♦ Sudan: This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact digest of the past week’s most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan.
Blue Nile: Five Sudanese killed in ‘ethnically-motivated’ attack
Five people were killed and five others went missing in an “ethnically-motivated” attack in the area of El Azaza in El Roseires on Monday. There is a shortage of basic goods and services in Blue Nile region following violence between various groups.
South Darfur schools witness ‘Acute hysteria’ phenomenon
The Security Committee of Gireida in South Darfur announced the closure of all schools in the locality for three days on Tuesday, due to the emergence of 62 cases of acute hysteria.
People ‘desperate and afraid’ as Sudan economy becomes increasingly fragile
Economic analyst Khalid Saad said that low inflation does not necessarily indicate that the economic situation is good, explaining economic indicators will only recover once there is political stability in the country. A resident in Omdurman told Radio Dabanga: “We all are desperate and afraid of the future. I tell you, Sudan is gone.”
FFC 80% in agreement with Sudan military but criticises El Burhan’s ‘political manoeuvring’
The Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (the mainstream FFC) announced that they have reached an agreement with the military on roughly 80 per cent of issues. ‘Thorny and complex issues’ remain not agreed upon, however, and the FFC is critical of the military leader’s ‘political manoeuvring’.