Sudan
Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:19:23 GMTSudan - Mistrust Deepens Following Military Takeover
[UN News] In the wake of the 25 October military takeover in Sudan, discussions on the way forward are underway but restoring trust will be a challenge, the top UN official in the country, Volker Perthes, told the Security Council on Friday.
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:55:40 GMTSchools Closed in El Gedaref As Covid-19 Cases and Deaths Are On the Rise
[Radio Dabanga] El Gedaref -- The El Gedaref state government announced the closure of schools for a period of two weeks starting yesterday, Thursday, after ab increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths.
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:47:09 GMTRenewed Attacks On Darfur Villages Leave 25 Dead, Thousands Displaced
[Radio Dabanga] Jebel Moon / Kereinik / El Fasher -- At least 21 people were killed and six others were wounded yesterday in attacks on villages in Jebel Moon in West Darfur. Thousands fled their homes. In North Darfur, four people died in raids on a...
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:47:08 GMTGen El Burhan Warns Foreign Diplomats Against Interference in Sudan Affairs
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has accused foreign ambassadors and diplomatic missions, whom he did not name, of "moving and incit...
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:47:05 GMTSudan Analyst - Three Scenarios for Post-Coup Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Dabanga Sudan -- Following the military coup d'état on October 25, and the signing of the political agreement between Gen El Burhan and PM Abdullah Hamdok on November 21, Sudan faces three possible scenarios, namely, continuation of ...
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:47:01 GMTDeath Toll Mounts After West Kordofan Tribal Clashes
[Radio Dabanga] En Nahud -- En Nahud locality in West Kordofan is still counting the human and material cost of bloody clashes that erupted between components of the Humur tribe on Sunday, in the villages of Nabelet, Um Habila, Um Sabagha, and El Jak...
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:11:52 GMT♦ Sudan - This Week's News in Brief ♦
[Radio Dabanga] Dabanga Sudan -- A compact digest of the past week's most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan. Subscribe to receive this digest weekly in your inbox.
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:54:26 GMTSudan Analyst - El Burhan-Hamdok Agreement 'An Intermediate Stage to Avoid Bloodshed, International Isolation'
[Radio Dabanga] Radio Dabanga -- The controversial political agreement signed on November 21 by Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, leader of the military junta that seized power in Sudan in a coup d'état on October 25, and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Ha...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:40:55 GMTUNITAMS Head to Report to UN Security Council On Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Sudan (SRSG) and head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission In Sudan (UNITAMS), says that he will travel to New York to...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:40:52 GMTGen El Burhan to Sue AFP for 'Lying and Fabrication'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The office of the President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, and leader of the military junta that seized power in Sudan in a coup d'état on October 25, Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has filed a formal legal complain...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:40:49 GMTFive People Killed, Two Girls Raped As Insecurity Continues in North Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher / Shangil Tobaya / Tawila -- At least five people were killed and two girls were gang-raped in separate incidents in the area south of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, in the past two days. The Joint High Council for Secu...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:20:01 GMTUNITAMS Head Meets Khartoum Resistance Committees
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Sudan (SRSG), Volker Perthes, welcomed a group of representatives of the local Resistance Committees in Khartoum to the Headquarters of United N...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:19:56 GMTRussian Defence Delegation to Renew Ties With Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Port Sudan / Moscow -- The Russian Defence Ministry's International Cooperation Directorate is preparing a visit to Sudan in a bid to renew ties with Khartoum, despite Sudan's relative isolation within the international com...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:43:17 GMTMany Injured, Detained in Renewed Demos Across Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gedaref / Sennar / El Daein / Nyala -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Khartoum and other cities across Sudan on Monday to express their rejection of the military coup d'état of October 25, and the su...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:43:14 GMT15 Killed in West Kordofan Tribal Strife
[Radio Dabanga] El Nahud -- At least 15 people have died and dozens more wounded in clashes that erupted between components of the Humur tribe in El Nahud locality in West Kordofan, on Sunday. The state government has deployed forces to stabilise the...
