Month: March 2022

Op-ed: A historic milestone – the Ali Kushayb trial at the ICC shows progress in fight against impunity

15 years after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Ali Muhammed Abd-Al-Rahman (better known as “Ali Kushayb”), he now prepares to stand trial in The Hague on 5 April 2022. The trial will be the first case the ICC’s judges have handled on atrocities committed in Darfur in the early 2000s, …

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Sudan professors on strike after ‘unconstitutional’ university dismissals

The head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, dissolved the board of trustees for public universities, dismissed 30 of their directors, and appointed his own choices in their stead. In an interview with Radio Dabanga, Dr Siddig Tawer, a former member of the Sovereignty Council, describes the decision as “worthless, having no constitutional …

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At least 10 killed, two villages burned in deadly Darfur tribal clash

At least 10 people were killed and two villages were burned in clashes between the Fallata and Rizeigat tribesmen in South Darfur’s capital of Nyala, on Wednesday. Now in the third day of unrest, the conflict between the tribesmen was sparked by the decision to demarcate the borders between tribes. The decision was issued by …

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