The three-year anniversary processions commemorating the overthrow of the 30-year Omar Al Bashir dictatorship, were held in Khartoum and across other cities in Sudan’s states, on Monday. Coup authorities launched a campaign of arrests across Khartoum North (Bahri) on Sunday, in anticipation of Monday’s anniversary protests.
At a joint meeting of the of the five Walis (governors) of Darfur in Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur on Sunday, the heads of the states discussed four axes that focused on the security, humanitarian, economic, and reconciliation aspects of the region.
Sustained attacks by armed ‘militiamen’ on the villages of Tangi and Bir Dagig in Sirba locality in West Darfur on Saturday and Sunday left 12 civilians dead and 10 others wounded.
Several shops, cafés, restaurants, and a car repair garage were destroyed in an extensive fire that swept through El Malha market in North Darfur on Sunday.
Human rights activists, women’s groups, and lawyers in Sudan have reacted angrily, after a complaint was opened with the Prosecution of Crimes Against the State against Salma Ishaq, the government official in charge of combating violence against women.