♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan’s news highlights from Darfur and Sudan
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A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's news highlights from Darfur and Sudan
♦ Three dead after heavy rains in Khartoum
According to reports from Omdurman, a mother and her child were killed in Dar El Salam district when the roof of their house fell on top of them. In Mayo in southern Khartoum, a woman died and two others sustained injuries when a wall collapsed. About 250 houses collapsed in Dar El Salam, a listener told Radio Dabanga. In El Salama in southern Khartoum, 186 houses were destroyed.
On Friday morning, six people drowned in flash floods in North and Central Darfur. The western part of rural Sennar in eastern Sudan was flooded as well. Khartoum was also hit by heavy rainfall. Power outages were reported in many neighbourhoods. In the suburbs, dozens of houses built with mud bricks collapsed. (READ MORE)
♦ Families of protestors slain during Sudan’s ‘December Revolution’ call for justice
August 15 – 2019 KHARTOUM Representatives of the families of those killed during Sudan’s ‘December Revolution’ confirmed their adherence to fair justice and holding the authorities responsible for killing of the protestors.
On Wednesday, representatives of the families of a number of the dead said in a meeting organised by the preparatory committee of the families of martyrs that the authorities should determine who is responsible for the killing, whether from the security forces or Rapid Support Forces militia.
They denied the circulated information about the signing of a constitutional document by a representative of the families of the dead.
They stressed that the preparatory committee of the families of the martyrs is the only representative of the families, calling on everyone to stop what they described as “trading in the blood of the martyrs”.
They demanded the inclusion of representatives from the victims’ families in the Legislative Council to follow up on retribution.
They threatened to take to the streets in the absence of justice. (READ MORE)
More news from Radio Dabanga:
North Darfur governor: Shangil Tobaya ‘situation contained’
August 15 – 2019 EL FASHER The acting governor of North Darfur, Major General Malik Khojali, has said the state security committee has managed to contain the events that took place in Shangil Tobaya… (READ MORE)
Floods threaten major roads in Sudan – isolated areas cut-off
August 15 – 2019 KHOR BARAKA Heavy rains in Khor Baraka flooded parts of the Tokar – Port Sudan road, and there are fears it will be washed away, while more than 600 families are still stranded in villages… (READ MORE)
Sudan opposition ready for Aug 17 signing ceremony
August 15 – 2019 KHARTOUM Sudan’s opposition Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) has also confirmed that the signing of the Constitutional Document for the transitional period between the Transitional… (READ MORE)
Protocol for Sudan’s political transition confirmed
August 14 – 2019 KHARTOUM The final signing of the Constitutional Document for the transitional period between the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces for Freedom and Change will take… (READ MORE)
Rains in Darfur leave six dead, parts of Khartoum and Sennar flooded
August 10 – 2019 KUTUM / BINDIS / KHARTOUM / SENNAR Torrential rains caused the death of four people in North Darfur and two in Central Darfur on Friday. In Khartoum, a large number of streets flooded… (READ MORE)
Abdelwahid El Nur: ‘Sudan junta, opposition kidnapped the revolution’
August 9 – 2019 PARIS The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) will not recognise the accords reached between the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces for Freedom and Change. According to SLM… (READ MORE)
Protests, vigils in Sudan calling for justice
August 7 – 2019 KHARTOUM / EL OBEID / DONGOLA / EL FULA / EL GENEINA / KASSALA / PORT SUDAN On Tuesday, protests and vigils were held in Khartoum and a number of other cities and towns… (READ MORE)
Three Sudanese armed movements form ‘Kush alliance’
August 6 – 2019 KAUDA Armed opposition groups in South Kordofan, eastern Sudan, and Darfur have formed the United Sudanese National Congress or the Kush alliance. They signed a joint charter on Tuesday… (READ MORE)
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