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Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:11:52 GMT
♦ Sudan - This Week's News in Brief ♦
[Radio Dabanga] Dabanga Sudan -- A compact digest of the past week's most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan. Subscribe to receive this digest weekly in your inbox.

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:54:26 GMT
Sudan Analyst - El Burhan-Hamdok Agreement 'An Intermediate Stage to Avoid Bloodshed, International Isolation'
[Radio Dabanga] Radio Dabanga -- The controversial political agreement signed on November 21 by Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, leader of the military junta that seized power in Sudan in a coup d'état on October 25, and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Ha...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:40:55 GMT
UNITAMS Head to Report to UN Security Council On Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Sudan (SRSG) and head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission In Sudan (UNITAMS), says that he will travel to New York to...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:40:52 GMT
Gen El Burhan to Sue AFP for 'Lying and Fabrication'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The office of the President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, and leader of the military junta that seized power in Sudan in a coup d'état on October 25, Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has filed a formal legal complain...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:40:49 GMT
Five People Killed, Two Girls Raped As Insecurity Continues in North Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher / Shangil Tobaya / Tawila -- At least five people were killed and two girls were gang-raped in separate incidents in the area south of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, in the past two days. The Joint High Council for Secu...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:20:01 GMT
UNITAMS Head Meets Khartoum Resistance Committees
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Sudan (SRSG), Volker Perthes, welcomed a group of representatives of the local Resistance Committees in Khartoum to the Headquarters of United N...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:19:56 GMT
Russian Defence Delegation to Renew Ties With Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Port Sudan / Moscow -- The Russian Defence Ministry's International Cooperation Directorate is preparing a visit to Sudan in a bid to renew ties with Khartoum, despite Sudan's relative isolation within the international com...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:43:17 GMT
Many Injured, Detained in Renewed Demos Across Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gedaref / Sennar / El Daein / Nyala -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Khartoum and other cities across Sudan on Monday to express their rejection of the military coup d'état of October 25, and the su...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:43:14 GMT
15 Killed in West Kordofan Tribal Strife
[Radio Dabanga] El Nahud -- At least 15 people have died and dozens more wounded in clashes that erupted between components of the Humur tribe in El Nahud locality in West Kordofan, on Sunday. The state government has deployed forces to stabilise the...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 07:43:09 GMT
West Darfur Violence Claims 48 Lives
[Radio Dabanga] Kereinek -- The initial death toll following an attack by armed men on Kereinek in West Darfur on Sunday has risen to 48, according to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors. The dead were killed with live ammunition. The doctors say ...

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 06:42:43 GMT
Clashes Displace Thousands in Darfur, Where 6.2 Million People Will Need Assistance Next Year
[UN News] With escalating violence displacing thousands of people since November, the humanitarian situation in Sudan's Darfur is getting worse and around 6.2 million people will need humanitarian assistance next year, UN agencies reported on Tuesday...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:33:54 GMT
Thousands Protest Sudan's October Coup
[VOA] Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators rallied in the capital, Khartoum, and other parts of the country Monday to protest the country's October military coup.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:36:31 GMT
Dozens Killed in Renewed West Darfur Clashes
[VOA] Khartoum, Sudan -- Inter-communal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs left at least 30 people dead and 40 others injured in Sudan's West Darfur state on Sunday, according to eyewitnesses and officials.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:25:43 GMT
Police Fire Teargas As Thousands Protest in Khartoum
[RFI] Sudanese police fired tear gas Monday as thousands of protesters rallied against the military-dominated government near the presidential palace in Khartoum.

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:15:10 GMT
Camp Burns in Deadly West Darfur Attack
[Radio Dabanga] Kereinek -- An as yet unknown number of people have been killed and two others were injured as a result of and attack launched by armed men on Kereinek in West Darfur on Sunday. People from Kereinek said that the attackers surrounded ...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:14:29 GMT
Signatories - 'Eastern Sudan Track On Course'
[Radio Dabanga] Port Sudan -- The leaders who signed the Eastern Sudan Track in the Juba Peace Agreement and the High Native Administration Council in in eastern Sudan announced, in two separate statements, confirmed their adherence to the implementa...

