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  Embassy of India in Sudan advises Indians to stay indoors in view of reported firings, clashes

  World | April 15, 2023 20:51 IST

  Embassy of India in Sudan on Saturday advises Indians to take utmost precautions in view of reported firings and clashes in the country.

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  'Take a bow': Indian peace keeping forces awarded UN medals for outstanding service in Sudan

  India | January 13, 2023 9:37 IST

  Deadly violence in Adhidiang and Kodok, where some 11,000 displaced persons are still gathered adjacent to an UNMISS military base, has caused untold suffering and injuries.

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  India to deploy platoon of women peacekeepers to United Nations Mission in Sudan

  India | January 06, 2023 16:57 IST

  Indian women peacekeepers: In 2007, India became the first country to deploy an all-women contingent to a UN peacekeeping mission. The Formed Police Unit in Liberia provided 24-hour guard duty, conducted night patrols in the capital Monrovia, and helped to build the capacity of the Liberian police.

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  Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok held in apparent coup; general declares emergency

  World | October 25, 2021 17:26 IST

  In a televised address, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan announced that he was dissolving the country's ruling Sovereign Council, as well as the government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

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  Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel: Donald Trump

  World | October 23, 2020 23:05 IST

  US President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered deals in the run-up to Election Day.

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  Sudan Prime Minister narrowly survives assassination attempt

  World | March 09, 2020 15:34 IST

  Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday survived an assassination attempt, state media has reported. As per reports the plot to kill the PM was carried out in the national capital. 

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  Heartbreaking pictures of starving lions in Sudan zoo spark global concern

  World | January 22, 2020 19:10 IST

  At an impoverished, forlorn zoo in Sudan’s capital, the park’s few remaining lions are starving in rusted cages — their ribs protruding, eyes glassy and skin flaccid, desperate for food and water.

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  18 killed in military plane crash in Sudan's West Darfur

  India | January 03, 2020 7:17 IST

  A Sudanese military plane crashed shortly after taking off from El Geneina airport in West Darfur State, killing 18, the army said. The Antonov 12 plane "crashed five minutes after taking off from El Geneina airport" on Thursday evening, said Amer Mohamed al-Hassan, spokesman of Sudanese army, in a statement.

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  Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester

  World | December 31, 2019 14:41 IST

  A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country’s security forces to death by hanging for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir earlier this year. 

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  Six Indians killed in blast in ceramic factory in Sudan

  World | December 06, 2019 19:07 IST

  MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said a total of 58 Indians were working in the factory at the time of the blast and 33 were safe. He said the government is in touch with the families of the deceased Indians.

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  18 Indians among 23 killed in Sudan factory blast

  World | December 04, 2019 23:08 IST

  At least 18 Indians were among the 23 people killed and over 130 injured in a horrific LPG tanker blast at a ceramic factory in Sudan, the Indian mission said here on Wednesday.

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  Indians among 23 killed in factory fire in Sudan

  World | December 04, 2019 11:03 IST

  The Indian Embassy in Sudan reported about the Indians killed in the incident that happened on Tuesday, without mentioning the number of casualties.

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  Rajendra Sethia: Acquitted after 34 years in a trumped up case

  India | August 16, 2019 9:16 IST

  In many ways, Rajendra Singh Sethia -- the world's biggest bankrupt in the 1980s, long before the insolvency and bankruptcy code emerged in India, or the US saw its share of Chapter 11 bankruptcies -- represents the archetype of a Greek tragic hero. The Nigeria and Sudan experience meant that the wheel of fortune had taken a dive, a death spiral which plunged him to depths of despair.

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  Sudan’s military ousts President Omar al-Bashir in face of protests

  World | April 11, 2019 21:43 IST

  Tens of thousands of Sudanese were making their way to the center of the country’s capital on Thursday, April 11, 2019, cheering and clapping in celebration as two senior officials said the military had forced longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power

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  Bizarre! Indian citizen from Indore declares himself ‘King’ of 800-square-mile unclaimed land on Egypt-Sudan border

  World | November 16, 2017 11:49 IST

  In a bizarre incident, an Indian adventurer has declared himself the ruler of an unclaimed strip of land in North Africa and is encouraging parties to apply for citizenship.

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  US keeps Iran, Syria, Sudan on 'State Sponsor of Terrorism' list

  World | July 19, 2017 23:22 IST

  The US on Wednesday said Iran continues to be the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism along with Sudan and Syria.

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  Delhi: Sudanese woman alleges rape, admitted to hospital

  India | February 09, 2017 0:03 IST

  A 30-year-old Sudanese woman alleged that she was raped by an unknown person and has been admitted to a private hospital near Jasola village in southeast Delhi, police said today. The victim, a national of

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  Barack Obama lifts some economic sanctions on Sudan

  World | January 14, 2017 8:55 IST

  US President Barack Obama announced on Friday that he would lift some of the economic sanctions on Sudan, citing recent "positive actions" by the government of the African country.

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  Heavy gunfire outside South Sudan president's compound

  World | July 08, 2016 23:28 IST

  Juba: Witnesses said heavy gunfire erupted outside the compound of South Sudan's president Friday evening as Salva Kiir was preparing to address the nation on the latest deadly fighting in the capital, Juba. Kiir and

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  Cargo plane crashes along Nile River in South Sudan

  World | November 04, 2015 15:50 IST

  Juba, South Sudan:  A cargo plane taking off from the South Sudanese capital of Juba crashed along the shore of the Nile River, killing at least 25 people.An Associated Press reporter at the scene of