Sudan
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:26:47 GMTGovt Denies Reports That Cairo Summoned Its Envoy
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The office of the Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reports that are widely circulating saying that Egypt's Foreign Ministry has summoned Ethiopia's envoy in Cairo over comments on Egypt by Amb...
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:24:06 GMTProtests Against Withdrawal of UN's Darfur Peacekeeping Mission
[Radio Dabanga] Darfur / Khartoum / Port Sudan -- Protests were held across the states of Darfur, demanding the continuation of the joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:27:58 GMTTwo Killed in Fire Exchange Between Smugglers in the Northern State
[Radio Dabanga] Dongola -- Yesterday, the Rapporteur of the Northern State Security Committee, Brig Gen Mohamed Ali El Hassan, confirmed in a press statement on Sudan News Agency (SUNA) that two people were killed and six others were injured in a vio...
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:23:57 GMTTortured and Murdered Khartoum Activist Buried
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Thousands of people buried the young activist Bahaeldin Nouri at the cemetery of El Kalakla in southern Khartoum yesterday. The prosecution announced that measures will be taken against those involved in the torture and mu...
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:29:47 GMTTen Killed and Wounded in South Darfur Tribal Clashes
[Radio Dabanga] South Darfur -- At least 10 people have been killed or wounded in clashes between the Fallata and the Rizeigat tribes in South Darfur in the past two days.
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:29:43 GMTGovernor - 'Smuggling Widespread in West Darfur'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- West Darfur wali (governor) Mohamed El Doma said at a press conference yesterday that arms trade, drug trafficking and commodity smuggling are widespread in his state, "both in the cities and in the camps for displaced peo...
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:39:25 GMTHemeti Meets With Beja Opposition Conference to Discuss Eastern Sudan Peace Track
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Yesterday, Vice President of the Sovereign Council Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, 'Hemeti' met with President of the Beja Opposition Conference Osama Saeed in Khartoum to discuss the eastern Sudan peace track protocol. Heme...
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:42:32 GMTEthiopia, Sudan Committed to Peaceful Settlement
[Ethiopian Herald] Despite some Sudanese irresponsible individuals that are busy at publicity gimmick and those international media who are desperately attempting to fan the flame of Ethio -Sudan border skirmishes , Ethiopia and Sudan have been once ...
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:22:04 GMTEthiopia and Sudan Tackle Border Clashes
[East African] Sudan and Ethiopia have chosen dialogue in an attempt to resolve a perennial border crisis caused by clashes over arable land by border communities.
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:11:11 GMTUnamid Ends Its Mandate On 31 December 2020
[Unamid] On 22 December 2020, The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2559 which ends UNAMID's mandate on 31 December 2020. This was the culmination of a sustained process of consideration of the situation in Sudan and Darfur, includin...
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 03:59:05 GMTSudan Accused of Invading Land, Killing Citizens, Stealing Property Worth $25m
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Dessalegn Tasew, the administrator of West Gondar Zone, Amhara regional state, has issued a statement yesterday regarding the ongoing border conflict between Ethiopia and Sudan. Dessaelegn has accused Sudanese forces o...
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:02:50 GMTFamilies of Sudan's December Revolution Victims Demand Justice and Protest Immunity
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Gireida -- Yesterday, families of the December Revolution martyrs organised a protest in front of the Republican Palace in Khartoum. They called on the Sovereign Council to lift the juridical immunity for those accused of k...
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:02:44 GMTSurge of Crime in Darfur Amid Unamid Exit
[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher / Wadi Salih -- Darfur witnessed various incidents of crime in the past days. An ambulance and a commercial vehicle were robbed in North Darfur, while thieves stole solar panels and batteries from a power station in Central ...
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 07:57:31 GMTDarfur Tribal Fighting Leaves 15 Dead
[Radio Dabanga] Gireida -- At least 15 tribesmen have been killed and 34 others were injured during tribal clashes between Masalit farmers and Fallata herders in South Darfur on Saturday. In El Geneina, West Darfur, a student was shot dead.
