Sudan
Sat, 14 May 2022 16:23:38 GMTAfrican Union's 'Panel of the Wise' Faces Obstacles in Bringing Peace
[ISS] Members are expected to help reduce conflict but confront the same structural obstacles that hobbled previous panels.
Fri, 13 May 2022 12:32:36 GMTMysterious Injuries During Yesterday's Marches of the Millions in Sudan
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Port Sudan -- Sudanese people went out in massive processions and demonstrations in Khartoum and a number of other cities in the country yesterday as part of the Marches of Millions called by the resistance committees against mil...
Fri, 13 May 2022 12:32:38 GMTTwo Sudanese Die in Hospital As Doctors and Other Govt Employees Are On Strike
[Dabanga] Um Rawaba -- Two women died in a hospital in Um Rawaba in North Kordofan on Wednesday as doctors are on strike alongside all other employees of government departments in the town. Um Rawaba witnesses a complete closure of government departm...
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:28:34 GMTWali - Zero Basic Services in Sudan's Blue Nile State
[Dabanga] ED Damazin / El Roseires -- The Wali (governor) of Sudan's Blue Nile state, says that basic services across the region have ground to a halt in all localities, except for El Roseires and the state capital Ed Damazin.
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:28:31 GMTUNITAMS Delegation to Asses Situation in North Darfur After UNAMID Withdrawal
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- A high-level delegation of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), headed by the Deputy Head of the mission, arrived in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher on Wednesday. The Wali (gover...
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:00:24 GMTResistance Committees Endorse Charter for Establishment of People's Authority
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Khartoum State's Resistance Committees endorsed on Wednesday evening the Charter for the Establishment of People's Authority aiming at overthrowing the October 25 military coup and outlying the main features and structures of a ...
Wed, 11 May 2022 12:27:10 GMTInternational Activists Call for 'Targeted U.S. Sanctions On Coup Leaders'
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Washington -- A diverse phalanx of 108 international and Sudanese organisations, as well as figures active in defending human rights, have addressed an open letter to the White House in Washington, urging that the US administrati...
Sat, 14 May 2022 14:08:16 GMTDarfur Displacement Soars As Peace Deal Falters
[The New Humanitarian] Khartoum -- A recent wave of mass killings in Sudan's western Darfur region has underscored the limitations of a peace deal supposed to address the violence, while raising fears of a wider escalation in conflict as the number o...
Thu, 12 May 2022 07:40:38 GMTHemeti 'Astonished' As Sudan Opposition Groups Eschew AU-IGAD-UN Dialogue
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Vice President of the Sovereignty Council, Mohamed Dagalo 'Hemeti', says that he met with a number of leaders of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) last week, and expressed his astonishment at their refusal to enter int...
Thu, 12 May 2022 07:40:36 GMTBeleaguered Sudan Pound Sees North Darfur Fuel Price Soar
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The official rate of the US Dollar maintained its level at SDG 445.39 for purchase and SDG 448.73 for sale on Monday, according to the website of the Central Bank of Sudan. The price of the Dollar fell slightly on the parallel m...
Wed, 11 May 2022 07:39:09 GMTAU-IGAD-UN Mechanism Warns of Unofficial Reports On Sudan Talks
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), African Union, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) trilateral mechanism, that is commencing talks between a wide spectrum of Sudanese ...
Wed, 11 May 2022 07:22:44 GMTAriab Gold Production Company Closed By Beja Protesters
[Dabanga] Hassai / Port Sudan -- Protesters in Red Sea state closed the gates of the Ariab gold production company grounds in Hassai yesterday morning in protest against what they consider the targeting of the deputy general manager of the company, M...
Tue, 10 May 2022 12:33:58 GMTSudan Authorities Release 17 Political Detainees, 70 Still Held
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The authorities in Khartoum released 17 political detainees yesterday, mainly from Soba prison, while more than 70 detainees are still being held. The two teenagers detained on charges of killing a police officer are still subje...
Tue, 10 May 2022 12:33:56 GMTSecurity Situation in West Darfur Still Worrying As Violent Robberies, Also By Regular Armed Forces, Continue
[Dabanga] Kereinik / Saraf Omra -- A group of gunmen robbed passengers of a transport vehicle carrying goods in the Hashaba area, four kilometres west of Kereinik in West Darfur, yesterday morning. In Saraf Omra, a man was shot in a robbery by member...
Tue, 10 May 2022 07:57:36 GMTEnvironmentalist Warns of 'Frightening and Dangerous Results' of Traditional Mining
[Dabanga] Atbara / Berber -- An activist in the field of environmental protection in Sudan's River Nile state, Abdelazim El Badawi, has warned of the environmental damage, and serious public health problems, that have befallen the areas between the c...
