A section of Sudanese refugees living in Arua District have started resisting repatriation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, citing fragile security in South Sudan.

Failure to allow thousands of Abyei civilians to return home following recent conflict could destabilise other parts of Sudan, the UN has warned.

Eritrean nationals residing in Khartoum, Sudan, celebrated Independence Day with patriotic zeal.

Food security is expected to top the agenda of the three-day Provincial Agricultural Co-operatives Summit which is to be held in KwaZulu-Natal from Tuesday.

The Mauritania national football team 'Mourabitounes' has embarked on final preparations at Nyamirambo stadium ahead of the 2010 Fifa world cup/Africa nations' cup qualifier against Rwanda this Saturday.