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:43:09 GMTWest Darfur Violence Claims 48 Lives
[Radio Dabanga] Kereinek -- The initial death toll following an attack by armed men on Kereinek in West Darfur on Sunday has risen to 48, according to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors. The dead were killed with live ammunition. The doctors say ...
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 06:42:43 GMTClashes Displace Thousands in Darfur, Where 6.2 Million People Will Need Assistance Next Year
[UN News] With escalating violence displacing thousands of people since November, the humanitarian situation in Sudan's Darfur is getting worse and around 6.2 million people will need humanitarian assistance next year, UN agencies reported on Tuesday...
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:33:54 GMTThousands Protest Sudan's October Coup
[VOA] Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators rallied in the capital, Khartoum, and other parts of the country Monday to protest the country's October military coup.
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:36:31 GMTDozens Killed in Renewed West Darfur Clashes
[VOA] Khartoum, Sudan -- Inter-communal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs left at least 30 people dead and 40 others injured in Sudan's West Darfur state on Sunday, according to eyewitnesses and officials.
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:25:43 GMTPolice Fire Teargas As Thousands Protest in Khartoum
[RFI] Sudanese police fired tear gas Monday as thousands of protesters rallied against the military-dominated government near the presidential palace in Khartoum.
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:15:10 GMTCamp Burns in Deadly West Darfur Attack
[Radio Dabanga] Kereinek -- An as yet unknown number of people have been killed and two others were injured as a result of and attack launched by armed men on Kereinek in West Darfur on Sunday. People from Kereinek said that the attackers surrounded ...
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:14:29 GMTSignatories - 'Eastern Sudan Track On Course'
[Radio Dabanga] Port Sudan -- The leaders who signed the Eastern Sudan Track in the Juba Peace Agreement and the High Native Administration Council in in eastern Sudan announced, in two separate statements, confirmed their adherence to the implementa...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:18:07 GMTSudan Mourns Death of Singing Genus, Kabli
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- A hospital in the U.S State of Michigan on Thursday saw the death of Sudan's singing icon, integrative artist and poet Abdelkareem Alkabli, who passed aged 89.
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:04:56 GMTWeekly Press Columns Digest
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Following is a review of some press commentaries and columns that tackled the week's most outstanding events. The selected articles have dwelt on the progress of the "Political Agreement" signed by Chairman of the Sovereignty Co...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:03:36 GMT"This Is Not a Coup" - Hamdok Must Resign
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Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:28:20 GMTTwo Farmers Killed As West Darfur's Jebel Moon Attacks Continue
[Radio Dabanga] Jebel Moon -- In West Darfur, two state government employees were killed on Wednesday evening in yet another armed attack in the Jebel Moon area.
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:28:01 GMTCovid-19 Cases On the Rise in Sudan, School Closures Considered
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Sennar / El Geneina -- The Sudanese Ministry of Health announced 10 deaths and 68 newly conrirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. A school closure is considered in Sennar and West Darfur doctors warned that they are not rea...
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:27:39 GMTTribal Clashes Break Out in the Nuba Mountains, Killing Dozens
[Radio Dabanga] Abu Jubeiha -- Tribal clashes broke out in Abu Jubeiha in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan on Wednesday. The clashes led to dozens of deaths and injuries at the market and in the western parts of town. An unknown number of houses ...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:06:51 GMTProtests After Farmers Are Murdered in South Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Mershing -- Four farmers and a herder were killed in Mershing, South Darfur two days ago, on Wednesday. In response, the area witnessed widespread protests, road closure, and calls for a further sit-in to protest the events.
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:06:48 GMTUndersecretaries to Temporarily Run Sudan Ministries
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- On Wednesday 1 December, Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok issued Decree No 616 for 2021, by which he assigned undersecretaries to run the 20 federal ministries until new, technocrat ministers have been selected.