Sudan’s Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dafallah El Haj Ali, summoned Volker Perthes, UN Special Representative for Sudan and head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) on Wednesday afternoon, after statements by Perthes regarding the Marches of The Millions taking place across Sudan today.
Representatives of the international community in Sudan have issued a joint statement urging “restraint by all parties and a commitment by authorities to the protection of civilians” during today’s demonstrations.
The 500 megawatt Um Debakir thermal power plant in Rabak, White Nile state, is currently out of service after a pylon collapsed during bad weather, the Sudanese Electricity Transmission Company says. In a press statement yesterday, the company confirmed that bad weather conditions led to the collapse of one of the pylons between Mashkour and …
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The Sovereignty Council announced that a ceremony will be held next week for the inauguration of a new batch of security forces concerned with the protection of civilians in Darfur as part of the implementation of the security arrangements stipulated in the Juba Peace Agreement. The presence of armed forces in Darfur has been subject …
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Resistance groups are ready for the June 30 Marches of the Millions all over Sudan tomorrow, while the authorities have announced strict security measures. A shut-down of telephone traffic and the Internet is expected as well. Resistance committees are working on the unification of the two ‘power to the people’ charters issued earlier this year.