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Thursday 3 June marks the second anniversary of the massacre of protesters in front of Sudan’s army headquarters. They paid the ultimate price for what they hoped would be a political transition that would usher in peace and democratic governance. Both have eluded the country since independence in 1956. Two years into the political transition, progress is limited and the military continues to dominate over civilian leaders. Was the 2019 revolution just another Sudan uprising? Since indepen...

Thursday 3 June marks the second anniversary of the massacre of protesters in front of Sudan’s army headquarters. They paid the ultimate price for what they hoped would be a political transition that would usher in peace and democratic governance. Both have eluded the country since independence in 1956.  Two years into the political transition, progress is limited and the military continues to dominate over civilian leaders. Was the 2019 revolution just another Sudan uprising? Since independ...

Security Council Extends Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2579 (2021) Format SC/14539 The Security Council decided today to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) until 3 June 2022 and requested the Government of Sudan to swiftly sign a status of mission agreement with the Organization to enable the full, effective and unhindered functioning of the Mission. Unanimously adopting resolu...

May 27, 2021 (JUBA) - The mediation team on Thursday handed over to the Sudanese transitional government draft framework agreement submitted by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu. The two negotiating teams held their first meeting after the opening session on Thursday. The government delegation was led by Chems al-Din Kabbashi and the SPLM-N delegation headed by Amar Amon Daldoom. Khalid Youssif, Cabinet...

Counselling Niemat says that the Team “can confidently say that we have been able to break the psychological barrier that resulted from stigma and social isolation” in Zamzam camp. After a very difficult start, the psychological state of victims of sexual assault is improving steadily, with more victims approaching the counsellors every day. This has been aided by women and girls bringing their friends to sessions. “This noble task has changed our lives, planted more fresh confidence in o...

Arabic UN Document on Sudan about Food and Nutrition, Health, Epidemic and more; published on 17 May 2021 by UN SC

May 13 - 2021 KHARTOUM Yasin Ibrahim sworn in as Minister of Defence last year (SUNA) Minister of Defence Lt Gen Yasin Ibrahim announced that members of government forces accused of firing live bullets at peaceful demonstrators have been detained and will be charged within a few days. Two demonstrators were killed on Tuesday as armed forces violently dispersed a peaceful gathering. The announcement by the defence minister was made during an emergency meeting of the Coun...

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 ...

April 26 - 2021 KHARTOUM Detention cell in Sudan (file photo) The draft new Internal Security Agency Bill has provoked angry reactions from across Sudan’s political spectrum, complaining that that it grants the authority the right to arrest someone without a court order or warrant for two days, reminiscent of the powers granted to the security apparatus during the Al Bashir regime. The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) denounced the security bill proposed by the Minister of...

March 12 - 2021 KHARTOUM El Haj Warrag (Hurriyat) Journalist, writer, and editor El Haj Warrag, warned that the fall of the current democratic transition would lead to the downfall of central authority and the collapse of the country during an address to the end of The Week of Democratic Transformation conference. The conference was organised by the Sudan Institute for Democracy, the Darfur Bar Association, and Wad Madani-based newspaper, The Democrat. He also called on...