♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's news highlights from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Sudanese journalists arrested, imprisoned under...
Sudanese journalists arrested, imprisoned under emergency law
The Sudanese security service arrested journalist Hussein Saad on Sunday while he was on his way home. A South Darfur...
Sudan Uprising: More protests against killing of teacher
Demonstrations took off in Khartoum on Monday in response to the Sudanese Professionals Association’s calls to join the protest against...
Sudan teacher salaries drop instead of rise
Teachers in Sudan have complained about the lack of an increase of their salaries similar to other state employees. In...
Bread, cash shortages prevail throughout Sudan
Residents in Sennar, White Nile, Northern State and El Gezira have complained about the continued shortage of bread, fuel, and...
Sudan rebels announce meeting on “merging factions”
The parties under the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), led by Minni Minawi and Malik Agar, have announced to hold a...
Robbery on traveling South Kordofan traders wounds one
One man was wounded during an armed robbery on a group of merchants in South Kordofan on Monday. More than...
Darfur rebels deny reports of involvement in Libya
Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has strongly denied reports by Al Jazeera television on Saturday that their armed forces...
Herders kill farmers in North Darfur
Armed herders shot dead two people and wounded three others in a shooting in the area of Ragwa near Tabit...
Sudanese PM: Protests against living conditions are ‘legitimate’
Prime Minister Motaz Mousa has described popular protests against living conditions as “legitimate” in a statement made at a forum...
Sudan Uprising: Sunday protests, ongoing strikes and detentions
Protests took place on Sunday throughout greater Khartoum, Abri in Northern State, and Wad Sulfab in El Gezira; meanwhile strikes...
Torture and death of teacher sparks unrest
According to the Sudanese Doctors’ Central Committee, the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) has tortured to death two men...
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