January 20, 2023
Sudan: Art Gallery Attacked
The Jaloos Art Space in Khartoum was attacked by dozens of people armed with knives on Monday. Five people were injured, the gallery said in a statement yesterday morning. Read more »
January 17, 2023
Sudan: Report On Misinformation in Sudan - Fake News Campaign Prelude for Coup
The Sudan Fact-Check Network project, affiliated with Sudanese news outlet Beam Reports, published a report analysing the disinformation environment in Sudan amidst the increased… Read more »
January 04, 2023
Sudan: Sudan Lawyer - Case of Illegally Held West Darfuri Ignored By Int'l Community
The remaining 95 West Darfur detainees, among them 15 minors, held in Port Sudan Prison resumed their hunger strike. Lawyer Nafeesa Hajar called on the international community to… Read more »
January 15, 2023
Sudan: Delegation of Darfur Lawyers to Visit Blue Nile Region
The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) has announced that it will send a delegation to the Blue Nile region* this week to visit those affected by the violence that broke out in July last… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Sudan: Khartoum Police Hold Suspect in Gang-Rape of Sudan Anti-Graft Politician's Daughter
In a press statement yesterday, the Khartoum state police announced the arrest of the main suspect in the rape of the daughter of a political leader in the Sudanese capital on… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Sudan: Sudan Doctors - At Least 112 Injured, 60 Detained During Khartoum Pro-Democracy Demo
The Socialist Doctors Association reported yesterday that at least 112 people were injured and at least 60 were detained during Tuesday's protest in Sudan's capital of Khartoum.… Read more »
January 06, 2023
Sudan: Police 'Still Controlled By Beliefs and Behaviour of Former Regime'
The use of violence against protesters continues "as in former years", retired Police Lt Col El Tayeb Osman El Samani told Radio Dabanga and explained that "the police are still… Read more »
January 13, 2023
Sudan: Man Dies in North Darfur Family Drama, Several Robberies Reported
A North Darfur man has died following what appears to be a family drama, allegedly at the hands of 'one of his relatives'. Two robberies have also been reported in North Darfur. Read more »
December 20, 2022
Sudan: 57 Darfuris Released From Illegal Detention After Embarking On Hunger Strike
57 illegally detained Darfuris have been released after embarking on an open-ended hunger strike earlier this month. At least 163 are still held in prisons throughout Sudan. 14… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Sudan: Ousted President Al-Bashir Pleas Full Responsibility for Sudan 1989 Coup
Ousted Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir admitted that he bore responsibility for the June 30, 1989 coup, in his first statement before the judiciary since he was ousted and… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Sudan: Supreme Court Rejects Sudanese Bar Association Reinstatement Appeal
Sudan's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal submitted by the Steering Committee of the Sudanese Bar Association (SBA) for the union to be re-established as it was under the former… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Sudan: Clashes in South Kordofan Leave Five Dead, One Missing
Five people were killed and one is missing after clashes of a tribal nature took place in the city of Abu Kershola in the state of South Kordofan on Wednesday. In West Kordofan,… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Sudan: 24 Killed in Renewed West Kordofan Clashes After Cattle Theft
At least 24 people were killed and others were injured in an ambush in Abu Zabad, West Kordofan, on Saturday. The attack caused tensions in the region to rise. Read more »
Sudan: Illegally Detained West Darfuris to Go On Open-Ended Hunger Strike
More than 200 people from West Darfur, held without charges in various prisons in Sudan, started an open-ended hunger strike yesterday. They have been detained illegally in poor… Read more »
Sudan: Judge Orders Criminal Case Against Kober Prison Director in Trial of Tortured Detainees
The Khartoum court dealing with the case against three young protesters, accused of killing a police officer during anti-junta demonstrations in January, instructed the filing of a… Read more »
December 11, 2022
Sudan: Scores Injured in December 8 Marches of the Millions - Sudan Doctors' Committee
More than 50 protesters were wounded during the Marches of the Millions in Khartoum and Omdurman on Thursday, according to a field report on Friday by the Central Committee of… Read more »
Sudan: Call to Improve Procedures, Laws For Legal Abortion By Rape Survivors
A workshop focusing on legal abortion in Sudan has called for amendments to procedures and laws regarding rape victims' rights to legal abortion, and suggests a raft of training… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Sudan: Attacks in West Kordofan, Impunity for Perpetrators Said to Be Al Bashir-Affiliates
A soldier and a young woman were shot dead in El Nehoud locality, West Kordofan, yesterday. The incident drew widespread condemnation and demands to dismiss the local police chief.… Read more »
Sudan: Several Attacks and Robberies in North and Central Darfur
Two were killed and 12 were wounded in attacks in Central Darfur this week whilst three displaced people were kidnapped and others were robbed in North Darfur. Especially farmers… Read more »
December 05, 2022
Sudan: Trial of 'Severely Beaten' Detainee Deferred As Prominent Activist Released On Bail
Wajdi Saleh, a leading member of the mainstream Forces for Freedom and Change for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, was released on bail on Sunday, meanwhile, a trial of four young… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Sudan: 'U.S. Will Hold to Account Spoilers Who Undermine Sudan Democratic Progress'
Welcoming the December 5 signing of the initial framework political agreement in Khartoum, the US State Department has expanded its visa restriction policy for "individuals… Read more »
Sudan: NUP Hopes to Convince Non-Signatories to Join Sudan Framework Agreement
Mohamed El Mahdi Hasan, head of the Political Bureau of the National Umma Party (NUP), says that the framework agreement is open for necessary amendments proposed by current… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Sudan: International Community Lauds New FFC-Military Agreement
The regional and international community have lauded the signing of the long-awaited political framework agreement with the military junta by 40 parties, movements, and… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Sudan: Tear Gas Launchers Filled With Stones By Sudan Police Kills Protesters
The United Doctors Office and the Emergency Lawyers condemned the police forces' use of a kind of launching weapon loaded with stones or glass that they shoot from a close range,… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Sudan: Women and Human Rights Groups Protest Regional Violence
69 women and human rights groups organised a protest sit-in in front of the buildings of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR) in Khartoum, to condemn the… Read more »