Sudan
Sun, 22 May 2022 20:23:10 GMTKhartoum and Juba Hold Talks On Cooperation in Petroleum Field
[SNA] Khartoum -- Joint talks between Khartoum and Juba began today in Khartoum to develop joint cooperation in the field of petroleum, discuss technical and financial arrangements, increase oil production and the challenges that faced implementation...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:30:59 GMTSudan-Ethiopia Border Crossing Between Galabat and Metema Remains Closed After Shifta Killings
[Dabanga] Galabat -- The crossing between Sudan and Ethiopia between Galabat in El Gedaref and Metema in northern Ethiopia remains closed for the second day, after the killing of three Sudanese within days by Ethiopian gunmen (called shifta in the re...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:30:57 GMTCoup Authorities Release Leading Sudan Communists
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Communist Party of Sudan (CPoS) has confirmed that security authorities in Khartoum released its political secretary Mohamed Mukhtar El Khateeb, and central committee member Saleh Mahmoud, who were detained on Thursday after...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:30:55 GMTSudan Doctors - Gunshot Wounds Among 125 Protesters Injured in Marches of the Millions
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) has confirmed that 125 people were injured during the violent suppression by security forces of the May 19 Marches of the Millions in Khartoum.
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:32:03 GMTJune 3 Massacre Investigation Committee Forced to Suspend Its Activities
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Nabil Adib, head of the independent investigation committee researching the violent break-up of the sit-in in front of the army command in Khartoum on June 3, 2019, announced that the committee's work has been suspended. He said...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:31:44 GMTHealth System Plagued By Corruption - Former Official
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The former director of the Development and Projects Department at the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Nugud, warned that the health institutions in the country are plagued by extensive corruption.
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:30:37 GMTProtesters Face Heavy Violence in Sudan's Marches of the Millions
[Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gedaref / Atbara -- Thousands of people took to the streets of Khartoum yesterday as part of the May 19 Marches of the Millions, called for by the resistance committees with a plan to head to the Republican Palace in the city ...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:29:56 GMTCommunist Party Members Arrested After Visit to Kordofan
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Juba / Kauda -- Two leading members of the Communist Party of Sudan (CPoS) were detained in Khartoum yesterday after their return from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, earlier that day. They had visited South Kordofan to talk to...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:20:12 GMTEthio-Sudan Border Dispute: Manageable or Time Bomb?
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- On 22 December 2020, about six weeks after the start of the civil war in Tigray regional state, Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave a statement assuring Ethiopians and the inter...
Fri, 20 May 2022 08:51:01 GMTThree Killed, Five Wounded in Agricultural Protests
[Dabanga] Sennar -- Three people were shot dead, and five others were wounded by coup forces during a protest in the Abu Nama area in Sennar state, yesterday.
Fri, 20 May 2022 08:50:59 GMTSudan Timeline January - March 2022 - Political Turmoil, Lawlessness As Attempts to Revive Democratic Transition Collapse
[Dabanga] Dabanga Sudan -- The first days of 2022 saw the final collapse of the already tenuous political agreement that reinstated Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok after a period of house arrest following the military coup d'état of October 2...
Fri, 20 May 2022 08:50:58 GMTSudan Communists Snub AU-IGAD-UN Summons
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Members of the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) declined the invitation to talk with the trilateral mechanism of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), African Union (AU), and the Intergove...
Thu, 19 May 2022 07:59:38 GMTActivists Held in New Detention Campaign
[Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gezira -- Sudan's Emergency Lawyers reported that the authorities launched an extensive detention campaign against activists in Khartoum and El Gezira on Thursday last week. On Monday, more people were detained, most of them i...
Thu, 19 May 2022 07:59:46 GMTOCHA - 56k Displaced By Community Conflicts in Darfur, Kordofan
[Dabanga] Darfur / Kordofan -- The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan reports that 56,000 people have been displaced due to the recent conflict between local communities in West Darfur, South Darfur, and South Kordofan.
Thu, 19 May 2022 07:59:44 GMTPopular Actor Slain in West Darfur Home Robbery
[Dabanga] El Geneina -- Suspects have been arrested by police in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, after popular theatre actor/playwright Mohamed Yousef, known as Endokai, died in a knife attack during an apparent home robbery this week.
