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Russia-Ukraine conflict is driving up wheat prices: this could fuel instability in Sudan

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major food exporting regions. The war threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on wheat and other exports from Russia and Ukraine.

The Conversation · Apr 13, 2022

Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian civilization that flourished in ancient Sudan

Circular mounds of rocks dot the desert landscape at the archaeological site of Tombos in northern Sudan. They reveal tumuli – the underground burial tombs used at least as far back as 2500 B.C. by ancient inhabitants who called this region Kush or Nubia. As a bioarchaeologist who excavates and…

The Conversation · Apr 12, 2022

Glasgow hotel knifeman shot dead by police 'asked for help 72 times' before stabbing rampage

An internal Home Office evaluation, leaked to the BBC, said the 28-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker's contact with all three bodies "should have acted as a warning".

Glasgow Live · Apr 12, 2022

Sudanese mark removal of al-Bashir with protest against army rule

The 2019 removal of the former president is marked with demonstrations against October 2021 military coup.

Al Jazeera · Apr 6, 2022

One protester shot dead by security forces in Sudan's Khartoum -medics

One Sudanese protester was shot dead on Wednesday as security forces confronted anti-coup demonstrations in the state of Khartoum, said medics aligned with a movement to end military rule.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2022

Exclusive-Draft Sudan deal seeks to cement military's grip

Factions aligned with Sudan's military have drawn up a deal to form a transitional government that would cement the army's control and bypass pro-democracy groups it shared power with before an October coup, according to a document seen by Reuters and three sources familiar with the agreement.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2022

Sudan stages anti-coup protests on third anniversary of Bashir’s ouster

Mass rallies were taking place across Sudan Wednesday to protest military rule as the country marks the third anniversary of the toppling of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 6, 2022

Tear Gas Fired at Sudan Protest 3 Years after Anti-Bashir Sit-in

Thousands protested across Sudan against military rule on the anniversary Wednesday of previous popular uprisings, most recently against president Omar al-Bashir three years ago. Security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators in the capital Khartoum, its twin city of Omdurman, and in Wad Madani to the south, witnesses and AFP…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 6, 2022

Alleged Janjaweed Leader Denies Darfur Atrocities at War Crimes Court

A man accused of leading Sudan's feared Janjaweed militia pleaded not guilty to dozens of war crimes charges on Tuesday, at the start of the International Criminal Court's first trial over the Darfur conflict. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman is charged with overseeing thousands of pro-government Janjaweed fighters during the peak…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 6, 2022

Sudan pro-democracy groups call for fresh anti-coup protests

Sudan’s pro-democracy groups have called for mass protests, denouncing an October military coup that plunged the country into political turmoil and aggravated its economic woes

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022