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:18:07 GMT
Sudan Mourns Death of Singing Genus, Kabli
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- A hospital in the U.S State of Michigan on Thursday saw the death of Sudan's singing icon, integrative artist and poet Abdelkareem Alkabli, who passed aged 89.

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:04:56 GMT
Weekly Press Columns Digest
[SudaNow] Khartoum -- Following is a review of some press commentaries and columns that tackled the week's most outstanding events. The selected articles have dwelt on the progress of the "Political Agreement" signed by Chairman of the Sovereignty Co...

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:03:36 GMT
"This Is Not a Coup" - Hamdok Must Resign
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Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:28:20 GMT
Two Farmers Killed As West Darfur's Jebel Moon Attacks Continue
[Radio Dabanga] Jebel Moon -- In West Darfur, two state government employees were killed on Wednesday evening in yet another armed attack in the Jebel Moon area.

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:28:01 GMT
Covid-19 Cases On the Rise in Sudan, School Closures Considered
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Sennar / El Geneina -- The Sudanese Ministry of Health announced 10 deaths and 68 newly conrirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. A school closure is considered in Sennar and West Darfur doctors warned that they are not rea...

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:27:39 GMT
Tribal Clashes Break Out in the Nuba Mountains, Killing Dozens
[Radio Dabanga] Abu Jubeiha -- Tribal clashes broke out in Abu Jubeiha in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan on Wednesday. The clashes led to dozens of deaths and injuries at the market and in the western parts of town. An unknown number of houses ...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:06:51 GMT
Protests After Farmers Are Murdered in South Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] Mershing -- Four farmers and a herder were killed in Mershing, South Darfur two days ago, on Wednesday. In response, the area witnessed widespread protests, road closure, and calls for a further sit-in to protest the events.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:06:48 GMT
Undersecretaries to Temporarily Run Sudan Ministries
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- On Wednesday 1 December, Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok issued Decree No 616 for 2021, by which he assigned undersecretaries to run the 20 federal ministries until new, technocrat ministers have been selected.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:06:43 GMT
UNITAMS and UN Push for Democratic Transition
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / New York -- The Head of The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Volker Perthes said that he is still continuing his meetings with political leaders and other stakeholders in order to d...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:46:58 GMT
Marches of the Millions - Doctors Count 98 Injured By Teargas and Stun Grenades
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- International representatives have condemned the ongoing use of unjustified force against peaceful demonstrators as wells as human rights violations, as the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors reported 98 cases of injuries,...

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 05:47:25 GMT
Renewed Sudan-Ethiopia Border Clashes
[Radio Dabanga] El Fashaga -- Renewed border clashes between Sudanese army troops and Ethiopian forces in El Fashaga, east of the Atbara River, in El Gedaref continued on Wednesday. Sources indicate that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) aims to regain...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:50:14 GMT
Appeal to U.S. President for Urgent Action On Political Crisis
[Radio Dabanga] Washington -- Former senior US diplomat Susan D. Page, the former State Department Senior Advisor on Sudan, Prof Charlie Snyder, the former USAID Senior Policy Advisor on Sudan and South Sudan, Dr Brian D'Silva, and Amir Idris, profes...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 05:30:21 GMT
Rockets Fired as Ethiopia, Sudan Border Clash Escalates
[Nation] The Sudanese military has again accused Ethiopian forces of threatening its soldiers and civilians near a tense disputed border section as a decades-long tiff between them threatens to escalate.

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:30:23 GMT
Ethiopia, Sudan Clash Again in Border Row
[East African] The Sudanese military on Tuesday accused Ethiopian forces, for a second time in the past few days, of threatening its forces and civilians near a tense border section.



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