Suakin man held for Facebook video satirising Sudan’s President Al Bashir
A man from the historic port of Suakin in Sudan’s Red Sea state has reportedly been arrested for posting a...
17 organisations and four individuals sign open letter to UN on detentions, use of excessive force in Sudan
17 organisations and four individuals have signed an open letter to several UN Commissioners expressing concern over “the crackdown on peaceful protests...
US ‘deeply concerned’ by arrests and detentions in Sudan
The United States Embassy in Sudan has issued a statement expressing its concern at the many arrests and detentions carried...
Death toll mounts in Central Darfur ‘watery diarrhoea’ outbreak
In Nierteti in Central Darfur, the death toll from ‘acute watery diarrhoea’ – suspected of being cholera – has amounted...
Nine students detained in downtown Khartoum
Agents of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) on Monday seized and detained nine student members of the Sudan...
Khartoum teachers call strike in pay dispute
The Sudanese Teachers' Committee announced that higher secondary school teachers in Khartoum state will stop working as of Wednesday in...
River-based transport to resume between White Nile state and South Sudan
River-based transport between Sudan and South Sudan is set to resume. The government started preparing the river-based means of transport...
Sudan further curtails circulation of hard currency
The Ministry of Finance of Sudan has announced the continuation of a policy of reducing the circulation of money among...
Chad militiamen kill seven in West Darfur cattle raid
Seven people were shot dead and eight others were wounded in an armed cattle theft operation allegedly carried out by...
Sudan: Evangelical Church building demolished in Khartoum North
Agents of the Sudanese security forces demolished the Evangelical Church in El Haj Yousif in Khartoum North on Sunday and...
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A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Looming food gap: Flour,...
Five people die of ‘watery diarrhoea’ spreading in Central Darfur
Five people reportedly died of what is suspected to be cholera in Nierteti in Central Darfur on Monday. A team...
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