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Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:54:04 GMT
Situation in West Kordofan Remains Tense, ACJPS Fears Consequences for the Region
[Dabanga] Abu Zabad / Khartoum / New York -- The situation in Abu Zabad in West Kordofan remains tense following tribal clashes between Hamar and Misseriya over the weekend. Leaders of both tribes in Khartoum have formed a committee to reconciliate t...

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:11:18 GMT
U.S. Welcomes Sudan Draft Transitional Constitution
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Washington D.c. -- The US Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives welcomed Sudan's Bar Association's draft transitional constitution framework on Tuesday. In a press statement made by the Foreign Affairs Committ...

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:11:21 GMT
UNITAMS Head Tells UNSC - 'Sudan Humanitarian Insecurity At Record Levels'
[Dabanga] New York -- "Sudan has seen new political developments but also a continued deterioration of the socio-economic situation" Volker Perthes, UN Special Representative for Sudan, and head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance ...

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:23:13 GMT
More Than 70 Injured in Khartoum Demos, Young Sudanese 'Shaved' Again
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- At least 74 protesters were wounded during anti-junta Marches of the Millions in Khartoum organised by the resistance committees on Tuesday. A day earlier, government forces assaulted young people in the city and forcibly shaved...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:28:25 GMT
UNICEFf/Save the Children - One Third of Sudanese Children Out-of-School
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- While Sudan has postponed the start of the new school year to October 2, as more than 600 schools are affected by the heavy rainfall of last month, UNICEF and Save the Children reported that nearly seven million children in Suda...

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:27:52 GMT
Girl Raped Near Zamzam Camp, Displaced Give Darfur Govt 24 Hours to Respond
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- Zamzam camp leaders on Tuesday gave the Darfur authorities one day to do something about recurrent attacks by gunmen in the area, after a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped in the vicinity of the camp. Sincelast Monday, when the D...

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:22:13 GMT
Humanitarian Needs 'Growing Exponentially', Mission Chief Warns Security Council
[UN News] Civilians are in increasing danger, while humanitarian needs across Sudan "are growing exponentially", the head of the UN mission in Sudan told ambassadors in the Security Council on Tuesday.

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:22:41 GMT
Strikes Over Exorbitant Tax Increases and Economic Struggles
[Dabanga] Singa / Tembol / Port Sudan / Dongola / El Fasher -- Workers and traders went on strike in various parts of Sudan in the past few days to protest increased taxes and high fines. Workers also protested over unpaid salaries and the failure to...

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:13:19 GMT
Osman Mirghani - Sudan Needs New Political System to Prevent 'Migration to the North'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- About four million Sudanese live and work in Egypt. And many intend to follow. Up to at least eight daily flights depart from Khartoum International Airport with Sudanese leaving their country for good in search for a better lif...

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:13:16 GMT
Six Killed in West Kordofan Border Demarcation Clashes
[Dabanga] Abu Zabad -- At least six people were killed and an unknown number of people were wounded in new tribal clashes in Abu Zabad, West Kordofan, caused by a border demarcation conflict. Tribesmen from both sides crowded the town and there was c...

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:13:15 GMT
Heavy Rains in Ongoing Wet Season Cause Death of a 9 Year Old Girl
[Dabanga] Rahad El Berdi / El Gedaref -- Torrential rains continue in Sudan and heavy rains fell in South Darfur, El Gedaref, and White Nile state over the past week, causing many houses to collapse. On Wednesday, a nine-year-old girl died when a wal...

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:13:11 GMT
Committee for Missing People in Rebel-Govt Fighting Commenced Its Work
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Committee for Prisoners and Missing Persons working to gather more information on those who went missing during battles between armed rebel movements and Sudanese military forces before the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement official...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:43:27 GMT
International Stakeholders Welcome Sudan Bar's Draft Transitional Constitution
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Nine embassies in Sudan, along with the AU-IGAD-UNITAMS Tilateral Mechanism and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), have welcomed the Sudanese Bar Association's (SBA) publication of a draft transitional constitution framework docum...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:43:23 GMT
Redress - Sudanese Laws Need Reform to Ban Torture-Tainted Evidence
[Dabanga] London -- The UK-based REDRESS organisation has urged "a future legitimate and democratically elected Sudanese government" to reform its laws to curtail the use of torture in custodial settings and prohibit the use of information extracted ...

