♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Khartoum promises fuel supplies...
MPs request: Question finance minister on sorghum price
A Member of Parliament has requested the Sudanese parliament to question the finance minister about the ongoing rise of prices...
Dozens of Sudanese soldiers killed in Yemen battle
(UPDATE 15:30) On Thursday, three senior Sudanese officers and dozens of soldiers were killed during a battle in northern Yemen,...
More fires in Darfur camps: Dozens of homes destroyed
Three separate fires on Sunday and Monday caused the destruction of dozens of houses in two camps for displaced people...
Khartoum promises fuel supplies ‘soon’, water outages continue
Drinking water remains scarce in a number of camps and towns in Sudan because of stalled water pumps and water...
Darfur camp closes as Chad refugees return home
The Mukjar refugee camp in Central Darfur is set to close as the last camp residents returned to their home...
Supreme Court: long prison term for Nyala rapist
The Sudanese Supreme Court issued a ruling in support of a South Darfur court sentence against a man convicted for...
Militiamen arrest, beat man and boy in Central Darfur
Militiamen beat a boy and a man after arresting them in a market in Central Darfur on Saturday. In Jebel...
Coordination Mechanism on Unamid: ‘Situation in Darfur improved significantly’
On Sunday, representatives of the Sudanese government, the AU and the UN met in Khartoum for the 25th meeting of...
Man killed by RSF militiamen in eastern Sudan
Members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan’s main militia, shot dead an eastern Sudanese civilian in Tokar in Red...
Sudan’s NISS transfers blind Darfuri sheikh to Khartoum
According to reports from Central Darfur, detained Sheikh Matar Younis has been transferred from Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur,...
Gunmen shoot, rob voluntary returnees in South Darfur
A community leader sustained bullet wounds in an attack by gunmen on voluntary returnees in Gireida locality in South Darfur...
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