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Seven killed in latest tribal violence in Sudan’s Blue Nile state
At least seven people have been killed in intercommunal violence in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, weeks after large clashes in area, according to state officials.
At least 23 others were injured in the latest bout of violence, which…
Janjaweed militia blamed for attacks that caused the death of 200 people in Darfur
At least 200 people are now known to have died in West Darfur in the latest attack on civilians, local forces blamed Janjaweed militia.
Darfur, the semi-arid western region of Sudan where a vicious civil war erupted in 2003, has seen a…
Sudanese PM resigns after mass protest rocked Khartoum
Thousands of people marched against a recent deal he had done to share power with the army, who staged a coup in October.
Chanting "power to the people", protesters called for a return to full civilian rule. But military…
Sudan army shuts internet, deploys across Khartoum before anti-coup rally
Sudanese authorities have shut down mobile and internet services and security forces were deployed across Khartoum as pro-democracy protesters prepared to hold fresh protests.
Army, police, and paramilitary patrols crisscrossed the…
Sudan announces curfew in Darfur after UN warehouse looted
Unidentified gunmen looted a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and facilities used by a former peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan’s North Darfur state which made the authorities impose a night curfew.
The United Nations stated in a…
Gold mine collapse in Sudan leaves at least 38 miners dead
More than 38 people die after shafts collapsed at the Darsaya mine in West Kordofan.
Dozens of people have been killed in the collapse of a defunct gold mine in Sudan’s West Kordofan province over the weekend, according to the country’s…
Sudan’s top general says army will exit politics after 2023 vote
Top general says Sudan’s military will not participate in politics after a civilian government is elected in 2023.
Sudan’s military chief says the army will leave politics after elections that are scheduled for 2023.
General Abdel…
Several soldiers killed in Ethiopian attack: Sudan Military
Sudan’s military says several Sudanese soldiers were killed in an attack by Ethiopian forces in a disputed border region.
In a statement on Saturday, Sudan’s military said “our forces tasked with securing the harvest in Al-Fashaqa… were…
Sudan: PM Hamdok dismisses police chiefs
Medics say dozens of people have been killed as security forces sought to crush weeks of anti-coup protests.
Sudan’s reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has replaced the country’s police chiefs, in a move that came after more than…
Protests continue in Sudan as military reinstates prime minister
SUDAN’S military has reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, promising to release all political detainees after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a coup.
But, large crowds took to the streets to reject any deal involving the army.…