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Tensions spread in Sudan as tribal clashes rage on

The death toll from tribal clashes triggered by land disputes in southeastern Sudan's Blue Nile State has risen to at least 64, medical sources said on Monday, with the long festering tensions spreading into some other states.

Reuters · Jul 18, 2022

Explosion of Violence in South Sudan Threatens Peace Pact

An explosion of violence in South Sudan is raising fears that the country's fragile peace agreement will unravel before elections the international community hopes can be held next year. The wave of near-daily killings across this East African country is often blamed on marauding militias whose attacks threaten the 2018…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 18, 2022

Explosion of violence in South Sudan threatens peace pact

An explosion of violence in South Sudan is raising fears that the country’s fragile peace agreement could unravel before the transitional government wraps up early next year

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022

US Congress Supports Sudanese in their Democratic Aspirations

The US House passed a resolution condemning last October’s military coup in Sudan and calling for restoring the country’s constitutional leaders. The bill was unanimously approved in the Senate and House of Representatives. Democratic Representative Kathy Manning said the Sudanese junta has aligned itself with the Kremlin and given Russian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 16, 2022

Troika Calls on Sudanese Forces to Form a Civilian-led Cabinet

The Troika countries, the US, UK and Norway, and the EU called on military leaders in Sudan to cease participation in political talks, urging an end to violence against civilians. It encouraged all political actors committed to the democratic transition to engage swiftly in an inclusive dialogue to form a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 15, 2022

Morocco: Melilla Migrants Likely Died of 'Suffocation'

At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely "suffocated", Morocco's state-backed CNDH rights group said on Wednesday. The death toll after around 2,000 people, many from Sudan, stormed the frontier on June 24 was the worst…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 14, 2022

Woman, 20, faces death by stoning for cheating on her husband in first case for a decade

Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, 20, was arrested in Sudan's White Nile state last month before being found guilty of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning on June 26 - a decision she hopes to have overturned by the country's High Court

Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022

Khartoum Democracy Activists Lift Half of Sit-Ins

Organizers of Khartoum's sit-ins, begun 10 days ago to force Sudan's army to return power to civilians, announced Monday that they had dismantled two of their four camps. The protests began after security force killed nine demonstrators in anti-coup rallies by tens of thousands on June 30, according to pro-democracy…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 11, 2022

Sudan Protesters Mark Eid Al-Adha at Anti-army Sit-in

Sudanese protesters celebrated Eid al-Adha among barricades on Saturday during a sit-in against military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his October coup. Protesters have continued to press the army chief to resign, days after he vowed to make way for a civilian government -- an offer quickly rejected by the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 10, 2022

Akon Baak to represent Australia at World Taekwondo Cadet Championships

Akon Baak is the daughter of a South Sudanese refugee, being coached by an Afghan refugee in a Korean sport that she first tried in Scotland — and now this 13-year-old is going to represent Australia in taekwondo.

ABC News · Jul 10, 2022