♦ Sudan: This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's news highlights from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation...
PM Hamdok: Sudan press freedom still needs work
Although progress has been made, the press freedom situation in Sudan is “still below the standards set by the transitional...
Coronavirus: Sudan journalists ask for protective gear
Four journalists in Khartoum have been infected with coronavirus and are now undergoing medical treatment. In Sennar Hospital all staff...
Four wounded in new Abyei attack
Four people including a woman were wounded yesterday in an attack by armed men on a commercial vehicle in Abyei,...
Coronavirus: Sudan imposes stricter measures to enforce social distancing
Sudan’s High Committee for Health Emergencies has taken new decisive measures to reinforce the social distancing policies as coronavirus (Covid-19)...
Rape, gender violence still rife in Darfur
On Thursday, unidentified gunmen raped a 12-year-old girl in Shangil Tobaya in North Darfur. In Nierteti in Central Darfur, militiamen...
Sudan govt, SPLM-N Agar agree to integrate rebel forces
The Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, headed by Malik Agar (SPLM-N Agar), have agreed to integrate the...
Hemeti: Hope for swift resolution to Abyei security problem
Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’ and Tut Galuak, Advisor to the South Sudanese president...
Sudan’s military employed to enforce anti-Covid-19 measures
On Thursday, hundreds of members of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces militia were deployed in the streets...
Sudan: Water shortages in Khartoum, cooking gas scarce in Atbara
People in large parts of the Sudanese capital are suffering from a severe lack of drinking water. Atbara in northern...
Sudanese medics condemn soaring medicine prices
Doctors and pharmacists in Sudan have denounced the recent increase in the prices of medicines. According to pharmacists, the prices...
Supporters of former Sudanese president arrested
On Thursday, the police arrested 23 people in front of Kober Prison in Khartoum North. They demanded the release of...
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