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:38:49 GMT
U.S. Ambassador Visit - International Protection Demanded By North Darfur IDPs
[Dabanga] Zamzam Camp / El Fasher -- In a meeting with the US Ambassador John Godfrey, residents of Zamzam camp for the displaced near El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, requested international protection from continuous violations and attacks.

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:38:12 GMT
Families Demand DNA Tests of Sudan's Unidentified Bodies
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- In a report by The Guardian newspaper last week, Zainab Mohamed Salih interviewed families demanding DNA tests to identify relatives who are missing after three years of political unrest in Sudan.

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:13:17 GMT
Imams Denounce 'Corrupt Practices' of Sudanese Minister of Finance
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- In sermons during Friday prayers in Khartoum last week, imams of mosques strongly criticised Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim for exempting his nephew from paying customs fees for a new car.

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:55:15 GMT
Darfur Man Tortured Then Charged With Defamation Over Facebook Post
[Dabanga] Zalingei -- A 22-year-old man named Seifeldin Adam Ahmed was arrested, tortured, and charged with defamation over a Facebook post by Sudanese authorities in the Central Darfur capital ofZalingei, on Wednesday.

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:55:11 GMT
'Human Rights Continues to Deteriorate' - UN Secretary-General
[Dabanga] Geneva -- The United Nation's Secretary-General António Guterres submitted a detailed report on September 2, into Sudan's political, economic, and security situation between May and August this year.

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:13:40 GMT
Gold Remains the Country's Largest Export Commodity
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) report on foreign trade states that gold still remains the largest export commodity from Sudan.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:46:12 GMT
U.S. Ambassador Gets Acquainted With Cafod's Projects in N. Darfur State
[SNA] El Fasher -- The US Ambassador to Sudan, H.E. John Godfrey, paid a visit Saturday to Tora area at Rural Administrative Unit of El Fasher. as part of his visit to North Darfur State, where he got acquainted with the service and development proje...

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 19:49:09 GMT
Twelve Million Face Acute Hunger in Sudan
[The New Humanitarian] Kassala, Sudan -- 'The deeper crisis is that Sudan's political economy is structured in an unequal and exploitative manner.'

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:45:32 GMT
Resistance Committees in Khartoum Agree On 'Tight Cooperation'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Coordination teams of resistance committees in greater Khartoum have agreed on the necessity of tight cooperation between them and other democratic forces, in order to reverse the October 2021 military coup and start building a ...

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:45:20 GMT
Northern Sudan Environmentalists Stop Army Tanker in Sawadra
[Dabanga] Sawadra -- Young members of the Six-Party Committee for the Protection of the Environment in Sawadra, Northern State, on Wednesday prevented a water tanker to reach a plant of the International Mining Company in the area.

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:20:42 GMT
Unifying Sudan's Resistance Committee Charters - Similarities and Challenges
[Dabanga] Stockholm, Sweden / Khartoum -- The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) has analysed the draft charters of the Sudanese resistance committees to identify where they stand and where they may go, amidst attem...

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:44:18 GMT
Sudan Bar Association to Consult Pro-Democracy Forces On Draft Constitution
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Steering Committee of the Sudan Bar Association announced that it will hold meetings with the various groups that participated in the drafting of a new version of the transitional constitution that was concluded earlier this...

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:44:14 GMT
UNITAMS Head to Dabanga - Political Cooperation Needed to Avert Sudan Collapse
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Volker Perthes,the UN Special Representative for Sudan and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), said that the country is on the verge of economic and security collapse. He warned of dire co...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:20:14 GMT
North Darfur Zamzam Camp Sit-in Lifted After Most Demands Met
[Dabanga] Zamzam -- Leaders of the Zamzam camp for the displaced near El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, lifted their sit-in on Monday afternoon, following an agreement with the Darfur Regional Government on the implementation of their demands for m...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:25:20 GMT
Employees From Sudan's Electricity Sector Begin Strike
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Employees working in Sudan's electricity sector announced the start of a two-day strike on Tuesday across several states after the Ministry of Energy and Oil failed to meet their demands for the implementation of the 2022 new sa...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:48:12 GMT
El Burhan Demands UK Apologies to Sudan for Colonial Crimes
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Commander of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has asked the United Kingdom in a speech on Tuesday to provide an official apology for crimes comm...



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