Thu, 19 May 2022 07:59:44 GMTDarfuri Refugees in Chad - 'Spate of Armed Robberies Ends Year of Relative Stability'
[Dabanga] Gaga Camp -- Sudanese (mainly Darfuri) refugees in Gaga camp in eastern Chad, complain of increasing insecurity and armed robberies around and inside the camp.
Thu, 19 May 2022 07:59:41 GMTSudanese Farmers Killed By Ethiopian 'Shifta' in Cross Border Attack
[Dabanga] Galabat -- Two Sudanese farmers were killed and another wounded in an attack by Ethiopian gunmen (called shifta in the region) near Galabat in eastern Sudan on Monday. Sources from Galabat in El Gedaref report that the attack resulted in th...
Thu, 19 May 2022 07:59:10 GMTSUNA - The Unfortunate Eclipse of Yet Another Encyclopedic Pyramid
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Dr. Yahya El-Hassan Babikir passed away on Saturday night, peacefully. Peaceful but radiating, was his presence in SUNA (1980-2005) and the English speaking media in the Sudan.
Wed, 18 May 2022 07:36:07 GMTRole of Cultural Heritage in Realizing Peace and Stability
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Heritage is the mirror of nations that reflects identity and authenticity of each culture.
Wed, 18 May 2022 07:31:16 GMTConsumer Protection Association Calls Attention to Electricity and Oil Issues
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Port Sudan -- The Consumer Protection Association joined a group of organisations and individuals who filed an official complaint in Khartoum against the doubling of the electricity tariffs for household consumption since April a...
Wed, 18 May 2022 07:31:13 GMTLawlessness in Sudan's Nuba Mountains - At Least Three Killed in April
[Dabanga] Kadugli / Abu Kershola / Abu Jubeiha / Rashad -- Lawlessness and insecurity continue in South Kordofan's Nuba Mountains according to new reports by the Human Rights and Development Organisation (HUDO). At least three people were killed by a...
Tue, 17 May 2022 13:20:54 GMTCentral Darfur Witnesses a Violent Weekend
[Dabanga] Zalingei / Mukjar -- Central Darfur witnessed a violent weekend with deadly robberies and the forced release of a murder suspect. In Zalingei, a university student was shot dead during a robbery attempt and gunmen forced police to release a...
Tue, 17 May 2022 13:20:53 GMT12 Injured During Sudan Anti-Coup Demos, Disabled Person Imprisoned
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Khartoum North / Omdurman -- The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said that it counted 12 injuries during the May 14 anti-coup demonstrations, of which seven in Khartoum and five in Khartoum North (Bahri). The finding...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:29:09 GMTLawyers - Date Set for Trial of Accused in Policeman's Murder
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The defence team of those accused of killing of Brigadier Ali Bereima during the January 13 Marches of the Millions in Khartoum, confirm that the case file has been transferred to the court, with the first court session schedule...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:28:39 GMTArmed Robbery, Security Tensions in North, South, and Central Darfur
[Dabanga] Tawila / Mukjar / Mershing -- Security forces in North Darfur have killed one suspect, wounded another, and arrested a third, after the armed robbery of passengers in two vehicles heading for Tawila market on Saturday. At least three civili...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:28:07 GMTMinisters - 'Sudan's Archaeological Map to Be Updeated'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Social and Cultural Development Sector of Sudan's Council of Ministers has stressed the need to complete the country's archaeological map, by focusing on areas that have not previously been subject to archaeological attentio...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:27:45 GMTEnvironmental Protest Shuts East Darfur Oilfield for 7th Day
[Dabanga] Abu Jabra -- Protestors have maintained a blockade of the Abu Jabra oil field in East Darfur, which has shut the facility for the last week, in protest against alleged chemical pollution.
Mon, 16 May 2022 13:46:56 GMTAU-IGAD-UN Trilateral Mechanism Holds 'Indirect Talks' With Sudan Opposition and Women's Groups
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), African Union, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) trilateral mechanism, has held meetings with several Sudanese stakeholders, inc...
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:27:14 GMTMinistry - 2022 Livestock Exports Top U.S.$83 Million
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Port Sudan -- Sudan's Ministry of Animal Resources has announced the export of nearly 20,000 head of livestock to Saudi Arabia over the past five days, with an immunity rate ranging from 71 to 100 per cent.
Mon, 23 May 2022 07:25:20 GMT30+ Shops Laid Waste in North Darfur Market Fire
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- More than 30 shops were destroyed in a massive fire that broke out in the main market of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur this morning.