By Paul Adaji (ABUJA) The National Association of Nigerian Students in Sudan, have called on the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) for a possible evacuation from Sudan. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM on Thursday in Abuja. Odu said that the call was … Read more
Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs is working to evacuate 275 nationals trapped in the deadly military clashes in Sudan, a top official said on Wednesday. John Mulimba, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of regional cooperation, told Xinhua by telephone that the government has contacted the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to assist … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the violence that broke out in Sudan on Saturday has killed 270 people and injured 2,600 persons. “I condemn all loss of lives and we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in #Sudan,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director general, in Geneva on Tuesday. The aid … Read more
Foreign ministers of the G7 countries called on Sudan’s warring parties to immediately lay down their arms and engage in dialogue saying it threatens efforts to restore Sudan’s democratic transition. The ministers said in a statement that the fighting between Sudan’s military and the country’s main paramilitary force “threatens the security and safety of Sudanese … Read more
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has expressed support for the restoration of civilian rule and the transition to democracy in Sudan following the country’s military coup in October 2021. Türk, while giving an update to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday, said new effort needed to restore civilian rule and … Read more
Sudan on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to deepen bilateral relations with Nigeria in the aviation sector. The Sudanese ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Mohamed Abdelmannan, made the reaffirmation when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He noted that while Sudan-Nigeria diplomatic relations was established since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, cooperation between … Read more
The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies have said. “As we speak today, 650,000 kids are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. If not treated, half of them will die,” UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative … Read more
Flooding in Sudan has killed at least 134 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the northeast African country’s ongoing wet season, police said on Thursday. Heavy rains usually fall between May and October in Sudan, which faces severe flooding each year, wrecking property, infrastructure and crops. The National Council for Civil Defence … Read more
The Nile River’s water level is rising alarmingly in its sections in Sudan, local authorities warned, prompting new flood concerns in areas that have already been fighting floodwater. “All sections on the Blue Nile River, a major tributary of the Nile River, are witnessing a rise and nearing the flood level since,” the Sudanese Irrigation … Read more
Sudan summoned the Ethiopian ambassador to Khartoum on Tuesday in protest against his statement about Ethiopia’s downing of a plane that allegedly had come from Sudanese airspace. An official with Sudan’s Foreign Ministry condemned Yibeltal Aemero Alemu’s Monday statement confirming that the Ethiopian forces had shot down a plane carrying weapons for the Tigray People’s … Read more
The death toll from the recent heavy rains and floods in Sudan has climbed to 75, the country’s National Council for Civil Defense said Tuesday. In addition, 30 people were injured, while 12,551 homes destroyed and 20,751 others damaged during the rain, the council said in a statement. The UN Office for the Coordination of … Read more
A Sudanese doctors’ union said a protester was killed during anti-military demonstrations on Wednesday in Khartoum Bahri, after security forces used excessive force. “A martyr, who was not identified, has died after he was shot in the chest by the forces of darkness”, the Central Council of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said in a statement on … Read more
Sudan’s military government has lifted a state of emergency which it imposed after seizing power in a coup six months ago. The country’s ruling security and defence council said the decision was made at a meeting headed by the military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. It said the move was aimed at creating the right … Read more
There are reports that fighting has resumed in the city of El Geneina in the Sudanese region of Darfur where at least 200 people died over the weekend. Following a lull in the fighting on Tuesday the sound of heavy gunfire can once again be heard. Tension has been high between Arab nomads and members … Read more
eavy clashes between rival groups in Sudan’s Darfur have left some 45 people killed, officials said on Thursday, as tribal leaders reported that fighting persisted in the latest ethnic violence. Fresh fighting broke out on Tuesday between the ethnic Africa Fallata people and an Arab tribe in villages outside Nyala, the capital of South Darfur … Read more
Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, with a halt to foreign assistance and the war in Ukraine putting food supplies at further risk. The rising levels of hunger forecast by United Nations agencies threaten to further destabilise a country … Read more
The United States has imposed sanctions on Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) force for human rights abuses. The Treasury Department on Monday accused the CRP of being “at the forefront” of the crackdown on protests against military rule in the northeast African nation. “Since the October 25 military takeover, Sudan’s Central Reserve Police has used … Read more
Sudan is under pressure from the European Union and the West to publicly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “member of the international community”. Khartoum, whose First Vice-President Mohammed Hamdan Daqlo and a number of ministers visited Moscow on the day Russia launched attacks against Kyiv, has remained silent on the invasion that has … Read more
By Theodore Jones – Egypt and Sudan used Tuesday’s Nile Day meeting in Dar es Salaam to call for dialogue on the use of Nile waters, making a turn around from their confrontational stance with Ethiopia over its Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (Gerd) project. On the eve of the meeting, Ethiopia had announced the launch … Read more
Sudan on Monday released 36 detainees from Soba Prison, who had been arrested following protests in the capital Khartoum during recent weeks, Sudanese Lawyers Committee says. “Those released from Soba prison are political prisoners who were arrested in connection with the recent protests,” the committee said on its Facebook page on Monday. They were transferred … Read more
By Theodore Jones – Sudan on Monday rejected what it described as a “unilateral step” by Ethiopia to begin electricity production from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “Ethiopia’s decision to unilaterally begin operation of the GERD constitutes a violation to the Declaration of Principles signed by the three parties,” Sudan’s acting Irrigation and Water … Read more
By Theodore Jones – Sudan on Wednesday shut its land border with the Central Africa Republic in what officials said was to manage a security threat from the neighbouring country. Lt-Gen Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, Commander of the Rapid Support Forces said Khartoum was closing the border with the south western neighbour due to “due to … Read more
By Theodore Jones – Thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied Monday calling for civilian rule and demanding justice for those killed in crackdowns since a military coup nearly three months ago, according to an AFP report. Crowds in the capital Khartoum chanting slogans against the army headed toward the presidential palace, an area which security forces … Read more
By Theodore Jones – Sudanese forces opened fire killing seven protesters on Monday in one of the deadliest recent mass rallies against a military coup, with UN Security Council members urging Khartoum to exercise the “utmost restraint”. The latest violence, which took place in the capital as well as in other major cities, comes ahead … Read more
By Theodore Jones – Sudan has revoked the licence of Al Jazeera Mubasher, part of the Qatar-based network, accusing it of “unprofessional” TV coverage of anti-coup protests, the channel said Sunday. “The Sudanese authorities announce they revoked the accreditation of Al Jazeera Mubasher and barred its team from working in Sudan,” tweeted the news channel. Sudan has been … Read more
By Theodore Jones – A senior Sudanese police officer was killed Thursday during protests in the Sudanese capital, an official statement said, as security forces fired tear gas at thousands who kept up rallies against an October military coup. Brigadier General Ali Bareema Hamad, “fell martyr while doing his duties and securing protests” in the … Read more
BY Theodore Jones – United Nations on Monday, said it had begun talks in Sudan to save the move towards democracy after a military coup. UN officials contacted political parties to find a way to move forward, and the military did not challenge the initiative, UN Special Rapporteur Volker Perthes told Reuters. “We want to … Read more
By Theodore Jones – Sudanese security forces killed a third protester on Thursday during demonstrations against the military which led a coup more than two months ago, medics said. “A third protester, yet to be identified, died after he was hit by live bullets to the chest by the putchist forces” during demonstrations in North … Read more
By Theodore Jones – Sudan’s major Western donors say they will not work with a new Prime Minister if the PM is appointed without the input of civilian movements in the country, according to Reuters. In a joint call, two days after Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok quit office following weeks of protests against the military … Read more
By Theodore Jones – At least 24 people have been killed in the last few days following clashes between Messiraya nomads from Sudan and residents of Aweil East County of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State of South Sudan, the state’s Information Minister confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking to The EastAfrican in an interview, Northern Bahr-El-Ghazel Information Minister William Anyuon Kuol … Read more