GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday appealed for $500 million in extra-budgetary resources for 2025 to support the monitoring and investigation of human rights abuses around the world from Syria to Sudan.

A plane carrying 21 passengers and crew in South Sudan's Unity State crashed on Wednesday, killing 18 people, United Nations' Radio Miraya reported. The plane had departed from an oilfield in the northern state when it crashed,

More than one million people have left Sudan due to the ongoing war, finding refuge in South Sudan.

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A plane crashed while leaving the Unity Oil Field en route to Juba, a radio station affiliated with the UN said. Those killed include the pilot and co-pilot.

Most of the million people crossing the border are South Sudanese nationals who had previously fled from civil war in the world's newest country, UN refugee agency UNHCR said in a statement.

Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the complex, which paramilitaries had encircled since the war erupted in April 2023."Our forces are in their best condition,

“To make life easier for women, surviving the war requires collective work and strength in solidarity,” said Huyam*, a mutual aid volunteer from southeastern Sennar state, where the army now controls key areas after an advance last year by the RSF.

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The United Nations (UN) human rights chief warned on Friday that the war in Sudan is becoming “more dangerous” for civilians, following reports from

“The situation for civilians in Sudan is already desperate, and there is evidence of the commission of war crimes and other atrocity crimes,” Türk said. “I fear the situation is now taking ...

Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the building which had been encircled by paramilitary fighters since the war erupted in April 2023.