WhatsApp worst hit by internet shutdowns
WhatsApp was the most-blocked platform due to deliberate internet shutdowns last year, new research has revealed. The world’s most popular messaging app suffered 6,236 hours of disruption in 2019, according…
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Iraqi MPs back call to expel US troops after drone strike on Iran general
Iraqi MPs have passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the US killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport…
More than 20 dead, many displaced after violence in Sudan’s West Darfur
At least 24 people were confirmed killed after a camp for internally displaced people was attacked in Sudan’s West Darfur, an international peacekeeping official said on Wednesday, as top officials…
Sudan sentences 29 to death for teacher’s killing in custody
A Sudanese court has sentenced 29 intelligence officers to death for the torture and killing of a teacher. Ahmad al-Khair, 36, died in custody in February following his arrest for…
Sudan sentences 27 intelligence agents to hang for teacher’s killing
A Sudanese court sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging on Monday over the killing of a teacher in detention in February during protests that…
Sudanese ambassador completes his diplomatic tenure in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Sudanese Ambassador Abbas Mustafa Ahmed Abdalla who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country. The sides exchanged views on the bilateral…
Former Sudan president Bashir sentenced to two years in detention for corruption
A Sudanese court on Saturday convicted former president Omar al-Bashir on corruption charges and sentenced him to two years of detention in a reform facility, the first ruling against the…
Sudan to withdraw troops from Yemen
Sudan will withdraw its military contingent from Yemen, which is part of the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition and waging war with the Houthi rebels of the Ansarullah movement. Report informs…
At least 265 dead in floods, landslides as rains batter East Africa
Two months of relentless rains have submergedvillages and farms and sent rivers of mud crashing into houses across East Africa, with at least 265 killed, according to an AFP tally,…
Sudan crisis: Party of ex-leader Omar al-Bashir dissolved
A law has been passed in Sudan dissolving the party of ousted former president Omar al-Bashir. Mr Bashir seized power in a 1989 coup and ruled for almost three decades,…