El Fasher, October 11 (Darfur24) Farmers in Kabkabiya, located about 155 kilometers west of El Fasher, have warned that this year’s agricultural season is at risk of failure due to a surge in attacks by herders ahead of the harvest. Mariam Ishaq, a farmer, told Darfur24 that a group ofContinue Reading
Port Sudan, October 1 (Darfur24) The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation announced on Tuesday that the water levels of the Blue Nile have started to decline since Monday and are expected to continue falling gradually in the coming days. This development follows a sharp rise in Nile water levels inContinue Reading
Port Sudan, September 9 (Darfur 24) A UN report has revealed that landslides destroyed around 10 houses and damaged agricultural land in parts of South Darfur State between September 4 and 8. The death toll remains unverified. The landslides struck the mountainous Tarsin village in East Jebel locality following heavyContinue Reading
December 23, Nairobi — Hundreds of families have been displaced from the White Nile State, after flooding completely submerged their towns and homes. The flooding comes after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the Jebel Aulia Dam, around 40km from Sudan’s capital Khartoum. The dam regulates the flow of theContinue Reading
November 25, Nairobi — Sudan’s gold exports generated $1.5 billion in revenue in the first ten months of 2024. Since the war began in April 2023, gold has become a critical source of income for Sudan. Mohamed Taher Omer, director of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company, the government body overseeingContinue Reading
August 27, Port Sudan — On Monday, surging waters burst through a dam, wiping out at least 20 villages and killing at least 30 people in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday. Many are unaccounted for and stuck in villages in the mountains without food or medicine, localContinue Reading
August 22, Adre — One hundred trucks loaded with food and medical supplies from UNICEF and the World Food Program have arrived at the Adre border crossing, on their way to camps for internally displaced persons in North, South and Central Darfur. On August 16, Sudan’s sovereign council announced thatContinue Reading
El Fasher — Heavy rains have destroyed 210 houses in Fata Borno IDP camp and 200 in Kassab IDP camp inside Kutum, North Darfur state, according to a statement from the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees. “The displaced people (IDPs) are currently living in difficult humanitarian conditions withoutContinue Reading
Port Sudan — On Saturday, Sudan’s Minister of Health, Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said that the increase in mineral deposits led to the spread of diseases and environmental destruction in mining areas. Speaking to the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), he said that recent landslides in Abu Hamad resulted in the deathContinue Reading
On Thursday, the Technical Emergency Committee of the Sudan’s Ministry of Health announced the death of 31 people due to floods and rains that hit the Northern state over the past days. 179 were injured and 155 people were stung by scorpions. The health ministry confirmed that the rains andContinue Reading