Renewed Sudan inter-communal conflict leaves four dead in West Kordofan
Four people were killed in an armed inter-communal clash in the Um Khashmin area of West Kordofan state, on Friday morning.
Month: October 2022
Hamar ‘Central Kordofan’ lobby clears En Nehoud road to North Darfur after week-long closure
Protesters from the Hamar tribe have reopened the road linking En Nehoud in West Kordofan to the North Darfur capital of El Fasher after a week-long closure. They have given the Sudan government a month to implement their demands to establish the state of ‘Central Kordofan’ with its capital at En Nehoud.
UN urges restraint one year after Sudan coup
Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum and all major cities across the country on Friday to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the 1964 ‘October Revolution’ that overthrew the junta of Maj Gen Ibrahim Abboud to usher in general elections the next year.
Op-Ed: No immunities from prosecution for grave human rights violations or serious international crimes can be contemplated
Since the October 25 2021 military coup, rumours of an “imminent” political breakthrough have circulated countless times. This time around, almost exactly one year since the coup, a deal between the military and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) may actually be drawing nearer.
♦ Sudan: This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact digest of the past week’s most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan.