Iraq News

September 24, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Nearly 15 million people in Sudan are facing a hunger crisis, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Representative to Sudan. Eddie Rowe, in his remarks to reporters in Geneva on Friday, spoke about...

Who has been allowed to narrate Iraq’s recent history on the world stage? And where is the work of the Iraqi artists who are living it? ask Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim

The area is a traffickers' paradise, writes Sue Reid. It is dotted with brick fortifications, built in the 19th century to protect France from invasion

September 23, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Embattled Sudan’s military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said ready to visit Israel if he is invited by its government. Al-Burhan travelled to New York to take part in the annual gathering of world leaders w...

Iraq represents a living example of how hope prevails over seemingly impossible odds, especially conflict and political crises, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi told the UN General Assembly on Friday, and while the nascent democracy still...

  By Tesfa-Alem Tekle   September 23, 2022 (NAIROBI) – Ethiopia and South Sudan have agreed to carry out a series of joint infrastructure projects that would eventually enable the latter to link with the port of Djibouti. The agreement was...

September 22, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The European Union (EU) has welcomed the Sudanese military’s decision to withdraw from politics, stressing that handover of power to civilians should be managed responsibly and without any unilateral moves....

September 23, 2022 (NEW YORK) – South Sudan’s Vice President, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol has pledged his country’s readiness to mediate an end to the conflict in Sudan. Akol, also the Chair of the Service Cluster, told the United Nations Gener...

The head of the military-led ruling Sovereign Council Thursday called on the international community to resume the foreign debt relief process and reiterated his pledge to not participate in the transitional government. Before launching a...

September 22, 2022 (JUBA) – Sudan and South Sudan have resumed talks over the final status of Abyei, raising hopes of reaching a deal over the disputed region. South Sudan’s presidential adviser on security affairs told Sudan Tribune that...

Iranian armed forces held a military parade to mark the 42nd anniversary of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war beginning in 1980

by Amgad Fareid Eltayeb Former Political Advisor to UNITAMS, and Former Assistant Chief of Staff to Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Accessible at: [email protected]   The dawn of October 25, 2021, was a turning point in Suda...

September 21, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The death toll from heavy rains and floods in Sudan has now risen to 146, the country’s National Council for Civil Defence has revealed. “Until Sept. 21, the torrential rains and floods have killed 146 peopl...

Baghdad, SANA-  Syria and Iraq agreed to sign memorandum of understanding in the field of health and medicine and the exchange of medical expertise.That came during talks held between the Iraqi Minister of Health, Hani al-Aqabi, with the S...

September 21, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Al-Burhan’s participation in the meetings of the UN General Assembly opens a new page in Sudan’s relations with the West and especially the United States, his media adviser said on Wednesday. The head of the...

September 21, 2022 (JUBA) – South Sudan has urged the United Nations to recognise the outcomes of a referendum held in the contested oil-producing region in October 2013. About 99% of the Ngok Dinka voted to join South Sudan in the controv...

September 21, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese Diaspora and activist groups in the United States called on the world leaders participating in the 77UNGA to condemn the military coup and exert maximum pressure on the military component to hand ov...

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 21, 2022 (NAIROBI) –  South Sudan vice President, Taban Deng Gai, arrived in Addis Ababa for an official working visit on Wednesday. Gai arrived in Addis Ababa this afternoon leading a high-level South Sudanes...