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Sudan Opens New Probe Against Al-Bashir Over Darfur Atrocities
Sudan has opened an investigation into crimes committed in the Darfur region by members of the government of former president Omar al-Bashir, the state prosecutor has said. The conflict between pro-government forces and ethnic minority rebels left around 300,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced, according to the United Nations. “We have launched an investigation into…
Sudan Military Reinstates Ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok
Sudan’s military reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday and promised to release all political detainees after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a coup, although large crowds took to the streets to reject any deal involving the army. Under an agreement signed with military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Hamdok, first appointed after the…
Sudan Military Coup: PM, Top Gov’t Officials Put Under House Arrest
Sudan Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is under house arrest by military forces reportedly attempting a coup on the transition government in the capital Khartoum. Hamdok has reportedly called on the people to “occupy the streets to defend their revolution.” Other reports indicate civilians have already moved onto the streets to protest the developments. Sudan is ruled…
Sudan Gov’t Confirms Control Over Situation After Thwarting Coup Attempt
Sudanese government has confirmed control over the security situation in the capital Khartoum after foiling a coup plot, according to an official statement on Tuesday. “On Tuesday morning, a failed coup attempt, carried out by a group of armed forces’ officers from the remnants of the former regime, was brought under control,” Hamza Baloul Al-Amir,…
Sudan Cuts Ties With IGAD Mediation Group Ahead Of Summit In Uganda
The Foreign Ministry in Sudan has announced suspending its involvement in mediation attempts with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) regarding the current crisis in Sudan. IGAD is a collection of East African states that have offered to arbitrate between the leaders of Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and…
Sudan Court Sentences 27 Security Operatives To Death For Torturing, Killing A Protester
A court in Sudan on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country’s security forces to death for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against Sudan’s longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir earlier this year. The death of protester Ahmed al-Khair, a school teacher, while in detention in February was a key point — and a…
Sudan Authorities Pass A Law To Dissolve Incarcerated Bashir Political Party
| Sudan’s new authorities have ordered that the party of ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir be dissolved and his regime “dismantled”, heeding the call of protesters whose campaign led to the leader’s overthrow. Bashir and his Islamist National Congress Party (NCP) had ruled the northeast African country since 1989 before a nationwide protest movement resulted in…
Sudan Army ‘Expels Wounded Protesters’ from hospital As 60 Are Gunned Down
Crowds of wounded people continued to throng the corridors of Sudan’s Royal Care Hospital on Tuesday, a day after a deadly crackdown on protesters outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum. Some sat on the floor with their wounds bandaged, as others with gunshot injuries lay waiting for help from doctors who had been working round…
Succession Battle: State House Torn Apart As Gen. Tumukunde Joins 2021 Presidential Race
A fierce succession battle has erupted at State House over who will take over power in 2021, after retired Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde declaring his intentions to contest for the presidency. Gen. Tumukunde, a former Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Spy Chief, who also served as minister for security a few years back in president Museveni’s…
Subcounty Chairperson Survives Gun Attack In Karamoja
The LC3 sub county of Nyakwae sub county in Abim district Franco Ochuu escaped death on Friday’s evening after armed warriors laid an ambush and attacked him. Ochuu was traveling on a boda boda. The victims were traveling on a Motorcycle reg. No.UES 085Q, Bajaj along Abim- Kotido road at kapus village, Lokomebu parish, Kotido…