♦ Sudan: This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact digest of the past week’s most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan. Subscribe to receive this digest weekly in your...
Death of Sudanese politician ‘deliberately withheld by Military Intelligence’
The Sudanese Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party said yesterday that party member Mohamed Badri was tortured in military detention in Khartoum...
European Union sanctions Sudanese businessman and six companies
The EU on Friday imposed asset freezes and travel bans on six people reportedly linked to Hamas, including Sudanese businessman...
Sudan govt cracks down on grassroots service committees in the entire country
The acting Minister of Federal Governance in Port Sudan last week issued a decree banning all grassroots committees in Sudan...
Sudan junta freezes IGAD membership after summit boycott
The de facto Sudanese government has frozen its membership of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), and says it rejects...
Hemedti at IGAD Sudan summit as El Burhan boycotts
Former Sudanese prime minister Abdallah Hamdok and the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, attended...
South Sudan tightens border control with Sudan
South Sudan is to impose stricter control on the 2,000-kilometre border with Sudan, 24 hours after the United Nations announced...
UN expert deplores ‘grim human rights situation’ in Sudan
As the brutal armed conflict in Sudan enters its 10th month, the UN expert on human rights in Sudan, Radhouane...
New AU panel aims to broker ‘swift restoration of peace’ in Sudan
The African Union Commission has appointed three prominent African dignitaries to form a High-Level Panel on the Resolution of the...
Sudan govt snubs IGAD after Hemedti invited to summit
The government of Sudan has suspended cooperation with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), after it included discussions on the...
Northern Sudan ‘ready to repel’ RSF
Northern Sudan, like eastern Sudan, is reportedly bracing for a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) invasion. Grassroots service and Forces for...
Sudan’s Communist Party ‘won’t join Tagaddum talks’
The Communist Party of Sudan (CPoS) has rejected the invitation by the Civil Democratic Forces (Tagaddum) to join talks to...
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