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Friday, 30 June 2017 UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday approved a phased drawdown of peacekeepers in Sudan’s Darfur region that could almost halve the number of troops over the next year if conditions are conducive and the government is cooperative. U.N. chief Antonio Guterres and …

Thursday, 24 August 2017 :  Russia’s ambassador to Sudan, Mirgayas Shirinskiy, was found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Khartoum on Wednesday, the Sudanese police said. It remains unclear what caused Shirinskiy to drown, however, he was known to have suffered from high blood pressure, a spokesman …