Kiryadongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 32,350 Sudanese refugees have fled to Uganda due to conflict in the past year. The refugees entered the country between November 2023 and August this year. The refugees have since been received and accommodated at the Panyadoli refugee settlement area in Kiryadongo …
Read More »Ongoing conflict ravages Sudan’s economy, society in 2023
KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | As the Sudanese people expected to see an end to the years-long instability in 2023 to avoid an economic collapse in the country, Sudan slid into a deadly military conflict in April that has been ongoing till now. HEAVY TOLL ON CIVILIANS On April …
Read More »Five get life sentence for murder of South Sudanese at Arua Park
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have been handed life imprisonment by the High Court in Kampala for their involvement in the murder of Abdallah and Ibrahim Bakhit, former managers of Juba City Hotel in Arua Park, Kampala Central Division, approximately five years ago. The convicted individuals include …
Read More »Sudanese protesters march to presidential palace to demand civilian rule
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Thousands of Sudanese protesters on Sunday managed to break a security cordon and reach the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum to demand civilian rule on the third anniversary of the December revolution, which toppled the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir. The huge crowds managed …
Read More »Sudan protesters hail landmark deal with generals
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Crowds of jubilant Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum on Friday to celebrate a landmark deal between protest leaders and the country’s ruling generals aimed at turning the page on months of political unrest. The power-sharing deal, reached in the early hours after two days …
Read More »Sudan protesters call mass rally as tensions rise
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese protesters on Tuesday called for a mass rally, insisting the army is not serious about handing power to civilians nearly three weeks after it toppled autocratic president Omar al-Bashir. The call came as tensions mounted over the make-up of a new joint civilian-military council to …
Read More »Sudan protesters volunteer money, food to fuel sit-in
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Be it a morning coffee or a late night dinner, Sudanese protesters camping round-the-clock these last three weeks outside the army complex in Khartoum say they have everything covered. Make-shift clinics, tents and kitchens have sprung up across the sprawling site to cater for thousands …
Read More »Protesters rally in downtown Khartoum in support of detained
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Hundreds of Sudanese protesters rallied Thursday in downtown Khartoum and other districts of the capital in support of fellow demonstrators detained in the weeks of rallies against President Omar al-Bashir’s iron-fisted rule, witnesses said. The latest protest came after Bashir acknowledged that Sudan’s controversial public order law and growing economic …
Read More »Hundreds of Sudan professors hold sit-in against Bashir gov’t
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | About 300 Sudanese professors and lecturers from the University of Khartoum held a sit-in protest on campus Wednesday against President Omar al-Bashir’s government, a spokesman for the group said. Deadly protests have rocked the east African country since December 19 after a government decision to …
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