Sudan
Fri, 28 May 2021 15:01:08 GMTOCHA -151.300 People Around El Geneina Remain Displaced and Do Not Feel Safe to Return
[Radio Dabanga] El Geneina -- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued a report yesterday on the emergency situation in West Darfur in the aftermath of the deadly violence in the state's capital El Geneina last month.
Fri, 28 May 2021 15:01:02 GMTUNITAMS Head Warns That Conflict and Gender-Based Violence Threaten Sudan's Stability
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Despite Sudan's progress towards peaceful transition, the ongoing intercommunal conflict, "unanswered" violence against women, and delays in establishing key representative bodies threaten Sudan's stability and its civilia...
Fri, 28 May 2021 11:16:40 GMTExternal Pressure Intensifies Public's Determination for GERD
[Ethiopian Herald] . Over 1.5 billion Birr mobilized from public to dam
Fri, 28 May 2021 07:49:00 GMTEscalation of Violence By Young Rebels, Despite Appeals for Peace
[Agenzia Fides] Pibor -- Approximately 1,736 homes have been attacked, of which about 700 have ended up reduced to ashes, nearly 44,962 head of cattle looted, 112 women and 84 children kidnapped, 128 men and 28 women killed and 51 injured. This is th...
Fri, 28 May 2021 07:45:58 GMTICC - Amal Clooney Pleads On Behalf of Darfur Janjaweed Leader Ali Kushayb's Victims
[Radio Dabanga] The Hague -- During the closing arguments at the hearing to confirm* 31 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes against the former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman (also known as Ali Kushayb), before Pre-...
Fri, 28 May 2021 05:07:08 GMTICRC Dramatically Increases Its Budget in Ethiopia and Sudan As Needs Grow At an Alarming Rate
[ICRC] Geneva/Addis-Ababa/Khartoum -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking donors for an additional 28 million Swiss francs ($31.3 million) for its operations in Ethiopia and Sudan following violence that has forced tens of t...
Wed, 26 May 2021 15:38:42 GMTICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to Visit Sudan
[East African] Fatou Bensouda, the International Criminal Court Prosecutor, is expected in Sudan next week as she waits for judges to confirm war crimes charges against Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman.
Wed, 26 May 2021 15:52:41 GMTSudan Court Hears Names of 1989 Al Bashir Coup Plotters
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Khartoum court that is trying deposed former president Omar Al Bashir and 27 former officials for the 1989 coup that swept the regime to power, has heard a detailed list of those involved in the plot in testimony from ...
Thu, 27 May 2021 07:51:16 GMTICC Counsel for Victims - Charges Against Darfur Janjaweed Leader Ali Kushayb 'A Starting Point'
[Radio Dabanga] The Hague -- Former Darfur janjaweed leader, Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman (also known as Ali Kushayb), appeared before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands for the second day on ...
Thu, 27 May 2021 07:51:13 GMT♦ Sudan - This Week's News in Brief ♦
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Thu, 27 May 2021 07:51:11 GMTSudan Govt Talks With SPLM-N El Hilu Begin in Juba
[Radio Dabanga] Juba -- The long-anticipated official negotiations between the transitional government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu, began in the South Sudan capital of ...
Thu, 27 May 2021 07:51:09 GMTICC Judges Adjourn to Consider Confirmation of Charges Against Darfur Janjaweed 'Colonel of Colonels' Ali Kushayb
[Radio Dabanga] The Hague -- The hearing to confirm 31 charges* of crimes against humanity and war crimes against the former Darfur janjaweed leader, Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman (also known as Ali Kushayb), before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the Interna...
Wed, 26 May 2021 15:52:43 GMTJoint Force to Enforce Emergency Security Measures in South Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Nyala -- A joint military force has been deployed in Nyala, in a 'preparatory step' in the North Darfur capital to improve security in the state. The join force has been deployed o the instructions of the Security Committee of South D...
Wed, 26 May 2021 15:52:43 GMTKhartoum Information Director Arrested
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Director of Information in Khartoum state, El Tayeb Saad Eddin, was arrested yesterday for alleged involvement in leaking state information to 'an active group affiliated to the ousted Al Bashir regime'.
Wed, 26 May 2021 06:55:39 GMTGovt 'Has Failed to Relieve Suffering of Sudanese Citizens'
[VOA] Khartoum, Sudan -- A civilian member of Sudan's ruling Sovereign Council has resigned, citing interference from military officials in the transitional government.
