The Committee for Prisoners and Missing Persons working to gather more information on those who went missing during battles between armed rebel movements and Sudanese military forces before the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement officially commenced its work in its office in Khartoum yesterday and is now open to receiving complaints and information from stakeholders.
Torrential rains continue in Sudan and heavy rains fell in South Darfur, El Gedaref, and White Nile state over the past week, causing many houses to collapse. On Wednesday, a nine-year-old girl died when a wall collapsed on her in Rahad El Beri, South Darfur.
At least six people were killed and an unknown number of people were wounded in new tribal clashes in Abu Zabad, West Kordofan, caused by a border demarcation conflict. Tribesmen from both sides crowded the town and there was continued shooting in the northern parts of the town on Monday morning.
In the sermons during the Friday prayers in Khartoum last week, imams of mosques strongly criticised Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim after he ordered the customs authorities to exclude his nephew from paying fees for the import of a new car. The Muslim preachers considered this corrupted practice “a breach of the balance of justice in …
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Workers and traders went on strike in various parts of Sudan in the past days to protest increased taxes and high fines. Workers also protested around unpaid salaries and the failure to implement the promised 2022 salary structure. Strikes and protests also took place around political disagreements.