♦ Sudan: This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact digest of the past weeks’ most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan. Subscribe to receive this digest weekly in your...
‘Persona non grata’ Volker Perthes quits as UN Special Representative for Sudan
In what became his valedictory briefing to the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New York, the UN Special Representative of...
RSF retreat from North Kordofan stronghold, military detentions across Sudan
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have reportedly pulled out of Um Rawaba, North Kordofan, after controlling the town for more...
‘Sudan marks five months of futility’ – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights lamented that “this Friday, Sudan will mark five months of futility. Five months...
Sudan activist warns of ‘dire consequences’ of toxic gold extraction
A workshop held by Sudan’s Ministry of Minerals and the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company in Port Sudan earlier this week ignored...
El Burhan visits Eritrea to discuss Sudan crisis
The head of the Sovereignty Council and commander-in-chief of the Sudanese army Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan visited the Eritrean capital...
Sudanese decry Ethiopia’s 4th filling of GERD as a ‘water bomb’
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which Ethiopia says is now full, has been denounced by Sudanese commentators as ‘a...
Hemedti: ‘RSF does not seek control over Sudan but will fight on to the last soldier’
Commander Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo asserts the continued Rapid Support Forces (RSF) presence in Khartoum, emphasising that RSF has “no intention...
SPLM-N Agar and Sudan Blue Nile govt defend breaking up anti-war vigil and reject ‘neutrality’
The government of the Blue Nile region and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North led by Malik Agar (SPLM-N Agar) regretted...
Sudan-South Sudan heads El Burhan and Kiir meet in Juba
Sudan’s Sovereignty Council head, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, met with South Sudan’s President, Lt Gen Salva Kiir Mayardit, in...
Swedish oil company bosses on trial for role in Sudan war crimes
The trial of two former executives of Swedish oil company Lundin Oil, accused of complicity in war crimes allegedly committed...
Sudanese rebel leader killed in Nyala
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North Democratic Revolutionary Movement (DRM) led by Yassir Arman says that one of its leaders was...
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