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#sudan

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FANCY FOOTWORK 🤔

In the #war torn plains of South #sudan where the #costofliving is as ridiculous as the rest of the #global world enterprise and entrepreneurship have evolved. Turning away from silly overpriced #western #fashion brands Emanuel Achuil is making #handmade sandals from old tyres that are a blight on the #landscape and #climate issue. Should the west adopt this idea ? No more fly tipping, cool flip flops please

#news #africa #innovation #economy

apnews.com/article/south-sudan

At DW yesterday, I heard again that #Sudan is actually the greatest humanitarian disaster of the moment, worse than ukraine or gaza. I'm afraid to read how that can be, but if anyone knows something good about what possible pathways to resolving it there are, I'd like to read that.
washingtonpost.com/world/2025/

The Washington Post · Drugs, blood and terror: Inside a paramilitary massacre in SudanBy Katharine Houreld

With 1,100 tons of emergency food rations nearing expiry after President Donald Trump's aid freeze, it took a warning of "wasted tax dollars" for a top U.S. official to eventually agree to a deal to use the supplies. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/ #worldnews #politics #us #usaid #hunger #gaza #sudan

The Japan Times · U.S. aid workers lobbied to save food stocks after Trump cutsBy Ammu Kannampilly

"A group of human rights lawyers in Sudan have accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of raiding and setting fire to villages in the state of North Kordofan and killing nearly 300 people, including children and pregnant women."

aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/15/s

Al Jazeera · Sudan’s RSF kills about 300 people in North Kordofan, rights group saysBy Al Jazeera