Wed, 26 May 2021 05:48:33 GMTParamilitary Officer Sentenced to Death for Killing Demonstrator in 2019
[RFI] An officer with Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) who was charged with killing a protester during the breakup of the 2019 sit-in in Khartoum has been sentenced to death.
Wed, 26 May 2021 07:47:11 GMTKiir Forms Committee to Hold Talks With Sudan Over Abyei Border Dispute
[East African] South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Monday evening formed a committee to dialogue with Sudan over the disputed Abyei area.
Tue, 25 May 2021 16:24:43 GMTWorld Bank Promises $2 Billion for Development Projects in Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The World Bank's Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, Hafez Ghanem, visited Khartoum yesterday and met with Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok. Ghanem announced a $2 billion fund from the World Bank to finan...
Wed, 26 May 2021 08:53:11 GMTScenes From Gaza
[SudaNow] Gaza -- At last, the sounds of explosions have stopped, clouds of smoke, tongues of flames, incendiary and illuminating bombs are invisible in Gaza sky-line in the wake of a truce that seems as the calm before the hurricane or Trojan horse.
Tue, 25 May 2021 16:24:48 GMTSudan's PM Hamdok Receives Regional Red Cross/Red Crescent Delegation
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok received a delegation from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in his office in Khartoum yesterday.
Tue, 25 May 2021 16:24:47 GMTQatari Deputy Prime Minister Visits Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok met with the visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdel Rahman Al Thani, in the presence of Sudan's Minister of Cabinet Affairs Khaled ...
Tue, 25 May 2021 07:24:18 GMTDarfur Janjaweed 'Colonel of Colonels' Ali Kushayb Faces 31 Charges At ICC
[Radio Dabanga] The Hague -- Former Darfur janjaweed leader, Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman (also known as Ali Kushayb), appeared before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands today, in a hearing to...
Tue, 25 May 2021 05:28:42 GMTICC Opens Hearing On Militia Leader Accused of Darfur War Crimes
[VOA] Washington -- The International Criminal Court has begun hearing evidence against Sudanese para-military commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, the alleged leader of a notorious militia blamed for atrocities in Sud...
Mon, 24 May 2021 08:37:19 GMTCaptivating French Celebration of Sudan's Revolution
[SudaNow] PARIS, France (Sudanow) ـــ France has celebrated the Sudanese revolution with an invitation to its youthful iconic and symbolic leaderships for a symposium organized by the Paris-based Arab World Institute, in collaboration with the Fre...
Mon, 24 May 2021 08:20:57 GMTWeekly Press Columns Digest
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Three of the last week's events had attracted much of the press comments.
Mon, 24 May 2021 08:19:09 GMTMinawi - 'Sudan Govt Obligated to Transfer U.S.$700 Million for Darfur Development'
[Radio Dabanga] Paris -- The governor of the Darfur region and the head of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Minni Minawi, has called on the transitional government to expedite and immediately pay the 'peace dues' for Darfur in accordance with the Juba ...
Mon, 24 May 2021 08:09:29 GMTAisha Mousa Resignation 'Refusal to Participate in Degradation of Sudanese People'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Aisha Mousa, Member of the Sovereignty Council who resigned last week, has explained the reasons her resignation, which came in the wake of the violent dispersal of a peaceful protest and the deaths of two young activists ...
Mon, 24 May 2021 08:07:41 GMTWoman Suffers From Needle in Her Bowels for 40 Years
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- As a very little school girl in her home village of Morka of the extreme Northern Sudan, Fatima Abdoun Idris used to fear punishment from her firm teacher of housekeeping very much. And one day while holding a needle between her...
Sat, 22 May 2021 09:50:42 GMTEthiopia, Sudan - Prefer Growing Together to Developing Rivalry
[Ethiopian Herald] One could really hardly identify who is an Ethiopian and who is a Sudanese among those who reside around border areas following the longstanding people-to-people as well as bilateral ties Ethiopia and Sudan have set up since long b...
Fri, 21 May 2021 13:27:03 GMTICC - First Major Hearings on Darfur Crimes
[HRW] Hague -- Sudan Should Transfer al-Bashir, Other Suspects to International Criminal Court