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The Appeals Department of Sudan’s High Court in Khartoum issued a ruling yesterday which nullifies decisions of the Empowerment Removal Committee regarding the dismissal of judges, prosecutors, and other judicial employees. The committee rejected the ruling because of procedural flaws. The Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC)* decided last month to dismiss a large number of judicians …

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A member of the security forces was killed and three others were wounded during a raid on a terrorist cell in Jabra in south-west Khartoum on Monday. Four suspects were reportedly killed as well. Six others were detained.

Twelve young women and girls from the Kounongou camp for Darfuri refugees in eastern Chad were raped by cattle herders on Sunday. A relative of one of the victims told Radio Dabanga that the victims left the camp, in the area of Gireida, on Sunday afternoon to collect firewood. “Not far from the camp, near …

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Several initiatives have been launched in Khartoum last week, to defuse tensions between various components of the Sudanese government. The Forces for Freedom and Change, an important partner in the transitional government, is internally divided as well.

The closure of ports and highways in eastern Sudan in protest against the Eastern Sudan Track protocol in the Juba Peace Agreement entered its third week today. This evening, the deadline for the Sudanese government to decide on the cancellation of the protocol will expire. It is not clear what will happen when the government …

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