Sudan
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1,750 Sudanese refugees resettles to Canada
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Some 1,750 refugees living in Sudan have been resettled to Canada with the support of IOM Sudan so far this year. This represents 50 percent of Canada’s Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship commitment to resettle... -
Senior Sudanese immigration officers on border management got training
Oct 15, 2016News Hour: This week 20 senior officers from the Sudanese General Directorate of Passports and Immigration completed a five-day advanced course in border management concepts and techniques. Participants were briefed on regional and global migration trends;... -
Sudan is hosting about 400,000 South Sudanese refugees
Sep 21, 2016News Hour: Sudan said on Wednesday it is hosting about 400,000 South Sudanese refugees who fled a brutal civil war that erupted in the world’s youngest country after it broke away in 2011. Tens of thousands... -
UK supports WFP cash and voucher programme for vulnerable people in Sudan
Sep 19, 2016News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of GBP 3 million from the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) for its cash and voucher assistance programme supporting conflict-affected communities... -
IOM sudan assists flood affected families in El Koma, North Darfur
Jul 24, 2016News Hour: IOM Sudan has begun distributing emergency shelter and non-food relief items to 57 of the most vulnerable families whose homes have been destroyed by heavy rains and flooding in El Koma locality, North Darfur... -
Heavy rains and flash floods kill 9 in Darfur, Sudan
Jul 18, 2016News Hour: Heavy rains and flash floods in Sudan’s war-torn region of Darfur killed nine people on Saturday, the official SUNA news agency reported. The deaths occurred in the town of El-Fasher, the capital of the state... -
Fighting in South Sudan, triggers spike in humanitarian needs
Jun 28, 2016News Hour: Relief agencies, including IOM, are providing emergency assistance to displaced populations in Wau town, South Sudan, following intense fighting on 24 and 25 June. The violence has exacerbated existing needs, as insecurity since late... -
Sweden supports UN Humanitarian Air Service in Sudan
Jun 27, 2016News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution from the Government of Sweden to support the WFP-operated United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Sudan. This contribution from Sweden, of SEK...
