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May 14 - 2021 EL GENEINA A building on fire as violent attacks took place in April this year (social media) “Driving through the Hay El Jebel neighbourhood of El Geneina is like driving through a ghost town,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) wrote on Wednesday. Most residents have left, and many houses and huts have been torched as violence swept through the West Darfur capital twice this year. It has been over a month since the last...

Government calls for swift investigation into the shooting

Government calls for swift investigation into the shooting Demonstrators gather outside the army headquarters in Sudans capital Khartoum on Ramadan 29 or May 11, 2021 to mark the anniversary of the killing of protesters during a raid on an anti-government sit-in in 2019. AFP Demonstrators gather outside the army headquarters in Sudans capital Khartoum on Ramadan 29 or May 11, 2021 to mark the anniversary of the killing of protesters during a raid on an anti-government sit-in in 2019. AFP Demon...

May 12 - 2021 EL FASHER A medical assistant examines a boy with a eye infection in mobile clinic of NGO Anhar in a an area for displaced at the outskirts of El Sareif Beni Hussein in North Darfur, May 2013 (Albert González Farran / Unamid) The suspension of the Sudanese NGO Anhar in North Darfur has triggered protests among the displaced people in the region. Earlier this week, the North Darfur department of the national Empowerment Elimination, Anti-Corruption, and Fun...

Chad’s former President Idriss Déby Itno succumbed to injuries and died on 20 April 2021 while visiting military troops on the frontlines as the rebels were advancing into Chad from southern Libya. The Libyan-based rebel group namely, Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), had been waging a persistent battle against Déby’s autocratic regime since 2016.  In fact, with Sudanese support, as the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement, Déby  had taken over as President of Chad after...

May 7 - 2021 DABANGA SUDAN Christians organising a mass near a demolished church in Bout, Blue Nile, December 2019 (social media) Sudanese Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter on Sunday, May 2.  For the occasion, Radio Dabanga decided to investigate the experiences of Christians in Sudan before and after the ousting of former dictator Omar Al Bashir. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok congratulated Sudanese Christians on this ‘glorious Easter holiday’. The PM conveyed ...

SHARE Incidents of women being assaulted in Khartoum are on the rise. A number of attacks, including ones where women are whipped, slapped in the face and beaten in public by young men, have been recorded as a violent social media campaign seeking to “punish the immodestly dressed,” takes to the streets. Just over two years after Islamist autocrat Omar Al Bashir was removed from power, the illegal attacks echo his notorious but now repealed rules that discriminated against women and restric...

The deputy chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’, has denounced protest calls against the separation of religion from the state. In his address to members of the Popular Initiative to Guard the Revolution who organised a collective breaking of the Ramadan fast in the Dinar Hall in Khartoum, he proposed a campaign to explain secularism to the people to avoid fierce discussions “which may lead the country to fragmentation”. The Dinar Hall serves as the home of...

Dubai: A Jordanian man has reportedly divorced his wife inside Al Bashir hospital because she gave birth to a baby girl, local media reported. According to the husband, his wife had not informed him beforehand that she was pregnant with a girl fearing he would get angry. However, when she delivered a baby girl, it infuriated the family of the husband, leading to a dispute between the two families. The dispute ended with the man divorcing his wife inside the hospital and the woman left the hosp...

May 1 - 2021 KHARTOUM US Senator Chris Coons (Ralph Alswang) US Senator Chris Coons, member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen will arrive in Khartoum on Monday for a three-day visit. The delegation is visiting in order to discuss the latest developments on the Sudanese-Ethiopian border and strengthen cooperation between the US and Sudan. During their visit, they will meet the Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council...