Wajdan Talha

Wajdan Talha
Arab World UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih meets Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia's Ura camp. AFP

Sudan: More Than 200,000 People Displaced Since Eruption of Blue Nile Fighting

A Sudanese government official has confirmed that more than 200,000 people have been displaced from the cities of Kurmuk and Qeisan, as well as other areas in…

Wajdan Talha (Khartoum)
Arab World Merowe Dam in northern Sudan (Sudan News Agency)

Merowe Dam Outage Brings Sudan’s Power Crisis Back Into Focus

Sudan is awaiting the arrival of spare parts from abroad to repair the electricity network linked to the Merowe Dam after a fire knocked it completely out of…

Wajdan Talha (Khartoum)
Features A farmer harvests gum arabic near the town of En Nahud in western Sudan, a major center for gum arabic production, December 18, 2012. (Reuters)

Sudan’s Gum Arabic Industry Crippled as War and Displacement Take Their Toll

Sudan’s war has driven thousands of gum arabic producers from their land, destroyed vast hashab and talh forests, and turned one of the country’s most…

Wajdan Talha (Khartoum)
Arab World Members of the army-backed Popular Resistance march in Omdurman in support of the military’s campaign in Darfur, Kordofan, and Blue Nile State (AFP). 

Sudanese Army Shifts Battle Back to Darfur

Fighting has intensified once again between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) across several fronts in the western Darfur…

Wajdan Talha (Khartoum )