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DAKAR Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Designed to be safe havens in times of disaster, health facilities are vulnerable to upheaval when catastrophe strikes, according to the UN, which is focusing on hospital safety for International Day for Disaster Reduction. (irinnews.org)

JUBA Monday, October 12, 2009 (IRIN) - Efforts to identify a haemorrhagic disease that has killed four people in a remote corner of Southern Sudan have been thwarted by bad roads made impassable by heavy rainfall, according to officials. (irinnews.org)

BANGKOK Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa faces a double burden of obesity and hunger as millions take up increasingly sedentary lives in cities and the global financial crisis hits rural populations’ food security, nutritionists warn. (irinnews.org)

Early in the morning, 14-year-oldAdam Abakar leaves his house south of the capital city and heads for Khartoum's central market to work as a porter.

"On Thursday 19th November 2009, officials from the Government of the United States and the Government Southern Sudan joined state government leaders and members of the local communities to inaugurate the fully designed gravel surfaced road in southern Sudan.

Nigerian footballers under the auspices of the Nigerian Footballers Union have called on the Federal government of Nigeria to urgently intervene in the case Al-Merreikh player and former Enyimba FC star, Stephen Worgu who was recently charged with alcoholic consumption in Sudan and has been sentenced to 40 lashes of the cane. (AllAfrica)

Parliament is in a tag-of war with the Foreign Affairs Ministry over Shs 17 billion the ministry needs to build a market for Uganda traders in Juba, Southern Sudan. (AllAfrica)

THE Sudanese embassy in Uganda has started registering Sudanese living in Uganda, ahead of their 2010 elections. (AllAfrica)

UGANDAN special forces have killed a senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic, the army spokesman said yesterday. (AllAfrica)

East African Community's neighbours, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Sudan have shown interest in joining the five-nation grouping. (AllAfrica)

A senior official of the Communist Party of China has hailed China's relationship with Sudan during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Sudan diplomatic ties.

THE UN Security Council has condemned the increasing attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and the Sudan. (AllAfrica)

The guns have gone silent - except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope. (AllAfrica)

THE Uganda National Bureau of Standards does not have enough staff to monitor goods entering the country on the Sudan and the Democratic Republic Congo borders. (AllAfrica)

Juba, Sudan - A tribal cattle raid this week left 47 dead in south Sudan, an army spokesman said, the latest in a cycle of fatal clashes between pastoralists.

The top United Nations-African Union official for Darfur has highlighted the role of civil society groups in the search for a solution to the strife that has plagued the Sudanese region, encouraging their full participation in the peace talks that resumed in Doha today. (AllAfrica)

The Security Council today called on United Nations missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR) and Sudan to coordinate strategies to protect civilians from the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed, kidnapped and displaced thousands of people. (AllAfrica)

As part of a 10-day tour to gain a first-hand view of the situation in Sudan, the UN SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, visited the North Darfur city of El Fasher. (AllAfrica)

South Sudan Minister for Agriculture Dr Samson Kwaje has been evacuated to Nairobi for treatment after his car fell into an ambush of assassins on Sunday evening. (AllAfrica)

United Nations-backed mediation talks aimed at bringing peace to the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur will resume tomorrow in Doha, Qatar, the world body announced today. (AllAfrica)

The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the continued and recently increasing attacks carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and the Sudan, which have resulted in the death, abduction and displacement of thousands of civilians. (AllAfrica)

The President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir through his African youth initiative called 'Al-Bashir 01'has equipped computer labs of five government schools. (AllAfrica)

Community leaders in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, about 50 kilometres from El Fasher, have commended the timely intervention of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur in curtailing the recent clashes in the surrounding villages of Jabel Moskul and Jabelti.

Sudan's Foreign Minister Deng Alor said most south Sudanese would choose independence if the referendum were held now US envoy Scott Gration was shuttling between rival Sudanese leaders yesterday in a bid to resolve a row over rules for a promised vote on independence for the south that threatens to derail nationwide elections.

The Tripartite Mechanism for Darfur has held its seventh meeting in Khartoum. The Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mutrif Siddiq, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union (AU), Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra, and UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Ms. Susana Malcorra, headed their respective delegations. (AllAfrica)

U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Sudan from November 16, 2009 to November 23, 2009, where he will visit Khartoum, Abyei (South Sudan), and Jebel Marra (Darfur). (AllAfrica)

Churches in the Sudan have expressed their concern over the country's delay in the implementation of the historic Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA). (AllAfrica)

The Save Darfur Coalition, 44 Members of Congress, and 40,401 U.S. activists urge President Obama to make Sudan a priority and work to build a multilateral coalition when he meets with President Hu Jintao and other government officials on his first presidential visit to China. Last month, the Obama administration unveiled their new strategy for Sudan, and the President’s trip to China provides an opportunity to act on one of the most critical parts of the strategy: that “American leadership is essential to a more effective multilateral approach.” (AllAfrica)

Five people have been killed and seven wounded, including a minister in the south Sudan regional government, during a gunbattle between rival ethnic groups, officials say.

November 1, 2009 a ' The two partners to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement are at the verge of political crisis following the Saturdaya TMs decision by the SPLM ministers to join their assembly members by boycotting participation in the cabinet meetings in Khartoum.

An increasing number of people in Southern Sudan cannot find enough to eat or adequate pasture and water for their livestock, raising fears of conflict between communities over grazing lands, local leaders warned. (AllAfrica)