♦ Sudan: This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact digest of the past weeks’ most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan.
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Hemeti acknowledges Sudan gov’s failure to protect the people of West Darfur
The Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo, acknowledged the complete failure of the state in its duty to protect the people of West Darfur in a series of attacks that killed at least 200 people, for which he blames ‘both sides’.
Int’l envoy arrives in Sudan ahead of UNITAMS joint discussion
Representatives of the Troika countries (USA, UK, and Norway), as well as senior officials from France, Germany, and representatives from the European Union (EU), arrived in Khartoum yesterday to discuss the possibility of providing economic assistance.
Human Rights Watch: ‘Hundreds of protestors detained, mistreated since Sudan coup’
Sudan’s security forces have unlawfully detained hundreds of protesters since December 2021 and forcibly disappeared scores as part of its broader clampdown on opposition to the October 25 military coup, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement today.
Darfur Bar Association launches fact-finding commission to investigate West Darfur attacks
The Commission announces the formation of a fact-finding committee on the violations committed in West Darfur, which began on the morning of Friday 22 April 2022, with the attack on the locality of Kereinik, and the attack, killing and intimidation, extended to the city of El Geneina and until today (April 27, 2022), for the …