AllAfrica News: Sudan

[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman / El Obeid / El Goz Locality / -- Sudan's worsening humanitarian crisis deepened sharply on Tuesday as the United Nations warned that drone warfare, artillery shelling, fires in displacement camps, and intercommunal violence are driving the country towards an even bloodier phase of conflict.

[SNA] The Ministry of Health in Al-Gezira State and the Defense Industries System signed a framework agreement Monday at the Guest House in Madani for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the health sector, diagnostic centers, wastewater treatment systems at hospital complexes, and installation of solar energy units.

[SNA] In a move reflecting Sudan's openness to diverse international cultural and religious institutions, Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris held high-level talks on Monday with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican during an official visit accompanied by a high-ranking ministerial, diplomatic and security delegation.

[SNA] The Ministry of Health and the Gezira Scheme administration signed an agreement Monday at the Guest House in Madani to combat disease vectors and eradicate malaria in the state.

[SNA] The Operations and Follow-up Chamber for Currency Replacement at the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) continued on Monday its field inspection tours of several commercial bank branches in Omdurman to monitor the replacement process for the old 1,000- and 500-pound banknotes.