Tag: Khartoum
Protesters face tear gas and bullets to oppose Sudan coup
Five protesters were killed on Saturday as huge crowds defied gunfire and tear gas in Sudan's capital Khartoum and other cities to demonstrate against...
ISS: All eyes on Sudan’s peace deal with armed groups
Can this week’s peace deal between Khartoum and Sudan’s armed rebel groups stick? Logic suggests not, as two previous agreements signed among essentially the...
Thousands rally against former Sudan ruling party
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated in Khartoum and other cities calling for the former ruling party to be dissolved and for ex-officials to be put...
Sudanese protesters return to site of final Bashir rally
Sudanese demonstrators rolled out a banner honouring fallen protesters ar a square where ousted president Omar al-Bashir held a large rally in his final...
Sudan activists differ on transition deal
The Khartoum district Burri was a fulcrum of the uprising against former Sudan leader Omar al-Bashir and the generals who replaced him, its residents...
Khartoum protest camp stormed – nine dead
Security forces stormed a protest camp in the Sudanese capital Khartoum with at least nine people reported killed in the worst violence since the...
Clashes in Khartoum
Violence flared in Sudan’s capital Khartoum after the military council and opposition groups agreed to a power structure for the country’s transition following the...
Khartoum protesters held, others dispersed
Security forces rounded up about 30 people as they dispersed protesters near Sudan’s presidential palace calling on President Omar al-Bashir to quit, witnesses said.
At...
Protest in working class area of Khartoum
Hundreds of protesters turned out to demonstrate against President Omar al-Bashir's rule in a densely populated neighbourhood of Khartoum before being dispersed by security...
Teargas used on Sudanese protesters
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at people trying to march to President Omar al-Bashir's Nile-side palace to protest soaring prices and demand he...
Sudanese protesters teargassed, arrested
Sudanese police fired tear gas, hit demonstrators with batons and arrested several people at a protest against soaring living costs in Khartoum.
Several...
Machar leaves hospital, will stay in Khartoum
South Sudan opposition leader, Riek Machar, has left hospital but will remain in Khartoum for some time, Sabt Makkouk, an aide accompanying...
Machar in Khartoum for medical treatment
South Sudan opposition leader, Riek Machar, is in Khartoum for medical treatment, a Sudanese minister told the state news agency SUNA on...
Khartoum sentences 22 South Sudanese to death
An anti-terrorism court in Khartoum has sentenced 22 South Sudanese nationals to death and three others to life in prison on Wednesday...
Sudan summons U.S. envoy over Darfur sanctions draft resolution
Sudan's foreign ministry summoned the U.S. charge d'affairs in Khartoum on Wednesday over Washington's sponsorship of a draft UN Security Council resolution...
Sudan starts releasing blocked supplies for Darfur peacekeepers
Sudan has begun releasing food rations and other supplies for international peacekeepers in the conflict-torn Darfur region, though some of the more...
South Sudan’s outgoing army chief says Khartoum arming rebels
South Sudan's outgoing army chief General James Hoth Mai accused neighbour and old foe Sudan on Monday of arming rebels fighting his...
Sudanese police fire tear gas at funeral for slain student
Security forces in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday fired tear gas at demonstrators attending a funeral for a student killed a...
Sudan student dies after police fire tear gas on protest
A Sudanese student died on Tuesday after police fired tear gas at Khartoum University protesters who have links to the Darfur region,...
Sudanese police fire tear gas at protest over Darfur violence
Sudanese police used tear gas and batons against students protesting in Khartoum against government policies in the restive region of Darfur on...
Children convicted of vandalism in Sudan riots: lawyer
Four children and four adults were convicted on Thursday of vandalism during a week of deadly anti-government riots in Sudan, a defense...
South Sudan offers billions of dollars to settle Sudan disputes
South Sudan is offering Khartoum "billions of dollars" if it agrees to settle all bilateral disputes and gives up claims to the...
UK ambassador in Sudan keeps blogging despite protest
Britain's ambassador to Sudan said he would continue his controversial blog despite protests by Khartoum over his latest entry which criticised a...
Sudan summons UK ambassador for criticising economy
Sudan summoned the British ambassador after he said it was no surprise that protests against food inflation "in a country where hunger...
South Sudanese find their way home slow going
Four months after Paula Lodo left her Khartoum slum to head back to South Sudan, she finds herself in yet another makeshift...
Darfur rebel leader returns from Libyan refuge
A major rebel group in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur said its leader Khalil Ibrahim has returned after leaving his Libyan refuge...
US urges end to Sudan fighting, new clashes break out
The United States urged Sudan and armed opposition groups to end fighting in the Blue Nile border state and warned Khartoum the...
Sudanese risk post-independence statelessness – UNHCR
Large Sudanese communities could become stateless, deprived of basic rights such as access to jobs and education, unless Khartoum and Juba ensure...
South Sudan says Khartoum-backed raiders kill 15
South Sudan accused Khartoum of backing a cross-border attack by insurgents that left over 72 people dead last week, the most violent...
South Sudan sees progress with north in oil, currency row
South Sudan sees progress in resolving disputes with Khartoum over the sharing of oil revenues and launch of new currencies, it said...
Ramadan approaching, Sudanese fret about food prices
Staring at the small handful of change she got back from a merchant after buying spices and beans in a market in...
South Sudan launches new currency, tensions simmer
South Sudan started rolling out its new currency the South Sudan Pound -- escalating a point of simmering disagreement with Khartoum after...
Analysis – North Sudan flexes military might before split
North Sudan has sent in the army along the vaguely-defined border area between north and south to stamp its authority there and...
North, south Sudan risk war without oil deal
North and south Sudan could go back to war unless they reach agreement on sharing oil revenues and other issues in the...
