Sudan
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:50:38 GMTRelative Calm in Blue Nile Region, but Humanitarian Situation Deteriorates
[Dabanga] Wad El Mahi / El Roseires -- There is currently a "relative though tense calm" in the Blue Nile region but, amidst the chaos and uncertainty, not all bodies have been buried yet. The humanitarian situation has also deteriorated as displaced...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:50:28 GMT350 Darfuris Illegally Detained in Prisons Throughout the Country
[Dabanga] Khartoum / El Fasher -- The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) announced that 350 Darfuris are illegally detained in prisons throughout Sudan. This figure includes 12 minors. All were detained without any legal justification, mostly by infamous t...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:48:14 GMTPipeline Sabotage in Kordofan Shuts Sudan Oil Refinery
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Kharasana -- A major section of the Khartoum Petroleum Refinery that processes Nile Blend crude oil has been shut down after sabotage to the pipeline in the area of Kharasana in Keilak, West Kordofan. The closure has prompted fea...
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:17:04 GMTAnti-Junta Demos Thwarted By Tear Gas and Bridge Closures
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman / Port Sudan / El Gedaref / El -- Thousands of people demonstrated in Khartoum and various other places in Sudan on Sunday, in response to the calls of the resistance committees for new Marches of Millions to demand an e...
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:12:41 GMTCrops Threatened By Pests, Prices, and Herders
[Dabanga] Kadugli / Bindisi -- Groundnut and sesame crop harvests in South Kordofan are under "major threat" said a minister of the state government in an interview with Radio Dabanga. In Central Darfur, livestock is being released early on agricultu...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:17:52 GMTDisplaced Darfuris Appeal to Authorities for Protection and Aid
[Dabanga] Farchana / Tina -- Eleven Darfuri were injured in Farchana refugee camp in eastern Chad in two attacks during the past week. In neighbouring North Darfur, more than 500 families in the Tina camp for displaced people near Karnoi are in a "di...
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:16:45 GMTResidents Protest Mining Company Activities in Rivel Nile State
[Dabanga] El Fida -- The sit-in in Abu Hamad, River Nile state, to demand the expulsion of mining companies from the area of El Fida, continued yesterday for the sixth day.
Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:11:16 GMTNine Arrested, Art Confiscated and Destroyed in Sudan Exhibition Raid
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's police force raided an exhibition at an art gallery in the El Zuhoor neigbourhood in Khartoum on October 20, resulting in the arrests of nine guests, several art pieces being confiscated, and one destroyed in the process...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:17:22 GMTActivist Wajdi Saleh and FFC Face Further 'Political Targeting'
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Zalingei -- The family of activist and outspoken opponent to the ousted Al Bashir regime, Wajdi Saleh, stated that the prosecution's handling of his court case is a farce, and simply a means of "political targeting".
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:42:04 GMTSpontaneous Marches of the Millions to Denounce Police Repression
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman / Khartoum North -- The resistance committees in Khartoum North (Bahri), Omdurman, and various neighbourhoods in Khartoum organised unscheduled protest marches to the Republican Palace yesterday to topple the coup regime...
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:42:12 GMTEconomists Blame Military Junta for Economic Woes
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The October 25, 2021, military coup and the close relationships between military companies and Sudanese businessmen are the root causes of Sudan's current economic crisis, economic experts Khaled Mohamed Ahmed and Abdelrahman Ei...
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:42:29 GMTAnger Over Police Statement on Protesters
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- After the mass demonstrations on October 25, marking the first anniversary of the 2021 military coup, the Sudanese Police Force issued a statement calling the pro-democracy protesters "trained forces with armed military formatio...
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:19:40 GMTImmunity From Prosecution Point of Contention in Sudan's FFC-Military Agreement Dialogue
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The most prominent points of contention between the mainstream Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC) and the military junta are the military's request for guarantees of immunity from prosecution for the abuses a...
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:52:51 GMTLawyers - 'Slain Protester Shot in Head Then Ran Over'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese Emergency Lawyers stated that the autopsy report following the death of protester Qasim Abdelwahab (19) on Tuesday's March of the Millions, proves that he was killed by a gunshot wound to the head and chest.
