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Sudan: Security Forces Kill Protesters in Eastern Sudan

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Sudanese protesters take to the streets against a worsening economic crisis and to demand justice for people killed during past demonstrations that toppled president Omar al-Bashir. AFP

Prosecute Killings, Prioritize Security Sector Reforms For Immediate Release Nairobi, Dec 21, 2020(SSNN) – Sudanese authorities used excessive force, including lethal force, against protesters on October 15, 2020, leading to the deaths of seven protesters, including a 16-year old boy, as well as a security official, Human Rights Watch said today. About 25 people were injured, most from bullet wounds. The protests […]

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Sudan to be removed from the U.S list of terrorism sponsors

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The United States President, Donald J. Trump (Photo: Supplied)

Oct 19, 2020(SSNN) — The united states is close to signing an agreement that will see Sudan removed from the U.S list of state sponsors of terrorism. On Monday, the U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism after the country’s new government pays millions to American victims. […]

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Opinion: Sudan’s army threatens activists, journalists with lawsuits

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Members of Sudan's General Intelligence Service (Photo credit: Unknown)

By Mohamed Osman July 25, 2020 (SSNN) – On July 18, the Sudanese army issued a statement saying they had appointed a special commissioner to bring lawsuits against individuals who “insult” the army, including activists and journalists, both in and outside of Sudan, who write online. The army spokesperson invoked the troublesome Cybercrimes Act, an overly broad law introduced in 2007 that has […]

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Sudanese authorities find mass grave for 28 officers killed by Bashir in 1990

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Sudanese president Omar al Bashir speaking at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum following the recapture of Heglig by his forces after brief capture by South Sudan army in April 2012 (Photo credit: Getty Images)

July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudanese authorities have announced that they have found a mass grave that most likely contains remains of 28 army officers executed in 1990 for plotting an attempted coup against the former President Omar al-Bashir. According to the public prosecutor, the officers were executed in mysterious circumstances after a quick military trial one year after Bashir […]

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Sudan’s PM appoints civilian governors

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July 22, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok on Wednesday announced the replacement of the military governors of its states by civilians. Addressing a news conference in the capital Khartoum, Hamdok said that Abdul Fattah Alburhan, the head of the Sovereign Council, has approved the appointment of the 18 civilian rulers of the states in the country, including […]

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South Sudan: Last vice-president recovers from COVID-19

COVID-19 South Sudan, Health, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

June 13, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan vice-president, James Wani Igga has said this afternoon that he has recovered from the novel coronavirus. This makes him the last – of three – vice-presidents to beat the respiratory sickness which is also known as COVID-19 after Vice President Hussein Abdelbaggi and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny recovered last week. […]

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Sudanese militia commander wanted for war crimes surrenders to ICC

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June 10, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudanese militia commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abdel-Rahman, who is commonly known as Ali Kushayb, has surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) from the Central African Republic and has been transferred to The Hague where he is being detained and awaits trial. Kushayb is a senior Janjaweed commander who supported the Sudanese government against Darfur rebel groups during the Omar […]

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Differences emerge between al-Burhan, Hemeti over curfew extension

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June 3, 2020 (SSNN) – Fresh differences have emerged between Sudan’s military ruler, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who is better known as Hemeti, over the extension of the lockdown curfew, sources with direct knowledge said. One source said Hemeti was opposed to the curfew of extension which is also opposed by many citizens and […]

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Sudan’s al-Bashir rushed to hospital over COVID-19 symptoms

Health, News, Newsbeat, Sudan

May 29, 2020 (SSNN) — Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir and seven former members of his regime, who are being held in Khartoum prisons, have been transferred to hospitals in the capital; three with chronic conditions, three with confirmed Covid-19, and two, including Al Bashir, with suspected coronavirus symptoms, Sudan’s Public Prosecution reports. In a statement on Wednesday, the Public […]

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Sudan inflation rise to 99%

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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) – Inflation in Sudan jumped to 99 percent because of rising food prices, official figures showed Saturday, more than a year after the country was rocked by protests sparked by bread price hikes. The inflation rate in April shot up from 82 percent the previous month due to increased prices of grains, meat, milk and bread, […]

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Medical experts in China share COVID-19 response experience with Uganda, South Sudan

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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) –  Chinese medical experts on Friday shared their experience of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with their counterparts in Uganda and South Sudan. Speaking at the opening of the meeting held via Webinar, Aeneas Chuma, UNAIDS Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, said the world is facing one of the biggest challenges that is not […]

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Sudan rejects Ethiopian proposal on filling mega-dam

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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan rejected Ethiopia’s proposal to sign an initial agreement on how to fill the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and now wants to resume U.S.-led negotiations on the project. According to a statement on Tuesday, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok sent a letter to his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed disapproving of an Addis Ababa […]

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Sudan’s powerful general warns of conspiracy against his forces

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May 13, 2020 (SSNN) – The vice chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo has warned unnamed individuals of conspiracy to relocate his forces outside the capital Khartoum. The powerful militia commander said, during a press conference after visiting wounded soldiers at a Khartoum hospital, that there were conspiracies to move out the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]

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Machar, al-Burhan discuss bilateral relations in a 45-minute phone call   

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May 12, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and SPLM-IO leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, discussed – in a phone call on Tuesday – bilateral relations between Sudan and South Sudan with the leader of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudanese media reports. Sudan’s state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported that al-Burhan spoke to Machar to […]

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