Month: February 2022

The primary and secondary teachers strike in South Kordofan has entered its fifth day of protest, in demand of recuperating their full financial dues.

Authorities have released roughly 40 political detainees in what has been criticised as an attempt to mislead the UN expert on human rights in Sudan, Adama Dieng, who is currently visiting Sudan. More than 160 political detainees are still held in prisons, often without clear charges or access to lawyers.

A compact digest of the past week’s most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan.

The start-up of hydroelectric turbines of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) does not aim to generate electricity, but rather to drain water stored behind the dam for construction in preparation for the third filling, according to Dr Ahmed El Mufti, an international expert in water resources, and a former member of the Sudan delegation …

Sudanese water expert: ‘Ethiopia has started GERD hydroelectric turbines to drain water ahead of third filling’ Read More »

The ongoing campaign of detentions of opponents of the Sudan coup, does not even spare children, as the authorities detained a 14-year-old girl, Maya Hasan Ahmed, an eighth-grade basic school student, during the February 21 Marches of the Millions in Omdurman. Lawyer Amira Mohamed told Radio Dabanga that the girl is not registered in any …

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