A warehouse of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, was subjected to looting by large crowds of people on Tuesday evening, despite attempts by police to prevent the theft. The looting was reportedly initiated by armed men using six four-wheel drive vehicles, after which members of the public …
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Sudan’s Sovereignty Council is not authorised to order the start of procedures for general elections, says lawyer Satee El Haj. He expects a consensus will be reached soon concerning a solution for the current political impasse. On Monday, the National Movement Forces alliance, headed by Dr El Tijani Sese, was launched in Khartoum.
A group of men riding in a shaded vehicle blocked the car of Nafeesa Hajar, deputy head of the Darfur Bar Association (DBA), when she was heading home in Khartoum on Tuesday evening. The group, whose identity was not revealed, threatened the lawyer if she and her colleagues would continue to provide legal aid to …
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Lt Gen Abdelfattah Burhan, President of the Sovereignty Council, discussed the current political impasse in the country with the acting head of the Umma Party, Maj Gen Fadul Burma, on Wednesday. Sudanese security forces and activists are prepared for new Marches of Millions in the country today.
Rescuers are searching through rubble and dozens of miners are feared dead after several shafts collapsed at the Darsaya gold mines in El Nahud locality of Sudan’s West Kordofan on Sunday.