UN demands for security personnel to “refrain from excessive violence against protestors,” a protester was killed during Friday’s demonstrations. As the death toll from last year’s coup approaches 100. A UN human rights specialist on Sudan has called for speedier investigations into the killings of protestors and other atrocities. Read More: Sudan Protester killed as … Read more
GENEVA – Dozens of countries called Monday for the UN Human Rights Council to host a special session on Sudan, following a deadly crackdown on mass rallies against last week’s military coup. In a letter to the council president sent on behalf of 48 countries, British ambassador Simon Manley stressed the urgent need for the top … Read more
KHARTOUM – A Sudanese lawyer representing civilian leaders detained in the country’s military coup last week said Monday their whereabouts is unknown and that they are in a “dangerous legal situation”. A week ago, soldiers detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, his ministers and civilian leaders who had been heading Sudan’s democratic transition following the 2019 overthrow of autocrat … Read more
JUBA — South Sudan’s transitional unity government on Thursday revealed it urgently needs 40 million U.S. dollars to conclude the graduation of the unified forces in the country. “The total amount that is requested for the completion of the remaining tasks is 40 million dollars. The lack of funds contributed to the delay of most … Read more
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency and dissolved the authorities leading the country’s democratic transition Monday, after soldiers detained civilian leaders in what the UN condemned as a “coup”. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained government leaders in charge of heading the transition … Read more
PARIS: From the US to Germany to the Arab league, the world reacted with alarm after an apparent coup in Sudan where armed forces detained the prime minister. The chaos follows weeks of tensions between military and civilian figures that have ruled under an uneasy power-sharing agreement since former strongman Omar al-Bashir was ousted. United States … Read more
