Resistance committees in Sudan’s Khartoum state will march towards the Republican Palace today, to demand the overthrow of the coup and the removal of the military from the political process.
As the world marked World Press Freedom Day 2022 on Wednesday, the journalists and media professionals in Sudan cry out for their voice to be heard in an increasingly restrictive and intimidating, and lethally dangerous environment.
The economic situation has continued to deteriorate in Sudan during 2022. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan revealed the continued deterioration of the economic situation. Reports indicate that the value of the local currency has decreased 20 times (2,000 per cent) during the past five years.
Sudan’s ruling junta released 14 detainees from various prisons and detention centres in Sudan on Monday, the first day of Eid El Fitr, the three-day Muslim festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that between 85,000 and 115,000 people were displaced due to violence in Kereinik, West Darfur. OCHA says in its latest report that a “calm and tense” situation prevailed in Kereinik, West Darfur, during the past five days.