♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Sudanese daily defies reporting...
Darfur rebel proposal to include Qatar mediation ‘bypasses AUHIP roadmap’
Head of the Darfur Peace Follow-up Office, Amin Hassan Omar, said that the proposal by the rebel JEM and SLM-MM to...
Unexpected hike in Darfur flight prices
Travellers in Darfur are surprised by a sudden increase in air ticket prices. Several passengers Radio Dabanga spoke to complained...
Five students wounded at Omdurman campus
Two university students at a campus in Omdurman have been seriously injured in a clash that erupted over student union...
Police, drug dealers killed in West Kordofan, West Darfur
Several policemen and a soldier were killed and wounded in a shootout with an armed gang on a road in...
Minor raped in West Darfur
A minor was raped north of Sirba in West Darfur on Sunday. A hijack in Kutum resulted in the loss...
Sudanese medics denied access to North Darfur camp
A medical team representing several organisations was prevented from practicing their daily work in Zamzam camp for displaced people, near...
Sudan’s traffic police corrupt with on-the-spot fines
On-the-spot traffic violation fines in Sudanese traffic law are designed act as waivers to avoid court cases. Traffic police, however,...
Swiss donate $2.4 million grant for WFP Sudan
Switzerland contributed a grant and in-kind donations worth $2.4 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday,...
Kidnappers of Coptic pastor ‘have not demanded ransom’
A Coptic pastor who was abducted in South Darfur a month ago is still in the hands of his kidnappers....
Confiscations of Sudanese paper continue today; Press Act to be re-written
(UPDATE 14:50) El Jareeda newspaper was again confiscated on Monday, after several days of seizures of the print runs last...
Fellata, Salamat discuss peace pact violations in South Darfur
The peace conference between the Fellata and Salamat tribes is expected to conclude soon after reaching a comprehensive peace agreement....
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