold trade, Finance Minister Ali Mahmoud said on Wednesday.

The African state may also have to raise the official 4.42rate of the Sudanese pound against the U.S. dollar to match black market rates, he said in an interview.

By Max Fisher | Washington Post | 30 Oct 2012

A military factory in Sudan was destroyed in a mysterious explosion last week, killing two, which the Sudanese government quickly blamed on an Israeli airstrike. It would not have been the first such strike, although Israeli officials did not comment on the explosion. Sudan is thought to provide a conduit for Iranian arms shipments through Egypt to Gaza, where Hamas and other anti-Israeli groups operate.