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:47:59 GMTRebel Groups Sign Memorandum to Urge the Establishment of Legislative Council
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Yesterday, the Sudan Liberation Forces (SLF), the Sudan Liberation Movement-Transitional Council (SLM-TC), related to the Sudan Revolutionary Front Alliance, and the Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) all signed a joint memoran...
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 07:57:29 GMT'Remarkable Increase' of Covid-19 in Khartoum State
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Khartoum Ministry of Health reported yesterday "a remarkable increase" in the number of COVID-19 infections in the state. 241 new cases were registered on Friday. Nine patients died, and five recovered.
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 07:57:16 GMTRSF Officers Detained After Killing of Sudan Activist
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman -- Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are questioning RSF officers in connection with the killing of young activist Bahaeldin Nouri last week. Protests erupted in Omdurman yesterday after a man died fo...
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 09:29:56 GMTSudan Women League Kicks Off Its Second Edition
[CAF] The second edition of the Sudan Women League kicked off on Saturday (26 December 2020) with a limited supporters' attendance.
Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:14:49 GMTRevival of the National Carrier 'Sudanline' - a Dream Beginning to Come True
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Many Sudanese are gratified upon the recent development in which the Government is bent on plans to revive the Sudan Shipping Line after the once lucrative flag-carrier was neglected and eventually disappeared from the overseas.
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:17:41 GMTAnnus Horribilis - Why 2020 Was the Horn of Africa's Worst Year
[Nation] An air of optimism greeted the year 2020, but it has turned out to be the Horn of Africa's -- and indeed the World's -- worst Year-- an annus horribilis. Many are happy that this "horrible year" has come to an end.
Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:30:34 GMTEritrea Earthquake Felt in Eastern Sudan's Kassala
[Radio Dabanga] Kassala -- Residents of Kassala in eastern Sudan witnessed a light earthquake on Friday.
Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:29:03 GMTUN Moves to End World's Largest Peacekeeping Mission
[New Times] The UN Security Council reached a decision this week to wind up the African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in Darfur, Sudan.
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 09:13:13 GMTUN Ends Peacekeeping Mission
[East African] The UN Security Council has ended the peacekeeping mission in Sudan, adding another international trait to Khartoum as it rebuilds from years of war and isolation.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:21:31 GMTSudan Cleared From Future Terrorism Lawsuits in U.S.
[Radio Dabanga] Washington / Khartoum -- US Congress passed a bill on Monday reinstating Sudan's sovereign immunity and preventing future legal procedures against the country for attacks on Americans that the ousted Al Bashir supported. Pending court...
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:56:04 GMTArmy Reports Victories On Ethiopian Border
[Radio Dabanga] El Fashaga -- The Sudanese armed forces report that they recaptured areas and camps in the Salam Bir and Mahaj areas in El Gedaref from the Ethiopian army and armed militia.
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:42:21 GMTServices for Refugees Must Increase to Avert a Disaster
[MSF] Hano Yagoub, MSF's acting emergency coordinator in Gedaref, Sudan, describes the situation in Um Rakuba camp, where 15,000 people are sheltering after fleeing violence in Ethiopia.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 06:59:18 GMTInvestigations into June 3 Massacre Begin
[Radio Dabanga] Dabanga Sudan -- Start of investigations on June 3 Massacre
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:51:36 GMTEnyimba Walk Tight Rope With Defeat in Sudan
[This Day] The miserable state of the domestic club football in the country was highlighted with the 3-0 drubbing of Enyimba FC by Sudan's Al Merriekh on Wednesday afternoon in Omdurman.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:21:29 GMTArmed Robberies in Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Kabkabiya / Jolo -- At least three people were injured when the headquarters of the humanitarian aid organisation SOS Sahel in Kabkabiya in North Darfur was plundered by six gunmen traveling in a Land Cruiser on Monday.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:05:40 GMTEthiopia, Sudan Discuss On Cooperation to Enhance Use of Port Sudan, Petroleum Supply
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA (ENA) - An Ethiopian delegation led by the Minister of Transport Dagmawit Moges met on Monday with Sudan's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport to consult on ways that help Ethiopia better use Port Sudan.