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With long—term leader al—bashir being overthrown for stop with long—term leader al—bashir being overthrown. it was hoped there would be some stability, but today, that hope seems shattered. anne soy, bbc news. youre watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... un scientists say the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record last year, and the world is "way off track" on meeting targets for limiting global warming. indira gandhi, ruler of th...

Remain very healthy. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. a military coup is under way in sudan, where the armed forces have ended a power sharing agreement, arrested civilian political leaders including the prime minister and declared a state of emergency. military and civilian leaders have been at loggerheads since the long—time ruler 0mar al—bashir was overthrown two years ago. protests against the coup have spread from the capital khartoum to several cities. 0ur africa correspondent anne soy r...

In the third quarter of 2021, despite initial optimism, simmering disputes between the various elements of the transitional government, especially between the civilian and the military components, escalated into an abortive coup attempt, allegedly by supporters of the deposed Al Bashir regime, trying “to abort the civil democratic transition”.

Sudanese across the country are preparing to take to the streets today in the Marches of Millions, as political divisions and divergences in demands and paths prevail. Marches have already begun in several cities and in Khartoum, where the streets leading to the General Command of the Armed Forces, as well as major bridges have been closed, amid a heavy deployment of police and other regular forces.

A new report entitled 'The Price of the Transition', prepared by a group called the Initiative of Those Present, reveals that 74 protestors died between June 3 2019 – the day that paramilitaries and security forces violently dispersed the sit-in in front of the army command in Sudan’s capital Khartoum – and June 10.

On Thursday, hundreds of jurists demonstrated in Khartoum, demanding the military members of the Sovereignty Council to adhere to the Constitutional Document and handing over power to a civilian government. The protestors intended to march from the office of the Empowerment* Removal Committee (ERC) to the Republican Palace, but regular forces prevented them from reaching the premises of the Sovereignty Council.

For Radio Dabanga’s Inspirational Women series we spoke with Souad El Tayeb, pioneering agricultural engineer, on her fight for food security in Darfur, the importance of training women, the lack of government support, and being the only girl during her studies at university.

The Appeals Department of Sudan’s High Court in Khartoum issued a ruling yesterday which nullifies decisions of the Empowerment Removal Committee regarding the dismissal of judges, prosecutors, and other judicial employees. The committee rejected the ruling because of procedural flaws. The Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC)* decided last month to dismiss a large number of judicians in the country because of their affiliation with the ousted regime of dictator Omar Al Bashir.

"The President and his administration already made a fatal admission of these charges because they only turned over 52 out of 7,000 cases of drug war killings for review of the Justice department," Colmenares said. "Why only turn over 52 for the last five years and why only now? It should have been done way before," he added.

Sudan’s National Council for Press and Publications on Tuesday decided to suspend El Dar newspaper for three days for publishing ‘false news’ about a demonstration in Khartoum in which homosexuals called for the abolition of Article 148 of the 1991 Criminal Code.