Resistance committees: Khartoum, Omdurman sit-ins lifted
The authorities in Khartoum tried to disperse the sit-in in Old Omdurman near El Azhari square yesterday, after the Eid prayers, by firing tear gas at the worshipers.
Month: July 2022
North Darfur farmers call for protection from bandits
Residents of Zamzam camp for the internally displaced have called on authorities to deploy protective forces during the agricultural season to protect them while they cultivate their lands. The Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-chief of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo, has given gunmen who have set up illegal ‘toll gates’ …
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Sudan army officers accused of July 2019 coup attempt released on appeal
A specialised court in Khartoum on Thursday ordered the release on appeal of army officers accused of the second coup attempt after the April 2019 revolution that overthrew the 30-year Al Bashir dictatorship. The second coup attempt in late July 2019, which followed a previous attempt earlier that month, was led by former Chief of …
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Tear gas fired into mosque in Sudan capital
Members of the Central Reserve Forces (also known as Abu Tira) allegedly fired tear gas at worshipers during Friday prayers at a Khartoum mosque, after the imam’s sermon denounced the killing of protesters without justification.
Many Sudanese face a meagre Eid El Adha
Muslims in Sudan and across the world are observing the Eid El Adha* holiday this weekend, which is observed according to the Muslim lunar (Hijri) calendar. It is the second and bigger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). In Sudan, the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers …