Sudan

The Grand Iftars are currently underway in Gaza and Syria and have been carried out across Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Ad Feature Human Appeal hosts Grand Iftars providing meals for the vulnerable

Naima and her daughters sit in the shade of the temporary shelter that is their home in Zabout camp.

Sudan’s Forgotten Crisis: How Solidarity Can Save Lives Beatrice Roy

Zeinab Elsayed, pictured here at a protest

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A man watches as a fire rages in a livestock market in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, following an attack by the Rapid Support Forces

The world's worst humanitarian crisis is just being ignored Stephen Gethins

Refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan line up during a cash assistance programme at a transit centre for refugees in South Sudan earlier this year.

How Sudan's civil war is fuelling a refugee crisis in neighbouring South Sudan

Beyne Bsrat, a community elder in a village in Tigray, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia famine: Mary's Meals warns of looming famine 'worse than the 1980s'

Women who fled the war in Sudan await the distribution of international aid rations at the Ourang refugee camp in eastern Chad last month after hundreds of thousands of refugees fled across Sudan's border.

Measles outbreak in Sudan refugee camps kills 1,200 young children

Hamza Yassin takes on charity ambassador role with Dyslexia Scotland

Strictly winner Hamza becomes ambassador for Dyslexia Scotland

Hairdresser Jill Lauder has been awarded with a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the community in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, for running pamper sessions for women with cancer.

The honours can simply remind us about the very best in people

Smoke billows behind buildings in southern Khartoum. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scot who led rescue of Britons fleeing Sudan war reveals ‘harrowing stories’

Liz Tait British said some of her experiences of helping those caught up in the violence in Sudan would 'live with me forever'. Picture: Mile 91/ Elaine Livingstone

Scots aid worker tells of 'heartache' at families torn apart by Sudan violence

The evacuation of British Nationals onto an awaiting RAF aircraft at Wadi Seidna Air Base in Khartoum, Sudan at the weekend.

Breaking Additional flight to evacuate Britons from Sudan today

The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK estimate that approximately 74 NHS doctors are trapped in Sudan.

Breaking Foreign NHS doctors will not be evacuated from Sudan by UK

Thousands of British nationals in Sudan have been warned that there is no guarantee on further evacuation flights once the ceasefire expires on Thursday night.

No guarantee on UK evacuation flights once Sudan ceasefire ends - James Cleverly

Photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of UK nationals disembarking from an A400M transport plane at Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus. The first flight evacuating UK civilians from Sudan landed at the airport, with 39 people on board.

More than 200 UK nationals being evacuated from Sudan

People evacuated from Sudan arrive at a military airport in Amman. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said the UK is contacting British nationals directly with routes for an evacuation out of Sudan.

(Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

UK citizens begin to be evacuated from Sudan amid fragile truce

Smoke billows over Sudan's capital Khartoum. Credit: Getty

Breaking Brits in Sudan to be evacuated on a ‘vulnerability basis’

People evacuated from Sudan arrive at a military airport in Amman on 24 April 2023 (Photo: KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Evacuation flights begin to bring British nationals home from Sudan

Violence in Sudan between two opposing forces has seen deadly shooting and shelling in the capital city of Khartoum.

SNP suggest British nationals in Sudan ‘abandoned without a plan’ as war rages

People evacuated from Sudan arrive at a military airport in Amman, Jordan. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Edinburgh family says they have been ‘abandoned’ in Sudan by British Government

Kevin and Donna completed the journey in a customised Land Rover Defender Picture: SWNS

From Dundee to Dundee: Scottish couple complete epic 25,000km drive

Sudan, the legendary male northern white rhino, has died

Northern white rhinos all but extinct as last male dies

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Donald Trump says US putting North Korea on terrorism blacklist

US Supreme Court reinstates Donald Trumps travel ban. Picture: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

US Supreme Court reinstates Donald Trump's travel ban

The Jungle refugee camp at Calais. Picture: PA

Edinburgh candlelit vigil for Calais 'Jungle' refugees

George Dunbar
RAF veteran and aircraft engineer
Born 9 June, 1920 in New Elgin
Died 24 September, 2016 in Nairn, aged 96

