The Sudaneses authorities are impeding press freedom in the country by targeting journalists and newspapers over every anything imaginable including merely reporting of protests that have taken place. The African Editors Forum (TAEF) has continued to draw the attention of the Sudanese authorities to this bad habit of arresting and detaining journalists. In a statement … Read more
A reduction in fighting in Sudan’s Darfur, where a brutal conflict has killed thousands, prompted the UN to downsize the number of peacekeepers deployed there, a top UN official said Thursday. In June, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that will cut the number of troops and police serving in the joint African … Read more
FIFA said Friday it had suspended Sudan with immediate effect due to government interference in the Sudan Football Association (SFA). The decision bans the Sudanese national team from playing international matches and bars the country’s clubs from all continental competitions. Al-Hilal, Al Merreikh and Al-Hilal Obeid won’t be able to participate in Africa’s two top … Read more
The UN Security Council’s decision to cut peacekeepers in Darfur shows the conflict in Sudan’s war-torn region is a “closed chapter”, the foreign ministry said on Friday. The council on Thursday unanimously adopted a ted resolution that will reduce the number of troops and police serving in the joint African Union-UN mission in Darfur known … Read more
The United States remains “very concerned” about Sudan’s human rights record given the restrictions on religious and media freedoms in the country, the US embassy in Khartoum said. The statement posted on the embassy’s Facebook page on Thursday comes ahead of a decision by President Donald Trump on July 12 on whether to permanently lift … Read more
The UN Security Council on Thursday agreed to a major drawdown of peacekeepers in Sudan’s troubled region of Darfur after US pressure led to a $600-million cut in the UN budget for peace operations. The council unanimously adopted a British-drafted resolution that will cut the number of troops and police serving in the joint African … Read more
A deal on cutting nearly $600 million from the UN peacekeeping budget was reached Wednesday following weeks of negotiations over US demands for sharp cost reductions, UN diplomats said. Under the deal reached by a General Assembly budget committee, the United Nations will spend $7.3 billion on peacekeeping in the coming year, down from the … Read more
Together with her husband and seven children, a hungry and thirsty Shadiya Ibrahim fled war and famine in South Sudan and says she has found safety in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged Darfur. “This was the only place we knew we could come to,” Ibrahim said at El Nimir camp in East Darfur, a newly opened facility for … Read more
With the beginning of the rainy season and accompanying difficulties caused by unpaved roads, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is racing with time to deliver food aid via Sudanese humanitarian corridors to thousands of people affected by war and famine in South Sudan. The WFP is using three humanitarian corridors opened by the Sudanese … Read more
Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens large-scale air disruption. Several countries have cut ties with the tiny Gulf state over accusations of supporting extremism in the region. Air, land and sea links have been halted to the country from Saudi … Read more
A surgeon, who is the only permanent doctor for 750,000 people, has been honoured for performing more than 1,000 operations a year in Sudan. Dr Tom Catena, 53, a Catholic missionary from New York, received the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He has worked in Sudan for more than 10 years, during the ongoing war … Read more
A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks in captivity, French and Sudanese officials said on Sunday. Thierry Frezier, 60, was freed after collaboration between Sudanese, Chadian and French intelligence services, a member of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) told … Read more
The United Nations on Saturday called for a halt to fighting in South Sudan after the government launched a new offensive earlier this week. South Sudanese government forces targeted a town in the north on Wednesday, displacing civilians the UN said may be headed toward the border with Sudan. “We are disturbed by the escalation … Read more
South Sudanese government forces on Wednesday launched an offensive on a town in the north, displacing civilians who may be headed toward the border with Sudan, the UN envoy said. Some 50,000 people in Kodok in Upper Nile state, many of whom fled fighting six weeks ago in the town of Wau Shilluk, were at … Read more
The Sudanese government has pledged to open a new corridor to South Sudan for swift delivery of humanitarian aid to the famine-hit neighbouring country. Sudan’s Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Abdel-Ghani al-Nai’m said on Sunday in a press release cited by local media Sudan Tribune that the government agreed to open the new corridor to grant access … Read more
Amnesty International on Tuesday renewed its call for a UN investigation into suspected chemical weapons attacks by Sudanese government forces in Darfur, saying it would be “shameful” if they were not probed. Amnesty said in a September report it had credible evidence of government forces repeatedly using chemical weapons in a mountainous area of Darfur … Read more
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has suspended its representative to the All African Students Union (AASU),Fred Awaah. According to the Union, Fred Awaah who is also the Secretary General of AASU has fraudulently invited imposters as representatives of national executives to the on-going congress in Khartoum, Sudan. He is reported to have invited … Read more
Four independent newspaper publications have been confiscated by Sudanese security services and a private television channel ordered to close down after coverage of opposition protest. Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on Monday night seized the Tuesday editions of the Al-Ayam and Al-Jareeda, Al-Tayyar, Al-Youm al-Tali newspapers without giving any explanation. “At 02:00 local … Read more
On 4th July 1995, in an important legal precedent, the UK Supreme Court issued a verdict against AMNESTY at the time when only three weeks were left for the organization to conclude an intensive campaign against Sudan. The campaign ‘ the Tears Of Orphans’ started on 25th January 1995 and continued until 31st July 1995. … Read more
Dozens of children in Darfur have died writhing in agony, allegedly killed by chemical weapons dropped on them by their own government, it is claimed. Amnesty International say the children are among more than 200 people estimated to have been killed by the banned weapons since January. Those affected by the “poisonous smoke” vomit blood, … Read more