More anti-gold mining protests in Sudan as cyanide poses environmental and health risk
SIRBA / DORDEIB - February 7, 2023 People in Sirba in West Darfur have called on the state authorities to...
Illegal logging, locusts, and livestock grazing threaten environment and agriculture in Darfur
REHEID EL BERDI - Native administration leaders, activists, and other people in Reheid El Berdi, South Darfur, have reported illegal...
More tension around mining in Sudan’s Red Sea state
PORT SUDAN - January 27, 2023 Areas in Halayeb and Jubeit El Ma’aden in the northern part of Red Sea...
Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker: Grassroots resistance to gold mining must be backed by policy
AKASHA / DORDEIB - “Sit-ins and other forms of community protests, such as blockades of national highways and stoppage of...
Pharmacy closures to ‘make way’ for Sudan economic liberalisation condemned
KHARTOUM - The Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (PPA) has strongly condemned the closure of medical supplier pharmacies in Khartoum, calling the move “a...
Drinking water agreement welcomed in Port Sudan, but activists question govt commitment
KHARTOUM – January 17, 2023 Activists in Red Sea state capital Port Sudan have welcomed the agreement between the Red...
Report on misinformation in Sudan: fake news campaign prelude for coup
KHARTOUM - The Sudan Fact-Check Network project, affiliated with Sudanese news outlet Beam Reports, published a report analysing the disinformation...
North Darfur Wali: ‘Drugs epidemic a disaster for Sudan society’
North Darfur Wali (governor), Nimir Abdelrahman, has voiced his concerns over the region’s deteriorating security situation, following a regular meeting...
Gold mining suspended after environmental protests in South Kordofan
The director of Ghadeer locality in South Kordofan suspended the gold mining activities of El Masar Company on Wednesday until...
Activists: ‘Anti-drug clampdown could lead to further civil persecution in Sudan’
Sudanese anti-drug activists and civil society organisations denounced comments made by the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lt Gen Abdelfattah...
Locals reject gold mining companies that use cyanide in South Kordofan
Resistance committees in Ghadeer, South Kordofan, have renewed their categorical rejection of the return of mining companies to the area...
Thousands of homes destroyed by Port Sudan floods
Voluntary organisations in Port Sudan recorded the collapse of 1,471 homes as a result of the torrential rains that swept...
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