Pic supplied by writer - Alison Shaw

Obituary: George Dunbar, aircraft engineer and war hero

Supporters of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh gather outside the Al-Saleh Mosque during a rally supporting him in Sanaa, Yemen. A new report by an anti-corruption watchdog reveals that nearly 30 percent of people in the Middle East have had to pay a bribe to access some kind of public service and that courts had the worst bribery rate of six services asked about. Picture: AP

One third of people in Middle East bribe public officials

The Parachute Regiment Territorial Army Barracks in White City, London, was alleged to be identified as a possible target. Picture: PA

Gang accused of IS-inspired London terror attack plot

On this day in 1919, the naval yacht Iolair was holed and sank off the Western Isles with the loss of 205 men. Picture: Contributed

On this day: Naval yacht Iolair sinks off Western Isles

Irving MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohamed. Picture: AP

14-year-old Muslim arrested in Texas over clock

David Bailey at the Scottish National Galleries show. Picture: Andrew OBrien

Landmark David Bailey exhibition in Edinburgh

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Picture: AP

Al-Bashir heading to Sudan after dodging arrest

Ethiopia is building the giant dam. Picture: Getty Images

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan sign Nile River deal

Al-Liby was accused of involvement in embassy bombings in Nairobi (above) and Dar es Salaam in 1998. Picture: Getty

Terror suspect facing trial dies in hospital

Members of the UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, where it is alleged government-allied troops raped 200 women and girls Picture: Getty

Sudan tells UN to leave over mass rape claims

Dominique Malonga scored an fine hat-trick for Hibs after an emotional trip to Africa. Picture: SNS

Dominique Malonga in the mood after Congo call-up

Dominique Malonga could face Nigeria and Sudan. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Hibs striker Dominique Malonga joins Congo squad

Meriam Ibrahim, centre, with baby Maya, husband Daniel, son Martin and Pope Francis. Picture: AP

Mother who faced death in Sudan flies to see Pope

Meriam Ibrahim with husband Daniel Wani on their wedding day. The couple and their two children may end up in the US

Sudan: Death-sentence Christian mother goes free

Angelina Jolie is to be commended for her efforts for victims of sexual violence. Picture: Getty

Dani Garavelli: We must tackle world rape crisis

Meriam Ibrahim with her huband Daniel Wani

Meriam Ibrahim will ‘be released after appeal’

Meriam Yehya Ibrahim and her husband, Daniel Wani. Ibrahim has been sentenced to death in Sudan on apostasy charges. Picture: Contributed

Hopes rise over Meriam Ibrahim’s release
HOPES were raised last night that a woman sentenced to death in Sudan after marrying a Christian would be released within days.

In Sudan, Muslim women are prohibited from marrying non-Muslims, though Muslim men can. Picture: Getty

Sudan: Woman sentenced to hang for giving up Islam

No two referendums are the same - and we can learn from the history of the Yes/No vote. Picture: Getty

Patterns emerge from unpredictable picture

Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. Picture: Getty

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A Dinka herdsman carries an AK-47 against cattle thieves often from the rival Nuer tribe. Picture: Reuters

Comment: Sudan conflict shows no sign of abating

President Salva Kiir, centre, wore fatigues to address the nation yesterday. Picture: Reuters

South Sudan capital under curfew after coup attempt

RBS have reached a settlement with US authorities after breaking sanctions against Iran. Picture: Getty

RBS pays out £61m to US for breaking sanction

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Art reviews: Ibrahim El-Salahi & Meshac Gaba, London

Mohamed Morsis office did not discount action on Nile water. Picture: Getty

Egyptian politicians rattle swords over Nile dam

A pan-continental force is to be set up to tackle rebellions and coups d'etat in Africa. Picture: UN/Reuters

Regional African force created to tackle coups, wars

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Sudan makes overtures to southern neighbour

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Sudan reveals gold rush worth $2.2bn

Dr Mukesh Kapila on the West’s neglect of Darfur

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Ethiopia: Border zone talks end in stalemate

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Rebels claim to have downed plane

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