♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan ♦ More bombing, raids displace...
‘Second offensive on Darfur’s Jebel Marra to start soon’: rebel leader
The Sudanese government is preparing a second offensive on rebel strongholds in Jebel Marra, according to Abdelwahid El Nur, leader...
‘Religious discrimination in Sudan creates space for extremism’: SDFG
Since the National Islamic Front took power by military coup in 1989, Sudan has witnessed a significant clampdown on religious...
Sudan govt. contributes SDG6.4 million to Darfur Dialogue Project
On behalf of the Government of Sudan, Minister of Finance Badreldin Mahmoud today signed the first cost sharing agreement with...
Pregnant woman killed, two injured in air raid on Darfur’s Jebel Marra
A pregnant woman was killed and two others sustained serious injuries in an air raid on the area north of...
Sudanese journalist released in Saudi Arabia, El Sudani gagged
The Journalists’ Association for Human Rights (JAHR) has welcomed the release of Waleed El Hussein by the Saudi authorities last...
President Al Bashir to visit Darfur this month
President Omar Al Bashir will tour all five Darfur states later this month to promote security and peace in the...
North Darfur villager kidnapped for six-year-old murder
On Monday, a group of militiamen kidnapped a 50-year old villager near Saraf Umra in North Darfur. The coordinator of...
North Darfur medics continue strike in El Fasher
Medical doctors in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher resumed their strike last week in protest against the delay...
Dozens of South Darfur tribesmen transferred to Port Sudan prison
84 Fellata and Salamat tribesmen detained under the South Darfur emergency measures last month were transferred from Nyala to Port...
Sudanese President faces arrest if he returns to South Africa
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the government against a ruling that...
Mother and sons killed in Jebel Marra air raid
A mother and her two sons were killed when an Antonov plane dropped barrel bombs near Kalokiting in south Jebel...
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