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Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:27:10 GMTDemonstrator Shot Dead As Mass Marches Persist Across Sudan
[Dabanga] Sudan -- Mass demonstrations erupted in Khartoum and about 20 cities and towns across Sudan yesterday, in response to the call of the resistance committees for the January 30 March of Millions, rejecting the coup and demanding full civilian...
Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:29:02 GMTMan 'Disappeared' After Unscheduled Plane Landing
[HRW] Beirut -- Whereabouts Unknown; at Risk of Torture
Sat, 29 Jan 2022 06:45:17 GMTCovid-19 Response in Sudan - the Pandemic Vs. the Politics
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Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:05:10 GMTSudanese Protesters Insist On End to Military Rule
[CFR] Sudanese pro-democracy protesters have been more resolute in calling for an unconditional end to military rule than many Western democracies, which have been all too willing to condone a return to the status quo ante.
Sat, 29 Jan 2022 07:19:30 GMTSudan's Political Impasse
[Crisis Group] Sudan has been at a political impasse since a military coup in October removed the civilian-led government that had been leading the country's transition since the toppling of Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Attempts at wrangling a new power-s...
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:14:37 GMTU.S. Official - 'Excessive Violence Against Demos Will Not Pass Without Consequences'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee expressed her strong dissatisfaction with the continued use of excessive violence against peaceful demonstrators by the Sudanese military.
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:14:36 GMTDarfur Lawyers Decry Detentions in Sudan
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Kaduli -- The Darfur Bar Association and its partners condemned the detention of Badreldin Siddig, lawyer and member of the resistance committee active in the Sheikh Abu Zeid neighbourhood adjacent to the Libya Market in Omdurman...
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:14:34 GMT♦ Sudan - This Week's News in Brief ♦
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Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:14:31 GMTDemo Deaths Prompt Outrage in Sudan and Abroad
[Dabanga] Wad Madani / Atbara -- Renewed protest marches took place in various locations in Sudan on Tuesday, after three protesters were killed and 30-40 injured when security forces opened fire during the March of Millions on Monday. International ...
Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:26:23 GMTProtesters Accused of Killing Policeman Tortured in Detention
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Protesters Mohamed Adam (17) and Mohamed El Fateh (18) who were detained on January 14 on charges of killing a police officer, have been subjected to severe beatings and electric shocks.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:49:31 GMTWomen's Rights Leader Detained in Sudan Capital
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The head of Sudan's No to Oppression of Women initiative, Amira Osman, was detained during a midnight raid by security forces on her home in Khartoum in the early hours of Sunday morning. Her detention has prompted condemnation ...
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:49:53 GMTNew Protest Marches Called Across Sudan Today
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The resistance committees in Khartoum and the other states of Sudan have called on people across the country to take to the streets in a maintained campaign of protests and renewed Marches of the Millions across Sudan today in r...
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:28:32 GMTSudan's Political Polarisation
[New Frame] The African nation celebrated 66 years of independence from British rule on 1 January, but it has been stuck in an endless cycle of coups, dictatorships, revolutions and transitions.
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:02:10 GMTEthiopia's Abiy Calls On Sudan, Egypt to Nurture GERD 'Narrative Towards Building Peace'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called on Sudan and Egypt "to nurture the narrative towards building peace, cooperation, mutual co-existence and development of all our people without harming one another."
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 05:53:19 GMTU.S. Won't Resume Aid Without Civilian Government
[DW] Washington has pressured Sudan to end violence against anti-coup protesters and restore a civilian-led government. Demonstrators, judges and prosecutors have condemned a crackdown on protesters.
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:39:08 GMTICC Prosecutor - 'No Tangible Accountability or Justice for Darfur's People After 17 Years'
[Dabanga] New York -- ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has expressed his frustration that 17 years have now elapsed without any tangible accountability or justice for Darfur's people. In the 34th report to the UN Security Council (UNSC) by the ICC on ...
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:39:10 GMT'No U.S. Aid to Sudan Until Civilian Govt Restored'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, who are currently visiting Sudan, have strongly condemned the use of disproportionate force against protestors, and stressed t...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:39:07 GMT♦ Sudan - This Week's News in Brief ♦
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Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:03:08 GMTEl Burhan Orders an Investigation Into Sudan 'January 17 Massacre'
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Wad Madani -- Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, Commander-in-chief of the Sudan Armed Forces and head of the Sovereignty Council, decided on Tuesday to form a fact-finding committee that will investigate the violence used against protes...
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:02:56 GMTAttacks in Darfur and Chad Leave Three Dead, More Than 40 Injured
[Dabanga] Seleia / El Fasher / Mukjar / Mile -- Three men were killed and 20 people were injured in Darfur last weekend. In eastern Chad, 21 women refugees from Darfur were attacked with knives.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 04:27:08 GMTEgypt Down Sudan to Join Nigeria In AFCON'S Knockout Stage
[CAF] Mohamed Abdelmoneim El Sayed scored the only goal to secure Egypt a 1-0 victory over Sudan to confirm their place in the knockout stages of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:03:12 GMTNuba Fear South Kordofan Will Become 'A Second Darfur'
[Dabanga] Dalami / Abbasiya -- A farmer and a guard were killed in two separate incidents in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, last week. Two policemen and four civilians were wounded in firefights and armed robberies. Many Nuba fear that South Kor...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:59:11 GMTGrave Violations Against Children in Sudan Must Stop
[Unicef] "Over 120 grave violations against children have been verified across Sudan since the military coup on 25 October last year.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:03:04 GMTSudan Mourns Killed Protesters, Enters Two-Day 'Comprehensive Strike'
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Northern State / Sennar / El Gedaref -- Anger and sadness prevailed throughout Sudan after seven demonstrators were killed and more than 100 were wounded during the March of Millions on Monday. The country witnessed an overall qu...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:53:01 GMTMilitary Arrests, Assaults Journalists Covering Protests
[CPJ] New York -- Sudanese authorities must immediately release all detained journalists and stop arresting and assaulting members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:44:00 GMTUN Calls for Restraint As Sudanese Security Forces Kill Seven More Protesters
[RFI] Sudanese forces opened fire on demonstrators Monday, killing seven people, making it one of the bloodiest in a string of protests following a military coup in October.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:41:44 GMTNigeria Complete Clean Sweep of Group D As Egypt Beat Sudan to Take Second Place
[RFI] Nigeria and Egypt claimed the last-16 places from Group D on Wednesday night with wins over Guinea Bissau and Sudan respectively.
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:08:31 GMTSudanese Hold Gloomy Views On the Economy and the Country's Direction, Afrobarometer Survey Shows
[Afrobarometer] Large majorities of Sudanese see the country as headed in the wrong direction and describe both the national economy and their personal living conditions as bad, according to the latest Afrobarometer survey.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:04:23 GMTEU - Appeals to Sudan Junta for Restraint 'Fall On Deaf Ears'
[Dabanga] Brussels -- Following the killing of at least seven demonstrators, and injury to more than 100 others, by security forces suppressing the January 17 March of Millions in Khartoum, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Af...
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:04:21 GMTJournalists Network - 'Stop Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese Journalists Network has made an "urgent call for an international solidarity campaign to stop the crimes against humanity committed by military forces and militias in Sudan".