♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's news highlights from Darfur and Sudan General strikes took place this week, while some...
Unicef head: 19 children dead, 49 injured – ‘Violence in Sudan must stop’
The Executive Director of United Nations Children’s Fund Unicef, Henrietta Fore, has voiced grave concern about the impact of the...
George Clooney urges action on assets of Sudan generals
Hollywood star and activist George Clooney on Tuesday urged the international community to go after illicit money from Sudan, voicing...
Sudanese doctors say dozens raped during sit-in attack
Hospitals in Khartoum record more than 70 cases of rape in aftermath of attack on protest. From: The Guardian Doctors...
Eight killed, dozens wounded by militiamen in Darfur banditry
At least six people were shot dead and nine others wounded in bandit attacks by a group of paramilitaries on...
Khartoum markets, business closed; Sudan junta acknowledges internet black-out
Most shops in the markets and residential areas in the capital Khartoum have been closed for the second day in...
Sudan-wide civil disobedience: Major shut-down of Govt offices, commerce, industry
The second day of the civil disobedience campaign witnessed a large-scale response by the Sudanese in the cities of Sudan...
Sudan junta ‘retires’ 98 senior NISS officers
Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has referred 98 senior officers of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) to...
AFC: Preconditions must be met before negotiations can restart
The Alliance for Freedom and Change (AFC) will only restart negotiations with the Transitional Military Council if the TMC assumes...
Tear gas used in Khartoum amid massive support for general strike
Journalists told Radio Dabanga that members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan’s main government militia, wearing uniforms of the...
Heavy rains cause destruction in eastern Jebel Marra
Heavy rains accompanied by wind and dust caused a lot of destruction in the area of Libei, which is home...
Arrested SPLM-N leaders deported to South Sudan
The Transitional Military Council (TMC) has deported three leaders of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North under the leadership of Malik...
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