Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.

AFRICA/SUDAN - The fires of war will not kill learning for young Sudanese
Friday, 18 July 2025 Internet Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Prolonged conflict and mass displacement have denied young Sudanese even the most basic tools for self-development. The criticality also emerged on the occasion of the recently celebrated...

Egypt and Saudi Arabia Reaffirm Deep Political and Economic Cooperation
Thu 17 Jul 2025 | 11:09 PM Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr Badr Abdel Aaty met with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan in the coastal city of Alamein, where both sides reaffirmed the depth and strength of Egyptian Saudi relations,...

UN Rights Chief Condemns The Killing Of Scores Of Civilians In Sudan
Friday, 18 July 2025, 7:15 am Press Release: UN News 17 July 2025 Since 10 July, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, has verified that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 60 civilians in North Kordofan’s Bara locality, while civil...

Former treasurer of Sudan Motor Patrol arrested for unauthorized financial transactions
A Lenoir County man, who served as the former treasurer of the Sudan Motor Patrol, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of Embezzlement by a Public Office/Trustee. Jason Leon Cash, 43, was arrested Friday, July 11, by the Lenoir...

Russian Info Ops; Attritional Battles in Sudan: Africa File, July 17, 2025
To receive the weekly Africa File or tri-weekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Contributors: Calvin Hodges and Ellery White Key Takeaways: Russia. The Kremlin will likely take...

Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: here’s how bad it could...
Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a national catastrophe. More than 14 million people have been...

Sudanese lawyers slam ICC prosecutor’s report
Sudanese legal experts and rights defenders have strongly criticised the latest report by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the UN Security Council, calling it a “chronic failure” in delivering justice for victims of atrocities in Darfur...

Sudan Archives Announces New Album ‘The BPM’
Sudan Archives will release her third album ‘THE BPM’ on October 17th via Stones Throw. The album was teased with high-octane dancefloor filler ‘DEAD’ and follows the sprawling, coming-of-age collection ‘Natural Brown Prom Queen – No.2 on the...

Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: here’s how bad it could get
Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a national catastrophe. More than 14 million people have been...

How did second-lines start in New Orleans? Here’s the history behind their name and origins.
Bilal Mustafa said he already knows what second-line parades are. Having spent his childhood in Uptown New Orleans, he’s seen plenty of funeral processions plying the streets, heading to and from cemeteries. But Mustafa, 57, who now lives in...
.jpeg?trim=41,0,42,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800)
Desperate plea for Sudan aid from UK as civil war rages: ‘Why is nobody watching?’
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

World Youth Skills Day: The fires of war won’t kill learning for young Sudanese
On 15 July, the world marks World Youth Skills Day, under the theme “Youth Empowerment through AI and Digital Skills,” millions of Sudanese youth remain cut off from education, vocational training, and digital access. While the international...

Sudani to Asharq Al-Awsat: Iran Is Serious About a Deal with America
In recent months, Iraq has navigated two difficult challenges. It avoided being drawn into the Israeli-Iranian conflict and managed to stay clear of the fallout from US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Earlier, it had resisted the temptation to...
IMF says Egypt makes mixed reform progress, cites state dominance of economy
Egypt's progress on structural reforms under an $8 billion International Monetary Fund loan agreement has been mixed, the fund said, citing the public sector's continued dominance of the economy as a problem. In its long-delayed staff report for...

Doom-loop politics can be defeated. Here is how
It might seem bizarre to speak of hope in these dark times. In Palestine, the horror of genocidal violence is coupled with the sickening acquiescence of Western powers to it. In Sudan, war rages, with the people of Darfur once again facing war...

Intersectional Feminist Leadership Needed to Realise Global Goals
Active Citizens, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Featured, Gender, Gender Violence, Global, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Labour, LGBTQ, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations,...

Remembering Buhari’s repeated death rumours and ‘Jibril of Sudan’ conspiracy
THE former President Muhammadu Buhari died on Sunday after an illness in London. However, this is not the first time he has been rumoured to have died. One of the most bizarre and persistent conspiracy theories in Nigeria’s modern political...

RSF Egregious Attack Kills Eleven Civilians in Sudan
(MENAFN) At least 11 civilians, including three children, were killed in western Sudan’s North Kordofan State after an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to local medical officials on Sunday. The Sudan Doctors Network...

Almost 300 killed in wave of violence in Sudan’s North Kordofan
A new wave of violence has erupted in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, with activists reporting that almost 300 people have been killed in attacks that began over the weekend. The Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese human rights group, say the paramilitary...

EU Eyes Sanctions And Visa Moves Over Georgia's Political Crackdown
As EU foreign ministers gather in Brussels on July 15 for their last official meeting before the summer break, Georgia is once again high up on the agenda due to the deteriorating political situation in the South Caucasus republic after the recent...