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Deadly clashes erupt at peace-keeping facilities in Sudan's Darfur

Clashes between military forces and armed groups at the facilities of a former international peace-keeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region left an unknown number of people dead and injured on Saturday, a military statement said.

Reuters

UN experts: Darfur rebel groups make money in Libya

U.N. experts say rebel groups in Darfur that signed a peace agreement with the Sudanese government in 2020 continue to operate in Libya and profit from opportunities provided by the civil war and lack of government control in the oil-rich north African nation

The Independent UK

Coups, COVID and climate test African leaders at summit

African leaders gather at an African Union summit this weekend to try to forge a coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and a spate of military takeovers from Sudan to the Sahel region.

Reuters

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Leading Sudan pro-democracy group rejects UN mediation efforts

The Sudanese Professionals’ Association refuses to meet UN representatives, accuses mission of failing to condemn coup.

Al Jazeera

Sudan Pro-democracy Group Denounces UN Mediation Efforts

Sudan's leading pro-democracy group lashed out at the United Nations on Friday, accusing it of failing to safeguard the country's transition to democracy and being soft on the generals who led last year's military coup. The Sudanese Professionals' Association, which led dozens of protests since the military takeover in October,…

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Key Sudanese protest group refuses to meet with UN Representative

The group that led protests in the uprising that toppled Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir said on Friday it was refusing to meet with Volker Perthes, the UN Special Representative to Sudan.

Reuters

Sudan's Burhan Says Army Will Only Hand Over Power to Elected Gov’t

Head of Sudan’s Sovereign Transitional Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in controversial statements from Darfur that the army will only hand over power to an elected civilian government or if a national consensus is reached. His remarks were made on Wednesday while presiding over a meeting of the Permanent…

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South Sudan's legacy of land mines hurts recovery from war

As South Sudan struggles for peace, it’s still cleaning up the deadly threat posed by thousands of land mines from previous conflict decades ago

The Independent UK

Sudan's resistance committees take centre stage in fight against military rule

Ahmed Ismat has a tear gas canister wound across his cheek. Aya no longer sleeps at her home to avoid arrest.

Reuters

Washington Mulling Cutback in Funding for Sudan’s Military

The US State Department confirmed to Sudan’s military leaders that Washington is prepared to apply additional costs if violence continues. Washington has also accused Moscow of “playing a negative role” and backing the “coup” in Sudan. “We are now reviewing the full range of traditional and non-traditional tools at our…

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IGAD: No Initiative to Resolve Sudan Crisis

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said on Tuesday it will not propose an initiative to resolve the political crisis in Sudan that erupted in wake of the October 2021 military coup. IGAD’s role will be restricted to helping Sudan get out of this crisis, and to submitting reports to…

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U.S. prepared to impose additional costs on Sudan's military if violence continues

The United States has made clear to Sudan's military leaders that Washington is prepared to apply additional costs if violence continues, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee said on Tuesday, as the United States calls for an end to violence against protesters in Sudan.

Reuters

IGAD Hold Talks with Burhan, Hemedti, Volker in Khartoum

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) continued on Monday its efforts to end the political crisis in Sudan. IGAD’s Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu held talks with head of Sudan’s Sovereign Transitional Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, as well as foreign diplomats…

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IGAD Kicks Off Talks to Resolve Sudan Crisis

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said it is ready to support a Sudanese-owned process to end the political crisis that sparked in the country three months after a military coup. IGAD’s Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu arrived on Sunday in Khartoum for a three-day visit to hold talks with the…

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Security forces kill demonstrator as Sudanese defy protest ban

The death brings the total number of protesters that have died since an October 25 coup to 79.

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Protester Killed in Khartoum

Security forces fired tear gas to try to disperse thousands of people protesting against military rule in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday in defiance of a ban on demonstrations. One protester was killed, medics aligned with a movement to end military rule said. The death brings the total number of…

Reuters

Security forces fire tear gas as Sudanese defy protest ban

Security forces fired tear gas to try to disperse thousands of people protesting against military rule in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday in defiance of a ban on demonstrations.

The Independent UK

Sudanese take to the streets in latest anti-coup protests

Thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets for the latest in a months-long string of protests to denounce an October military coup that plunged the country into turmoil

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Sudan army-led Council signals tougher line on U.N. mediation

The deputy head of Sudan's military-led Sovereign Council said on Saturday a U.N. envoy should be working as a "facilitator and not a mediator", signalling an apparent tougher line towards international efforts to resolve a political crisis.

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Sudan’s Sovereign Council Expresses Concern about Activity of Foreign Missions

Sudan’s military-led sovereign council late on Thursday expressed concern about the activity of foreign diplomatic missions. The country’s acting foreign minister gave the council a briefing on the “activities of some foreign missions in Khartoum that go against diplomatic norms and violate the country’s sovereignty.” The statement, reported by Reuters,…

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More Than 15,000 People Displaced in New Darfur Violence

Renewed tribal violence near the western Sudanese city of El Geneina over the past week has displaced more than 15,000 people, the United Nations said. The war-weary Darfur region has seen an increase in violence recently, humanitarian groups say, which analysts link to a peace deal signed in October 2020…

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Sudanese Rally against UN Bid to Resolve Post-coup Crisis

Thousands of Sudanese pro-military protesters rallied Wednesday against a UN bid to resolve a political crisis in the country three months after a coup, an AFP correspondent reported. The demonstrators gathered outside the Khartoum office of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, or UNITAMS, which launched talks with…

Al Jazeera

Sudanese protest against UN talks to resolve post-coup crisis

Protesters in Khartoum demand the expulsion of the UN, which has begun talks to try to solve Sudan’s political crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Raises Electricity Prices, Effective Immediately

Sudan’s government increased prices for electricity, one of the country’s few still-subsidized commodities, as part of an ongoing economic reforms package, the country’s acting energy minister told Reuters. The price changes, effective immediately, entail a sharp spike in prices for agricultural consumption from up to 1.6 pounds per kilowatt to…

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Cairo Says Keen to Resume Talks over GERD ‘As Soon As Possible’

Egypt has reiterated keenness to resume talks “as soon as possible" with Ethiopia and Sudan on the mega-dam Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile. It called for reaching a legally binding agreement that achieves the three countries’ interests and maintains regional stability. The dispute was sparked in 2011…

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