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Revolutionaries turn to healthcare
After ousting a dictator, members of Sudan’s resistance committees are now helping to fight the Covid-19 pandemic
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
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
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The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it had withdrawn a team caring for refugees from the Chad/Darfur border after aerial bombing.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…