Omdurman

Sudan’s war leaves its history and culture in ashes

An Omdurman Ahlia University library filled with rare books, handwritten manuscripts and historical documents was gutted by fire

El Zahraa Jadallah
Tom Rhodes

5 min read

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

CEASEFIRE

30 MAY 2023

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

Next month, the UN Security Council (UNSC) will reconvene to consider the implementation of the arms embargo it imposed on South Sudan’s territory in 2018, which expires on 31 May 2023. Photo: Supplied. Photo: AFP

ABDALLA HAMDOK

22 JAN 2022

Tireless Sudanese protesters take on the generals — again

In 2019 Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir was ousted after a massive wave of protests. But the generals who replaced him won’t hand over power. Now the flames of revolution are being…

Ayin Network
The Continent

4 min read

There have been previous coup attempts since Omar al-Bashir’s ouster which officials have blamed on Islamist supporters of the former president and members of his now-defunct ruling party. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)

BLUE NILE

21 SEP 2021

Sudan government says it foiled coup attempt linked to Bashir regime

State television broadcast patriotic songs as it announced the coup attempt and urged “the people to confront it”.

Agence France Presse

4 min read

Locals and relatives of three Sudanese men riddled with bullets carry one of the three corpses in the city of Omdurman across the River Nile from Khartoum, Sudan. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)

JAMAL OMER

1 JUL 2019

Sudan protesters blame generals for bloodshed at rally

Sudanese state media reported that seven people were killed as tens of thousands rallied to demand a civilian government

Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali

3 min read