Seized newspaper’s editor: ‘It’s our duty to cover price hike protests’
Eight journalists, including correspondents of Reuters and AFP, are being held in detention by the Sudanese security service. The print-runs...
Sea port workers threaten with strike against privatisation
The Alternative Workers' Union of the Sea Ports Corporation has given the federal minister of transport three days to stop...
Omdurman vigil goes ahead in spite of flooded venue – NUP leaders detained
A protest vigil entitled ‘Salvation of the Homeland’ went ahead yesterday in Sudan’s second city of Omdurman spite of attempts...
Reuters, AFP reporters held for covering Sudan protests
Reuters journalist Khalid Abdelaziz, and AFP correspondent Abdelmunim Abu Idris were detained in Khartoum on Tuesday while covering mass popular...
Dialogue parties criticise Sudan govt. handling of economic crisis, demos
15 political groupings participating in the national dialogue have harshly attacked the government because of the economic crisis, rise of...
Environmental Protection Committee calls mass meeting in Sudan’s Northern State
The six-party Environmental Protection Committee of Sudan’s Northern state has called a mass meeting at El Sawadra today to protest...
Eight Nierteti detainees transferred to Central Darfur capital
Eight detainees, including the omda of Nierteti, were transferred to the Central Darfur capital of Zalingei on Tuesday, one was...
South Korea pledges $2 million to support UNDP’s Youth Empowerment Initiative in Darfur
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, the Sudanese Ministry of International Cooperation and...
North Darfur asks USA for logistic support on Libyan border
The Governor of North Darfur, Abdelwahed Yousef, has asked a visiting delegation from the US Department of Defence to provide...
Sudan schoolyard flooded to prevent vigil
The Sudanese government has pre-emptively flooded a schoolyard in Omdurman in an attempt to prevent a vigil by opposition forces,...
Clamp-down on press during Sudan protests
Several journalists and correspondents of Arabic satellite channels were detained and their equipment confiscated by Sudanese authorities while they covered...
Activists hail success of mass demo in Sudan capital
Thousands of people took to the streets of Khartoum yesterday in peaceful popular protest against rising prices that have followed...
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