Tue, 10 May 2022 07:57:33 GMTNorth Darfur Farmers Warned of Predicted Summer Locust Scourge
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Livestock in North Darfur has warned that widespread locust swarms are expected with the onset of the upcoming rainy season, which may cause such damage to crops as to endanger the ent...
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:59:09 GMTTransparency and Policy Tracker - 'What Happens in Darfur Doesn't Stay in Darfur'
[Dabanga] El Geneina / Kereinik -- The wave of recent violence in West Darfur has left many shocked observers asking: who was involved in the mass atrocities that occurred, and what are the drivers of the violence and its root causes? In what ways do...
Tue, 10 May 2022 06:44:26 GMTUnited States Support for the Sudanese Tripartite Political Process
[State Department] The United States reiterates its strong support for the combined efforts of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), the African Union (AU), and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development ...
Tue, 10 May 2022 07:26:51 GMTGambia-Sudan Afcon Qualifier Game to Be Played in Thies
[The Point] The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) has confirmed on a post on its official Facebook page that Gambia's 2023 Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations home leg qualifier against South Sudan will be played on Saturday 4th June, 2022 at the Sta...
Mon, 09 May 2022 08:27:24 GMTSeminar to Nationals in Juba and Its Environs
[Shabait] Asmara, 08 May 2022 - The Presidential Advisor and Head of Political Affairs of the PFDJ, Mr. Yemane Gebreab conducted a seminar to nationals in Juba and its environs, South Sudan focusing on the objective situation in the homeland and regi...
Mon, 09 May 2022 08:26:54 GMTYouth Tour Continental Sudan Using Bicycles
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Would any one reinvent the bicycle? Well in Sudan youth are nowadays inventing fresh ways to use it. For the young generations in the country, many are the towns that are waiting for them to discover, relish the beauties, enjoy ...
Mon, 09 May 2022 08:26:28 GMTSouth Darfur - Military in Hunt for Kalma Camp Killers
[Dabanga] Nyala -- The South Darfur State Security Committee has announced the formation of an emergency room, after three civilians were killed and other injured when gunmen opened fire in Kalma camp for the displaced, near the South Darfur capital ...
Mon, 09 May 2022 08:21:37 GMTGreat Actress Fatahia Mohamed Ahmed Passes Away
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Sudanese theatre and drama performance has lost one of its major pillars who succumb to death following a courageous battle with illness: actress Fatahia Mohamed Ahmed passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday i...
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:57:55 GMTEducation Resumes in North Darfur
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- Idris Mohamed Abdallah, the Director-General of the Ministry of Education in North Darfur, announced the resumption of studies in all schools in the state as of next Sunday, with exams to start for all education levels during t...
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:57:25 GMTMan Killed in North Darfur Robbery
[Dabanga] El Sareif Beni Hussein -- El Shazly Hassan Yagoub (33 years old) was shot dead while driving his rickshaw on the road between El Sareif Beni Hussein and Jebel Amer, a gold mining area in El Sareif Beni Hussein locality, North Darfur, on Wed...
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:57:00 GMT4 Children Injured in Explosion - Violence and Insecurity Persist After 'Genocide' Attacks in West Darfur
[Dabanga] Kereinik / Khartoum -- Four children between the ages of 9 and 14 were seriously injured when an unexploded ordnance (UXO) detonated in Kereinik, West Darfur. The exploded device was a remnant of the attacks on Kereinik last month, which ar...
Fri, 06 May 2022 12:28:38 GMTResidents and Displaced Demand Security During Agricultural Season
[Dabanga] Gireida -- Residents and internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Gereida in South Darfur have demanded the governor of the state to extend security measures and protect the agricultural season. The South Darfur Wali (governor) visited the ar...
Thu, 05 May 2022 12:53:33 GMTWest Kordofan - Nine Deaths, 46 Suspected Cases of Measles
[Dabanga] West Kordofan -- The Ministry of Health in West Kordofan state announced nine deaths as a result of the measles, and a further 46 cases that may have emerged. Sources indicated that the measles cases may have originated from a South Sudanes...
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:59:47 GMTAt Least Eight Dead, Five Missing in Darfur Mine Collapse
[Dabanga] Zalingei -- At least eight miners were killed in the collapse of four mining shafts in the Karakil mine, north of Zalingei in Central Darfur, on Sunday.
Thu, 05 May 2022 12:53:35 GMTSudan Resistance Committees Coordinate Republican Palace March
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Resistance committees in Sudan's Khartoum state will march towards the Republican Palace today, to demand the overthrow of the coup and the removal of the military from the political process.