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:04:14 GMTAnti-Junta Demos Face Brutal Resistance
[Dabanga] Sudan / Darfur / El Gezira / Kassala / Kordofan / -- At least one demonstrator has died as hundreds of thousands of Sudanese took to the streets across nine states yesterday, to mark the anniversary of the dawn coup d'état of October 25, 2...
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:00:53 GMTIn Black and White - the Fears, Hopes and Dreams of Sudan's Embattled Fur
[RFI] Many villagers of the Fur - the largest tribe in the Marra mountains of Darfur, western Sudan - have taken refuge in this rugged natural fortress controlled by the Sudan Liberation Army. The country's last pocket of armed rebellion has been tar...
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:05:14 GMTJustice for Protesters Against Coup, Key to Ending Cycle of Violence
[UN News] UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday demanded real accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown on peaceful protests against the October 2021 military coup in Sudan.
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:18:47 GMTAid Urgently Required for People Fleeing West Kordofan
[Dabanga] Lagawa / Kadugli -- The area of Lagawa in West Kordofan is witnessing a relative calm after 21 people were killed in an armed inter-communal clash in the Um Khashmin region in Ghubeish last week. Authorities have requested urgent aid follow...
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:18:09 GMT'This Kind of Violence Is New to Blue Nile' - Sudanese State Health Minister
[Dabanga] ED Damazin / Wad El Mahi / El Roseires -- Jamal Nasir, Minister of Health of Blue Nile state, reported that the number of victims during the recent clashes has risen to 233 dead, and 217 wounded, many of them suffering from burns.
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:17:27 GMTSudanese Journalists Syndicate Criticise 'Terrible Regression' of Press Freedom
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS) said yesterday that the press and media in Sudan have faced unprecedented targeting since the October 2021 coup.
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:19:12 GMTNew Revolutionary Movt to Focus On Rural Areas, Calls for Wide Participation in Today's Protests
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The SPLM-NDemocratic Revolutionary Movement split-off group headed by Yasir Arman, former political advisor to the government of Abdallah Hamdok, called on the Sudanese in a statement yesterday to join the demonstrations against...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:54:28 GMTSudan's Coup - One Year Later
[CFR] Despite military officials seizing power from the transitional government one year ago, Sudanese citizens continue to mobilize for a democratic future.
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:01:29 GMTUniversity Staff to Go On Strike, School Teachers Consider Following Suit
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Faculty members of 33 Sudanese universities have agreed to resume their strike because the authorities will not respond to all their demands, which include an improved salary structure. Sudanese schoolteachers are also consideri...
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:01:23 GMTSudan Taxes to Be Amended Further in 2023 Amidst Waves of Protests
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- On Sunday, the Council of Ministers approved the proposal of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to amend the income tax on businesses and real estate profits and the personal income tax for the year 2023 amidst compla...
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:16:56 GMTSudan's Blue Nile State Capital 'Completely Paralysed' After Sunday's Violence
[Dabanga] ED Damazin / El Roseires -- Ed Damazin, capital of Blue Nile state, witnessed a relative calm yesterday morning although the situation remained tense and normal life in the town is completely paralysed after shooting continued until late Su...
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:46:45 GMTOne Year Anniversary of Military Takeover
[State Department] Almost one year ago today, the Sudanese military overthrew the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, contravened Sudan's Constitutional Declaration, and undermined the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people.
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:16:29 GMTSudanese NGO Registration Cancelled By Authorities
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) cancelled the registration of the Consumer Protection Association on Sunday, after telecom companies cut off the internet connection of the Association despite a number of official compl...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:33:47 GMTOne Dead in Demonstrations Calling for Blue Nile State Gov's Dismissal
[Dabanga] ED Damazin / Wad El Mahi / El Roseires / -- As the situation in Blue Nile state deteriorates due to outbreaks of violence, demonstrators calling for the dismissal of Governor Ahmed El Omda burned the buildings of the Secretariat of the stat...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:33:40 GMTProtestor Killed During Demonstrations Against Sudan's Military Coup
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) reported on Sunday that an unidentified demonstrator was killed in Khartoum after being shot in the chest during street protests earlier that day.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:50:50 GMTACJPS Calls Death Sentence of Young Woman a Human Rights Violation
[Dabanga] Kosti -- On Friday, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) published a statement condemning the sentencing to death by stoning of 20-year-old Amal*, after she was found guilty of adultery, violating article 146 (2) of the ...