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Pope calls for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over Nile dam
Pope Francis called for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on Saturday, urging them not to let a dispute over a dam on the Nile lead to conflict. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is being built some 15 km (9 miles) from Ethiopia’s border with Sudan, has become a major source of discord between the three countries.
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Why Sudan's Remarkable Ancient Civilization Has Been Overlooked by History
The African nation's pyramids and other archaeological sites are only now emerging from the shadow of its more storied neighbor to the north
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Sudan says it will stamp out child marriage and enforce ban on FGM
Sudanese authorities have announced they will end child marriage and enforce the country’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), in a major step forward for the rights of women and girls. Police officers were told on Wednesday they must inform local communities that FGM is illegal following new laws passed in July that make it punishable by up to three years in jail.
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Experts Warn of Food Insecurity in South Sudan That Could Lead to Famine
Three U.N. organizations are calling for immediate humanitarian access to parts of Pibor County in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, where people have run out of food and are facing catastrophic levels of hunger, according to a report on food insecurity in the country.
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The 51% - A rocky road to equality: Sudanese women push for change after revolution
Two years on after playing a key role in the Sudanese revolution, women in the country are still struggling to change attitudes in the conservative-Muslim society. Also with the African Union having…
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Men are marched out of prison camps. Then corpses float down the river
Witnesses say bodies found on the banks of a river in Sudan tell a dark story of a new phase of ethnic cleansing across the border in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region.
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Sudan's army says evacuations of foreign diplomats are expected to begin
The Sudanese army said it was coordinating efforts to evacuate diplomats from the U.S., Britain, China and France out of the country on military airplanes, as fighting persisted in the capital.
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