Month: September 2022

In an interview with Radio Dabanga, economic expert Sidgi Kaballo described Sudan’s inflation figures as “disturbing” and warned of a ‘revolution of the hungry’ if the root causes of the economic problems are not addressed. He warned of the deployment of more police and security forces to contain the situation and said that, instead, a …

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Director of Social Welfare and Chairman of the High Committee for Emergencies in Blue Nile state, Ezzeldin Ali Suleiman, said that the number of people who fled the renewed fighting that erupted in El Roseires and the area south of the town on September 1, reached 66,000. About 9,000 of them fled to places within …

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The situation in Abu Zabad in West Kordofan remains tense following tribal clashes between Hamar and Misseriya over the weekend. Leaders of both tribes in Khartoum have formed a committee to reconciliate the warring sides. The African Center for Justice and Peace Studies has warned for the effects of the hostilities for the region.

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

“Sudan has seen new political developments but also a continued deterioration of the socio-economic situation” Volker Perthes, UN Special Representative for Sudan, and head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) told the UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday. Perthes also shared his concerns over the growing “security incidents …

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