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At a time when fuel prices rise further, Sudan In The News published their investigation into ‘How the Sudanese military worsened the fuel crisis to justify their coup’ in which whistle-blowers in Sudan’s oil industry reveal that the military intentionally neglected securing oil fields in order to exacerbate the fuel shortages, which provided justification for …

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A young man died in police custody after an arbitrary arrest, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday. Officers did not give a consistent explanation for his death; they first said that the man had died from natural causes before claiming that he had actually died from a drug overdose. Family saw scars and blood all over …

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On Thursday, the price of petrol increased by almost 20 per cent, while the price of diesel increased by seven per cent as announced by the Ministry of Energy and Mining. The decisions come after a recent cut in prices. According to economic analyst Hafiz Ismail, the increase can be seen as an unofficial tax …

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Leading members of the AU-IGAD-UN Trilateral Mechanism published a statement on the negotiations between the mainstream Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) and Sudan’s military junta on a new constitutional framework yesterday. They talk about ‘a glimmer of political hope’ and write that “we now have a workable document upon which further consensus can be …

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A man was killed inside the military intelligence headquarters in Safwa in El Gedaref on Tuesday. According to the slain man’s family members, they tried to accompany him, but intelligence personnel assured them that this was a “routine procedure and did not require their presence”.