♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's news highlights from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Assets of disbanded NCP ‘estimated...
23 dead in catastrophic Khartoum Bahri gas explosion
At least 23 people have reportedly been killed and more than 130 injured in a gas explosion and subsequent fire...
Khartoum medics strike after police assault
On Sunday, doctors at Bashayer Hospital in Khartoum went on strike in protest after two doctors, including a medical specialist,...
Sudan journalists call for removal of ‘figures of the old regime’ from media institutions
On Monday, the Sudanese Journalists Network (SJN) organised a protest against affiliates of the former regime in the institutions of...
Yasir Arman: ‘Rebel delegation not in Khartoum to negotiate’
Delegations from the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North under the leadership of Malik Agar (SPLM-N Agar) and the Kush Alliance...
Food poisoning cases flood Port Sudan hospitals
On Monday, hospitals in Port Sudan were overwhelmed with more than 100 people suffering from suspected food poisoning. The people...
Deadly violence across Darfur
Gunmen wounded four people in separate incidents in South and West Darfur over the weekend. Violence in Darfur is seriously...
Darfur peace projects and Unamid mandate discussed
A consultative coordination of federal institutions and the Darfur states was held at the headquarters of the UN-AU Mission in...
Sudan to release 1,012 prisoners
Chief Justice Nemat Abdallah has announced that 1,012 prisoners in Khartoum and Omdurman are to be released. The Chief Justice announced...
PM Hamdok in USA to discuss Sudan sanctions
Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok arrived in the USA on Sunday with a high-level Sudanese delegation. The main topic of the...
Al Jazeera poll: ‘Majority of Sudanese support dissolution of Al Bashir regime’
On Saturday evening, hundreds of young Sudanese in Khartoum celebrated the government decision to dissolve the National Congress Party (NCP)...
Two North Darfur farmers killed by herdsmen
Two farmers were shot dead by armed herdsmen in two separate incidents in North Darfur at the weekend. Farmer Abdelbagi...
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