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Sudan

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 05:42:59 GMT
Without Unity of Purpose, Sudan Faces Another Failed Transition
[ISS] Lessons from two previous attempts to set up democratic, civilian governments in Sudan are not being heeded.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:05:18 GMT
Sudan Commemorates the June 3 Massacre
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Today, Sudan commemorates the June 3 Massacre, also known as the Ramadan 29 Massacre, for the second year in a row. The Public Prosecution assigned 'high level' protection for the march scheduled for today.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:53:38 GMT
Investigation Into the Murder of Khartoum Activist Wad Akair
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) issued an urgent call yesterday to investigate the enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing of activist Wad Akair in Khartoum. On Monday, Acting Attorney Gen...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:34:13 GMT
Working with Health Profession Students, Sudan Launches Country's First Project ECHO Telementoring Programme to Treat Patients with COVID-19 at Home
[Project Echo] Albuquerque, N.M./Khartoum, Sudan -- New partnership builds on campaign led by Sudanese American doctors to reduce COVID-19's toll on communities and support overwhelmed hospitals and clinics

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 06:34:30 GMT
Authorities Must Speed Up Investigations Into 2019 Khartoum Massacre - Amnesty International
[AI London] Sudanese authorities must speed up investigations into the killing of at least 100 protesters outside the military headquarters in the days following the military overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, said Amnesty International today on ...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:16:58 GMT
Initiative Harnesses Youth, Medical Savvy to Fight Covid At Community Level
[RFI] Two US-based Sudanese doctors have created a grassroots programme using a video mentoring system to deploy volunteer medical students across Sudan to help Covid-19 sufferers in their homes.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:53:58 GMT
ICC Prosecutor - Send Haroun to Face Darfur War Crimes Charges in the Hague
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, has stressed the necessity of handing over the accused, Ahmed Haroun, to the ICC before the end of July, so that he can be tried along with th...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:56:15 GMT
Call for Investment in Agriculture As 9.8 Million Face Famine
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Ministry of Agriculture of Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have called for greater investment in Sudan's agriculture and huma...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:56:12 GMT
♦ Sudan - This Week's News in Brief ♦
[Radio Dabanga] Radio Dabanga -- A compact digest of this week's most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan. Subscribe to receive this digest weekly in your inbox.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:53:55 GMT
U.S.$500 Million World Bank Grant for Water Resources in Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Irrigation and Water Resources Minister, Yasir Abbas, has announced that World Bank has provided a grant of $500 million to the ministry. The Minister explained, today in statement to the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) ...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:38:52 GMT
U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Visits Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kenya
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- A few weeks from the deadline set by Ethiopia to start the second phase of filling the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in mid-June, the US administration has said it is re-sending its special envoy to the Horn of Africa t...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:47:32 GMT
Burhan, Tayyeb Discuss Arab, Islamic Issues
[Egypt Online] Head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al Burhan discussed on Wednesday 2/6/2021 with Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El Tayyeb Arab and Islamic issues of common concern.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:06:46 GMT
GERD Second Filling to Take Place As Per Schedule
[Ethiopian Herald] ARBA MINCH - Activities to the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir are being carried out without any interruption and through the schedule, Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Sileshi Bekele (Ph...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:02:50 GMT
Egypt's Army Chief of Staff Attends Main Stage of Egyptian-Sudanese Joint Military Drills
[Egypt Online] Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid and Sudanese army chief of staff Mohamed Othman al-Hussein have witnessed the main stage of the Egyptian-Sudanese joint military drills 'Guardians of the Nile'.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:46:00 GMT
Who Is Abd-Al-Rahman?
[JusticeInfo.net] The ICC Prosecutor calls him « the colonel of colonels » of the Janjaweed militia that committed genocidal killings in the Sudan region of Darfur in 2003-2004. The defense claims he is actually not the man the International Crimin...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:29:26 GMT
ICC Prosecutor Bensouda Meets With the Displaced During Her Visit to Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Nyala -- The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, continued her two-day visit to Darfur with a meeting in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, yesterday where she met with the wali (governor) of the state. ...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:32:31 GMT
SPLM-N Negotiations to Resume Tomorrow
[Radio Dabanga] Juba -- The Negotiations between Sudan's transitional government and the Sudan People's liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu, will resume in Juba tomorrow after a 24-hours break requested by the...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:12:15 GMT
Winter Is Coming
[Ethiopian Herald] The second filling phase of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is set to start from around July. This, a much anticipated and hence inevitable filling of the dam's reservoir, is also ushered by military maneuver ever seen i...

Mon, 31 May 2021 16:29:04 GMT
$23.6 M Global Initiative to Support Sudan's National Parks, Ecotourism
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Key national parks in Sudan are to receive increased protection and support for improved management, local communities, and ecotourism. The $23.6 million initiative is to be finance by the Global Environmental Facility and...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:56 GMT
Fatou Bensouda - 'Ali Kushayb Is the First, but Not the Last, to Face ICC for Darfur War Crimes
[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher -- The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, has begun a two-day visit to Darfur in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, meeting with the Wali (governor) of the state, as well as representative...

Mon, 31 May 2021 12:29:35 GMT
Sudan Govt - SPLM-N Negotiations Resume in Juba
[Radio Dabanga] Juba -- Negotiations between Sudan's transitional government and the Sudan People's liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu, resumed today in Juba, capital of South Sudan. The government delegation...

Mon, 31 May 2021 08:59:52 GMT
Weekly Press Columns Digest
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Press columns the last week focused at length on three issues.

Mon, 31 May 2021 08:46:37 GMT
Activist Wadakar Killed By Sinful, Dubious Hands
[SudaNow] On Wednesday the revolution's activists bade farewell to their fellow Mohammad Ismael, known widely by his nickname Wadakar, after he was killed by the treacherous hands that used to kill youths active in the revolution, to silence their bi...

Mon, 31 May 2021 08:35:20 GMT
U.S.$23.6 Million Initiative to Improve Protection for National Parks
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Ahead of World Environment Day, a US$23.6m initiative to improve protection for three national parks in Sudan has been announced by the Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR), the Ministry of Finance & Econ...

Mon, 31 May 2021 07:43:49 GMT
Angry Protests Follow Deadly West Darfur Market Attack
[Radio Dabanga] Foro Baranga -- One person died and five others were seriously injured after a group of armed men opened fire in the market of Foro Baranga in West Darfur on Saturday morning. Witnesses report that Ammar Abdelmajid (25) was killed in ...

Mon, 31 May 2021 07:43:44 GMT
Darfur Displaced Renew Call to Hand Remaining War Crimes Indictees to ICC
[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher -- The General Coordination of the Displaced and Refugee Camps have renewed their demand for the transitional government to hand over the rest of those indicted for Darfur crimes to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Th...

Mon, 31 May 2021 07:26:07 GMT
French Couronnes Public Library Displays Sudanese Novels for Reading
[SudaNow] Paris, France -- The French Couronnes public library has decided to display five Sudanese novels as part of its reading proposals.

Mon, 31 May 2021 07:21:27 GMT
Sudan Govt, SPLM-N Delegations Adjourn to Consider Draft Agreement
[Radio Dabanga] Juba -- The mediation in the South Sudan capital of Juba, has adjourned the negotiations between the Sudanese transitional government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North led by Abdelaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu) until Mon...

Fri, 28 May 2021 15:01:08 GMT
OCHA -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 GMT
UNITAMS 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...



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