Almost three years into a devastating war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appear to have regained control over the capital ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced on March 26 that “Khartoum is now free” after his troops successfully …
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KHARTOUM | Xinhua | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo acknowledged on Sunday his paramilitary group had withdrawn from Khartoum, part of Sudan’s capital region, calling the move a tactical repositioning to Omdurman, another city within the tripartite capital region. In an audio message circulated via Telegram, Dagalo …
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INTERVIEW | On March 26, Sudanese army forces reclaimed control over the presidential palace in central Khartoum, dislodging the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and claiming a major new tactical and strategic victory that could signal a new phase of the war. With the army now on the verge of reclaiming …
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KHARTOUM, SUUDAN | Xinhua | Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council and commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), declared from inside the Presidential Palace in Khartoum on Wednesday that “Khartoum is free,” referring to the end of the Rapid Support Forces’ control over the capital, according …
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What it’s going to take to find the right formula to manage its diverse political, economic and cultural interests? COMMENT | MULUGETA G BERHE | Sudan, which included South Sudan up to 2011, has never known peace and stability since independence in 1956. The country’s instability stems from the absence of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started rolling out the Ebola Sudan Trial Vaccine to high-risk populations following the recent outbreak in Uganda. This comes after the country registered its eighth outbreak of the Ebola Sudan strain, in which a health worker from Mulago Hospital succumbed …
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NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s Ministry of Health said on Friday it has intensified surveillance at all entry points across the country following an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease in neighboring Uganda. “As a precautionary measure, surveillance systems have been enhanced in all counties and points of entry,” …
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Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudanese citizens took to Juba streets today, destroying shops owned by Sudanese nationals in apparent retaliation for the recent brutal killings of South Sudanese citizens in Wad Medani, Sudan. Tensions have escalated with clashes reported between protestors and security forces. Reports …
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KHARTOUM, Sudan | Xinhua | The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Saturday recaptured Wad Madani, the capital city of Gezira State in central Sudan, from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the office of the SAF spokesperson said in a statement. “The command of the SAF congratulates our honorable people on …
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KHARTOUM, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Monday called on the United Nations (UN) to take measures to ensure the implementation of the Security Council resolutions on stopping the entry of weapons into the Darfur region in western Sudan and the attacks …
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