The US State Department has issued a statement strongly condemning “the recent marked increase in violence in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and the Two Areas (South Kordofan and Blue Nile state)”, and calls for an immediate end to killings, sexual violence, forced displacements, and other human rights abuses.
The drivers of two lorries of commercial transporters, carrying goods for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), were stopped, and robbed by armed men riding motorcycles in North Darfur on Saturday. The WFP has confirmed that after being robbed of their valuables, the drivers were left to proceed, and there was no looting of any …
The streets of Khartoum, Khartoum North (Bahri), and Omdurman, remained barricaded for the second consecutive day, in anticipation of marches that are expected to attract more than a million people to the Sudan capital and other major cities today. Traffic and travel have ground to a virtual standstill across the three major cities in Khartoum …
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Two civilians, including an infant, were shot dead by gunmen on Wednesday. Ali Daqash (35) and Musa Baraka (1) from the Jertouba region died in the incident near Jebal Amer. Muhammad Ali Hamdan, from Ardamta, died after allegedly being severely tortured in the prison of the 15th Intelligence Brigade in El Geneina in West Darfur …
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As the value of the Sudanese Pound (SDG) continues its unprecedented downward spiral against the US Dollar and other major international currencies, a prominent economic analyst has predicted that the price for a greenback could rise above SDG1,000.