The Head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, and de facto head of state General Abdelfattah El Burhan, held talks on Tuesday with the delegation of ambassadors of the Troika countries (the USA, the UK, and Norway) in Khartoum, focusing on the current political crisis and ways to address it.
The former United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) headquarters in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, was subjected to armed looting on Monday – the third incident in recent months.
The trial on 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity of former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (known as ‘Ali Kushayb’), opened before Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands today. The Ali Kushayb trial will be the first case the ICC has handled …
ICC trial of Darfur janjaweed leader: Ali Kushayb pleads ‘not guilty’ to all 31 charges Read More »
The first trial by the International Criminal Court on the massive crimes committed in Darfur is finally underway. Ali Kushayb, the well-known Janjaweed leader, will face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the ICC in The Hague on April 4.
The Red Sea Electricity Department announced the departure of the Turkish Powership, MV Karadeniz Powership Rauf Bey, due to the government’s failure to meet the ship’s financial obligations of 10 million Euros. The floating power station, which supplied electricity to Port Sudan, has forced the electricity department to enact a programme of electrical conservation on …
Turkish powership departs Sudan due to millions unpaid Read More »