♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan’s highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
♦ Sudanese priest charged with apostasy, Christians forced to renounce faith
October 31 – 2018 NYALA A Sudanese priest has been charged with apostasy – and offence that carries the death penalty in the Islamic country. Eight other Christians have been forced to renounce their faith and return to Islam after alleged torture in custody.
As previously reported by Radio Dabanga, agents of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) held 13 Christians from a home they share in Nyala on October 13. The reason for the detention of the Christians in the South Darfur capital is unclear, World Watch Monitor (WWM) reported. A local source told the Christian watchdog that three of the detainees were later released, without an explanation.
In a statement, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls upon the Sudanese government to urgently investigate the reported torture and ill-treatment of 9 Christian citizens who were detained by the National Intelligence and Security Services on allegations of apostasy.
♦ Newspapers sign restrictive media charter, journalists investigated
November 6 – 2018 KHARTOUM On November 1, a number of editors-in-chief signed a restrictive media charter at the National Assembly in the presence of the prime minister, the attorney-general and the director of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). The Charter of Honour stipulates that no material or news about the Sudanese regular forces is to be published in newspapers without indication of a spokesman. In return the government promised to not confiscate newspapers or ban journalists from writing.
The charter does not solve the problems of the press in Sudan, according to critics of the new charter including journalists networks and newspaper editors whom did not sign the charter. Continue reading
Last week, the State Security Prosecution conducted investigations regarding three journalists and correspondents who met with EU and US officials in October, based on a complaint filed by the NISS. According to one of the journalists the meeting dealt with the issues of press freedoms in Sudan in a natural context. Media in Sudan are continuously subjected to confiscations of newspapers, and summons and detentions of journalists. Continue reading
More news from Radio Dabanga:
November 6 – 2018 EL FASHER The government of North Darfur officially launched the dismantling of Abu Shouk, El Salam and Zamzam camps…
Sudan Pound at unprecedented low, affects meds imports
November 6 – 2018 KHARTOUM Yesterday the Sudanese Pound continued its drop against the US Dollar, reaching SDG 58 in the parallel market…
Khartoum faces lack of bread, higher transport prices
November 6 – 2018 KHARTOUM / EL OBEID / PORT SUDAN There has been a new rise in prices for bread and transport in Khartoum and surrounding…
Sudan Cabinet signs memo with US FBI on terrorism – White House stance remains resolute
November 5 – 2018 KHARTOUM At the end of last week, the Sudanese Cabinet approved a memorandum of understanding between the Sudanese…
Sudan appoints South Sudan President Salva Kiir to mediate in Two Areas of South Kordofan, Blue Nile
November 5 – 2018 KHARTOUM / JUBA The Sudanese government has announced the appointment as mediator of President Salva Kiir of South Sudan to…
Cancer on the rise in Sudan, Ministry acknowledges sanitation health hazard
November 4 – 2018 KHARTOUM Expensive imported medicines represent a major challenge for the Sudanese health sector in the face of the country’s foreign…
57 arrests in Chad manhunt after Darfuri Sheikhs slain in refugee violence
November 4 – 2018 BREDJING REFUGEE CAMP, CHAD The Chadian authorities have arrested 57 refugees from Bredjing camp in eastern Chad in the wake…
New mechanism opens door to peace talks resumption: Sudan rebels
November 2 – 2018 KHARTOUM In a significant development paving the way for the resumption of Darfur peace talks, the Sudanese government has…
Four people killed in new floods in Red Sea state
November 2 – 2018 PORT SUDAN Floods resulting from heavy rains in Red Sea state have killed four people in Tokar on Thursday. The road between Tokar …
Sudanese priest charged with apostasy – eight other Christians forced to return to Islam
October 31 – 2018 NYALA A Sudanese priest has been charged with apostasy – and offence that carries the death penalty in the Islamic country. Eight…
Seven women, girls raped, beaten in South Darfur ordeal
October 31 – 2018 KASS Seven women and girls were raped and 12 others were injured, during a two-hour ordeal by armed men in Kombo Aliba north of Kass…
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