Notwithstanding slower global growth and lingering impacts of recent catastrophic floods, private sector activity, outside the oil sector, has been supported by a relative return to peace, and higher government spending. Nevertheless, the economy is estimated to have contracted by 0.4 percent in FY23/24, reflecting drags from oil production. Supported …
Two United Nations entities on Monday announced a cooperation agreement to help Sudan manage its natural resources in a way that is compatible with combatting hunger and improving livelihoods while at the same time mitigating the effects of climate change. The agreement, signed by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and …
Khartoum — The Minister of Minerals for Sudan, Ahmed El Sadeg El Karori, has acknowledged that Lake Nasser is heavily polluted. On Monday, he told Parliament that laboratory results proved that the lake, locally known as the Nubia Lake, is polluted with mercury, lead, and arsenic. El Karori pointed to …
African countries have agreed to cooperate in setting limits for use of lead in paints with a view to phasing it out by 2020. This is because of its dangers to human beings, especially to children, and the environment. In a workshop jointly organised by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) …
The cold wave that currently strikes Darfur is causing catarrhs and inflammations in the chest to many people living in the camps for the displaced, especially children and the elderly. A sheikh in Zamzam camp for the displaced near El Fasher, capital of North Darfur told Radio Dabanga that many …
Khartoum — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan reported in its latest weekly bulletin of 23-29 November that the Sudanese government, in its efforts to reduce malnutrition in the country, has become a member of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement. With the membership, …
The Republic of the Sudan submitted its new climate action plan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) comes in advance of a new universal climate change agreement which will be reached at the UN climate conference in Paris, in December this …
Tens of thousands of people surviving on water lilies and swamp fish after fleeing South Sudan's war may run out of food entirely when the dry season starts in January, food security experts said in a report seen by Reuters on Thursday. The team predicted that, without help, there was …
On Monday 22 November 2015, the African Development Bank and the Government of Sudan, in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), launched the Sudan component of Phase II of the Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood Program for the Horn of Africa (DRSLP-II). The ceremony was presided over by …
Some two million Sudanese children under five suffer from malnutrition every year, UNICEF's representative said on Sunday, urging the international community to boost funding to tackle the problem. Of those two million, nearly 550,000 children have life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, with many of those affected living in the underdeveloped east …
Khartoum — The Unicef representative in Sudan warned that polio may break out in the country's conflict-affected regions. Speaking on the occasion of the World Polio Day on Friday, Unicef representative Geert Cappelaere said that 99.9 percent of the work to eradicate polio worldwide is done, but a significant part …
Nairobi — Malaria is killing three children each day in an overcrowded camp sheltering civilians in South Sudan, a medical charity said, as people continue to flee fighting despite an August peace deal that has yet to be felt on the ground. Malaria is "skyrocketing", with 4,000 patients receiving treatment …
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, September 9 committed a grant of US $22-million to finance water and sanitation facilities in the West Kordofan State of Sudan and a country-wide Institutional Capacity Development Program. More than 130,000 people (69,000 women) in the rural areas of West Kordofan State …
Persistent floods have displaced between 2,000 to 3,000 households in South Sudan’s Jonglei state as a flood mitigation plan was being drafted. The mayor of Bor town, Nhial Majak Nhial, in a press address, appealed to communities to fully cooperate with the state authorities in their attempts to open water …
Bor county in South Sudan’s Jonglei’s state has recorded the lowest food production this year due to the long drought that began from May to August, the commissioner said. Mamer Ruk said staple food crops like maize, sorghum and groundnuts had failed to produce sufficient amounts of food to the …
The in-kind contribution of mixed food items worth US$75 million will meet the food needs of more than 2 million people, including displaced people, school children and vulnerable households in Darfur and central and eastern Sudan, for up to five months. WFP will include the food donation of sorghum, lentils …
Sudanese poachers have been taking advantage of the chaos in conflict-torn Central African Republic and are killing elephants for their ivory and other wild animals, an expert panel that monitors U.N. sanctions said in a confidential report seen by Reuters. Central African Republic (CAR) descended into chaos in March 2013 …
Khartoum - The project of reducing emissions caused by deforestation and forests deterioration which is affiliated to the National Authority of Forestry has inaugurated the preparatory phase under the sponsorship of the Minister of Agriculture Prof. Ibrahim Adam Ahmed Al-Dikhairi at the premises of the National Authority of Forestry during …
Khartoum — The overall water and sanitation situation in most sites hosting South Sudanese refugees in White Nile state remains critical. The water supply in most sites is below 10 litres per person per day, which is less than half of UNHCR's post-emergency standard of 20 litres, OCHA reports in …
Wadi Halfa — The death toll of the heatwave that is striking Sudan's Northern State increased to 16 on Saturday. The authorities of Wadi Halfa at the Sudanese-Egyptian border, announced on Saturday that an Egyptian expatriate died that morning of a heatstroke. Two others were admitted to the Wadi Halfa …
At least five people have died and several homes destroyed during flash floods in a Sudanese locality on Saturday.Heavy rains have lashed the country since the beginning of August. Witnesses said that the five victims were killed when their houses in Sennar State located south of the capital Khartoum had …
