Month: August 2022

The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has called for ‘‘urgent investigations’’ into ‘‘suspicious circumstances’’ surrounding the deaths of reverent Azrag Barnabas and his three children and to an end to the harassment of Christians across Sudan. According to a postmortem report uncovered by the ACJPS, pastor Azrag from the church of Garsila …

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The High Council of Beja Nazirs* and Independent Chieftains announced yesterday that it would not attend the Eastern Sudan Conference, which is held in Khartoum today. The Beja nazirs did not participate in previous peace negotiations on the Eastern Sudan Track but, at the same time, warned of the dire consequences of any political settlement …

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Medics in Kassala threatened to go on strike if the hospital director was not dismissed within 24 hours, whilst medics in North Darfur remained on strike for the fourth consecutive week. Workers and locals in West Kordofan closed the Canar oil field to demand better conditions.

Members of the now-suspended Empowerment Removal Committee* (ERC) have denounced the statements by Minni Arko Minawi, who said on Sunday that he holds the committee responsible for the flooding of large areas in El Gezira due to the confiscation of tools and machinery used to dig and maintain irrigation canals.

Today marks this year’s World Humanitarian Day, an occasion which highlights the commemoration and celebration of humanitarian aid workers across the world. The acting Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan’s UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Eddie Rowe issued a statement yesterday, underlining the pivotal work by aid workers in Sudan.