The US Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives welcomed Sudan’s Bar Association’s draft transitional constitution framework on Tuesday. In a press statement made by the Foreign Affairs Committee, they said praised the association’s efforts in engaging “a diverse set of Sudanese pro-democracy stakeholders in putting forward this proposal”.
While Sudan has postponed the start of the new school year to October 2, as more than 600 schools are affected by the heavy rainfall of last month, UNICEF and Save the Children reported that nearly seven million children in Sudan are not going to school. The Sudanese Ministry of Education yesterday announced the postponement …
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Zamzam camp leaders on Tuesday gave the Darfur authorities one day to do something about recurrent attacks by gunmen in the area, after a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped in the vicinity of the camp. Zamzam camp, 15 km south of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, is one of the largest camps for displaced people …
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At least 74 protesters were wounded during anti-junta Marches of the Millions in Khartoum organised by the resistance committees on Tuesday. A day earlier, government forces assaulted young people in the city and forcibly shaved their heads. An officer of the Rapid Support Forces convicted for killing a protester has been released.
About four million Sudanese live and work in Egypt. And many intend to follow. Up to at least eight daily flights depart from Khartoum International Airport with Sudanese leaving their country for good in search for a better life for their families in Egypt. Osman Mirghani, Editor-in-chief of the Sudanese El Tayyar newspaper, wrote in …
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