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Sudanese protesters gather outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on May 6, 2019. – Defiant Sudanese protesters broke their fast on the first day of Ramadan today with chicken soup and beans, vowing to press on with their campaign for a civilian rule. As the call for the evening Maghreb prayer echoed, crowds of protesters gathered at the sit-in area in central Khartoum for iftar after a day of sweltering heat, an AFP correspondent reported. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)

Revolutionaries turn to healthcare

After ousting a dictator, members of Sudan’s resistance committees are now helping to fight the Covid-19 pandemic

Militias have increased in numbers and strength, and now outnumber state security forces by four to one. (Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images)

Sudan: from demonstrations to start of transition

The country’s announcement on Wednesday was historic, but it took a lot to get there

Unveiling of Sudan’s sovereign council delayed

Unveiling of Sudan’s sovereign council delayed

According to the green book of documents signed on Saturday, several key steps will be taken before embarking on the long road to 2022 polls

Protest leaders however insist their key demand remains the same — a full transfer of power to civilians. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters)

Sudan protesters pledge ‘million march’ for civil rule

For the first time, Sudanese judges said they would join a sit-in outside army headquarters "to support change and for an independent judiciary"

Headache delayed Sudan-Chad pact

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir was due to attend a rescheduled peace accord signing with Chad’s President Idriss Déby Itno on Thursday after failing to show up on…

Dark anniversary for Darfur

The deadly conflict in Darfur entered its sixth year on Tuesday with no solution in sight, as Khartoum continued to resist the full deployment of a peacekeeping force amid a…

ICC vows to bring Darfur masterminds to justice

Nine months after the first arrest warrants were issued for those suspected of being behind atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region, the chief international prosecutor believes he…

UN agency quits Darfur border amid new bombings

The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it had withdrawn a team caring for refugees from the Chad/Darfur border after aerial bombing. Seven refugees from Darfur crossed…

Top UN official warns of risk of Sudan-Chad war

A senior United Nations official on Friday warned that a reported proxy war between Sudan and Chad through rebel groups on each side of their border threatened to destabilise the…

Sudan in fresh bid to chair AU

Sudan will seek to head the African Union during the continental body’s upcoming summit at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, a Sudanese official said. Sudan’s two previous bids…

Fresh fighting hampers Darfur peace process

The United Nations envoy to Sudan, Jan Eliasson, said on Friday that fresh fighting in the war-torn region of Darfur has set back hopes for a speedy resumption of peace talks.…

Conflict feared as Sudan-Chad tensions escalate

The threat of open conflict between Sudan and neighbouring Chad is rising, with each side accusing the other of seeking to destabilise their already tense common border. Sudan…

World powerless to stop Darfur’s killing and carnage

Diplomatic wrangling dashed hopes for an end to the killing and rape in Darfur this year and a new United Nations-backed peacekeeping mission scheduled to start on January 1…

China ‘deeply concerned’ over threats in Darfur

China on Tuesday voiced deep concern about the safety of its peacekeepers in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region after rebel groups boycotting the peace process declared they were not…

AU, UN work to include Darfur rebels in peace talks

United Nations and African Union officials are to travel to Darfur this week to try to convince key rebel leaders to join peace talks aimed at resolving the crisis in the…

Darfur rebels kidnap foreign oil workers

A Darfur rebel group has attacked a Sudanese oilfield and kidnapped a Canadian and an Iraqi worker, a leader of the group said on Thursday, vowing further attacks. ”We attacked…

Fifty dead in Sudan tribal clashes

Around 50 people have been killed in three days of tribal clashes in the western Sudanese region of Kordofan, government officials were quoted as saying on Sunday. Dozens were…

Sudan party slams ex-rebels’ pull-out from govt

Sudan’s National Congress Party (NCP) of President Omar al-Bashir on Friday criticised the decision by former southern rebels to withdraw from the Khartoum government. "The heart…

Southerners suspend work in Khartoum government

The main party in southern Sudan has suspended its participation in the national government until its northern partners reignite a stalled peace process, the secretary general of…

Darfur rebel group abandons ceasefire

Fighting has erupted between the only Darfur rebel group to have signed a 2006 peace accord and Sudanese troops, the United Nations said on Wednesday after the rebels accused…