♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan’s highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
♦ Militia attack Central Darfur camps: Four displaced dead
May 25 – 2018 GARSILA / ZALINGEI New information about the deadly attack in Aradeiba camp in Central Darfur claims that the people killed in the camp on 22 and 23 May had been shot in the presence of police and security forces.
One of the camp sheikhs in Aradeiba in Wadi Saleh locality claimed that the attack took place on a group of mourning people while members of the police and security service were present at the scene. Three people were killed and the sheikh reported to Radio Dabanga that seventeen people sustained injuries.
Aradeiba camp for displaced people is close to Zalingei locality, where the Khamsa Degaig camp witnessed a separate deadly attack by militiamen on Monday May 21. RSF members entered Khamsa Degaig that morning and opened fire into the air, deadly wounding a woman in the camp. Her death led to demonstrations in the camp and in front of the government's office in Zalingei town.
The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (Unamid) released a statement last week that the peacekeeping mission will increase the number and frequency of patrols in and around the Central Darfur camps.
♦ New attacks on rebel sites in Darfur's Jebel Marra
May 28 – 2018 KASS / KOBO The Sudan Liberation Movement under the leadership of Abdelwahid El Nur (SLM-AW) says it repelled attacks on their sites in Kass in southern Jebel Marra, Darfur, this weekend. Early last week fierce battles raged between the rebels and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Kobo, where again, the SLM-AW claimed to have repulsed the attacks on its bases. The Sudanese Air Force bombed areas in Jebel Marra on Tuesday, according to the movement.
Responding to the renewed clashes, the Darfur Displaced and Refugees Association reported that a large number of residents in Jebel Marra villages have been affected by the clashes and fled their homes.
The Sudanese Defence Minister was requested by members of parliament to appear before the Parliament in Khartoum following the shooting of civilians in Jebel Marra.
The government forces' attempt to eliminate bases of the SLM-AW started in March. In April, areas in north-western Jebel Marra were targeted, where at least 13 villages burned to the ground and tens of thousands of people reportedly fled their homes.
More news from Radio Dabanga:
May 29 – 2018 KHARTOUM A Member of Parliament called upon the Speaker of Parliament to shed a light on the situation of Sudanese people held in…
Four die of sunstroke in Port Sudan
May 28 – 2018 PORT SUDAN Four people succumbed to a sunstroke in Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state, this weekend.The Port Sudan Hospital…
Arab Network concerned about press crackdowns in Sudan
May 28 – 2018 CAIRO The Cairo-based Arab Network for Crisis Information has expressed its “deep concern” about the “systematic violations and…
May 27 – 2018 SOUTH KORDOFAN A new report published by the Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG) as part of its Sudan Transparency Initiative entitled…
May 27 – 2018 ED DAEIN In Ed Daein, capital of East Darfur, residents reported to Radio Dabanga the exacerbation of drinking water crisis, which has lasted…
Al Bashir case: ICC asks submissions on Jordan’s legal questions
May 25 – 2018 THE HAGUE For the first time, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has invited Sudanese authorities to…
North Kordofan court convicts dozens of students kicked-out of dorms
May 25 – 2018 EL OBEID The criminal court in El Obeid has convicted 149 students of the University of Kordofan as they refused to leave their dormitories. They…
South Darfur Wali: ‘Arms collection helped return 65,000 displaced families'
May 24 – 2018 KHARTOUM The Wali of South Darfur, Adam El Faki, claims that the campaign of arms collection in the state helped bring more than 65,000…
Diesel $21.30 a gallon in Sudan’s Kassala
May 23 – 2018 KASSALA Racketeering is rife in Sudan’s Kassala as reports from the state complain that the fuel crisis has worsened in an unprecedented manner…
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