South Sudan civilians had their eyes gouged out, were castrated and were forced to rape each other by the country’s warring sides, according to UN rights investigators. The investigators collected evidence against more than 40 senior military figures. The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday presented information pointing to crimes against […]
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake on Thursday hit Merowe area in north Sudan, some 350 km north of the capital Khartoum, according to the Public Authority for Geological Research of Sudan’s Minerals Ministry. “Earthquakes have occurred in Merowe area since Jan. 1 and continued intermittently in varying degrees thereafter. “Thursday’s quake registered 5.4 on the Richter scale,” […]
Continue ReadingThree UN agencies said on Monday declared famine in parts of South Sudan. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the UN children’s fund UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) said no fewer than 100,000 people are facing starvation in parts of violence-plagued South Sudan. “Famine is currently affecting parts of Unity […]
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