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Gutted: Businesses and homes have been torn apart in Sudan’s capital. (Photo by Omer Erdem/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
CEASEFIRE

Sudan fighting hits home

First, they took away people’s dreams of democracy and peace. Now the men with guns are looting and occupying their homes

  • Liban Mahamad
  • The Continent
2 min read
Sudan’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burha. Photo: Supplied
2021 COUP

Sudan’s leader and his deputy battle for control of the country

The man who helped the general come to power in the most recent coup has become his rival

  • Afp
3 min read
Sudanese protesters lift national flags as they rally on 60th Street in the capital Khartoum, to denounce overnight detentions by the army of government members, on October 25, 2021. – Armed forces detained Sudan’s Prime Minister over his refusal to support their “coup”, the information ministry said, after weeks of tensions between military and civilian figures who shared power since the ouster of autocrat Omar al-Bashir. (Photo by AFP)
ABDALLA HAMDOK

Protesters die demanding full civilian rule

Sudan’s army pre-empted a handover to civilians with a coup, and then reinstated the civilian leader. On the streets, risking life and limb, demonstrators are still demanding the…

  • The Continent
2 min read
No to coup: Sudanese protesters denounce overnight detentions by the army of government members on 25 October. (AFP)
ABDALLA HAMDOK

Sudan coup imperils hard-won international backing

When Sudan’s military removed leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019, it started receiving aid that is now under threat

  • Agence France Presse
4 min read
Soldiers listen as Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan speaks after the Sudanese army foiled a coup attempt in the country in Khartoum, Sudan on September 21, 2021. (Photo by Sovereignty Council of Sudan / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
ABDALLAH HAMDOK

Why handing over ICC suspects could help Sudan’s transition

A failed coup in September, weeks of brinkmanship, and a looming crisis in eastern Sudan have laid bare tensions between civilians and military leaders

  • Jehanne Henry
6 min read