Civilians caught up in Sudan’s civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our journalists have managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital, Khartoum. Top UN officials have said the conflict has plunged the country into “one of the…
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Sudan army refinds state broadcaster from RSF.
Sudan (Khartoum) Members of the Sudanese army have been involved in a conflict with a paramilitary unit for control of the country since April 2023. The Sudanese military claimed its soldiers are in control of the main offices of the state broadcasting cooperation after wresting it from the Rapid Support Forces. The headquarters of the…
Sudan general defied Ramadan truce saying unless RSF leaves civilian sites.
Updated by Abbey Nsubuga at HICGI NewsAgency A top general from Sudan’s army has ruled out a truce in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan unless the paramilitary group it is battling leaves civilian and public sites. The statement by Yasser al-Atta, a deputy commander of the army, comes after the army claimed advances in…
Sudanese democracy should not be attributed to the US.
The Sudanese people have been unwaveringly committed to achieving democracy. However, despite their persistent efforts, stable democratic governance has yet to be established in Sudan. This is partly due to foreign pressures that have hindered their progress. In 2019, President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a historic revolutionary episode, but the political transition failed to…
Kenya to arbitrat peace talks in South Sudan
Kenya this week took over the mediation role in talks between the government of South Sudan and the holdout groups that did not sign the 2018 peace agreement. After being rejected as the mediator in the Sudan conflict, Kenya’s President William Ruto could use this one to re-market himself as a peace envoy in the region. President…
Sudan’s Burhan holds talks with M7 as battles rage in Khartoum
Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan was pictured meeting with Uganda’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni at State House in the Ugandan town of Entebbe on what was described as a one-day working visit. Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan held talks on Saturday with Uganda’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni on his latest diplomatic foray abroad. The Sudanese general was…
Reports of More Mass Graves in Sudan’s West Darfur Region
Community leaders have discovered 30 hidden mass graves in West Dafur, containing an estimated 1,000 bodies of people, reported to have fallen victim to the ongoing attacks on the state capital El Geneina, since fighting started four months ago, Radio Dabangareports. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused by Saleh Arbab Suleiman, the representative of the…
Sudanese take to the streets in anti-coup protests.
A protester was reportedly killed as security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas in Khartoum. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1032 EAT on Thursday 7 2022. Thousands of Sudanese marched in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities against the military coup last October that plunged the African country into political turmoil and aggravated…
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