Month: June 2022

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

Resistance committees and various political and professional opposition groups continue their preparations for the launch of the June 30 Marches of the Millions, calling for the overthrow of the military rulers of the country. Protests calling for the implementation of the 2022 revised salary schedule continue in Red Sea state.

The number of victims of maltreatment and torture by the authorities is rapidly increasing in Sudan, says Sudanese psychiatrist Amal Jabrallah. On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, Jabrallah told Radio Dabanga that the increased maltreatment of activists “aims to break them, in order to get …

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Sudanese consumers should be aware of their rights, and are entitled to sue commercial banks if they deduct any amount from a client’s account without advance warning, which is illegal, economic and political analyst Hafiz Ismail cautions.

The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) has confirmed the presence of Russian ‘Wagner’* mercenaries in South Darfur, which it claims to have documented ‘since last year’. The mercenaries are specifically accused of attacks on artisanal gold miners in Um Dafug locality, close to the border with the Central African Republic (CAR).