Small Arms Survey report: ‘UN Peacekeepers have lost thousands of weapons in sub-Saharan Africa’
UN-backed peacekeepers have lost enough guns and ammunition in sub-Saharan Africa over the past two decades to arm an army,...
Report: ‘Corruption, including embezzlement, cronyism, patronage in Sudan’s gold industry’
The gold industry in Sudan is affected by country’s legal and institutional framework, “bureaucratic and political corruption, including embezzlement, cronyism...
♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan ♦ Restrictive Press Act amendments...
Press Act amendments unite journalists in petition
Journalists have embarked on a campaign to collect signatures for their case to protest new amendments to the Press and...
Sudan finance minister discusses high inflation rate, flour crisis
The Minister of Finance revealed an inflation rate in Sudan of 34 percent in the first half of 2017. He...
‘Sudan limits online press, activists’: Freedom House
People in Sudan surfing and publishing content on the internet faced numerous violations of user rights, obstacles to access the...
West Darfur dissolves native administrations
In West Darfur, several native administrations have been dissolved by the state government and await new appointments. West Darfur Governor Fadlelmowla...
Two injured in Khartoum’s brick factory protests
Two people were injured and four were arrested in a confrontation with the police in a district in Khartoum on...
Four children die in South Darfur ammo storage explosion
Four children died in their family's house when an ammunition storage exploded in the South Darfur capital Nyala on Saturday. ...
Student succumbs to bullet wounds in anti-mining protest, South Kordofan
A person was killed and two were wounded in a demonstration in Kologi, South Kordofan, against the gold mining companies...
Sudan’s Al Bashir arrives in Uganda for talks
Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir, who has been wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague for alleged...
Northern Sudanese groups reject large-scale dams
People in northern Sudan submitted a memorandum rejecting the construction of large-scale dams to the Sudanese Parliament on Sunday. Native...
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