Sudan soccer fans clash with police, call on Bashir to leave
CAIRO— Fans at a soccer match in Sudan’s capital chanted slogans demanding President Omar Bashir step down and later clashed with police in the Khartoum...
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Sudan deploys troops after 8 killed in bread protests
KHARTOUM, Sudan deployed troops in the capital Khartoum and other cities on Friday, witnesses said, after eight demonstrators were killed in clashes with riot police during...
Sudan gov’t blames price protests on opposition parties
Sudan’s government has blamed nationwide protests that have left at least eight people dead, on ‘infiltrators’ and opposition parties, rather than the soaring prices. The...
Police clashes with Sudanese protesting a state of emergency in Atbara
Security forces in Sudan fired teargas to quell protests on Thursday, after people took to the streets chanting anti-government slogans. A state of emergency was...
Sudan’s Bashir visits Damascus, meets Assad
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bachir visited Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian presidency said, in his first such visit to the war-torn country since the start of...
At scene of South Sudan mass rape, ‘no one could hear me’
NHIALDIU,— Wrapping an arm around her stomach, the young woman hung her head and recounted the day in early November when she and a friend...
Seven killed in eastern Sudan plane crash
At least seven people have been reported killed in a plane crash in Gadaref State in eastern Sudan. The state news agency Suna reported that...
Sudan MPs want Bashir to contest in 2020
Lawmakers in Sudan have backed a constitutional amendment that would extend term limits, paving way for president Omar Bashir to seek re-election in 2020. Unless...
Ethiopia arrested fleeing ex-security chiefs at Sudan border
Federal police in Ethiopia have arrested two top former security chiefs as at Tuesday morning, local media portal, Addis Fortune, has reported. The two are...
Salva Kiir to mediate peace talks between Sudan gov’t, rebels
In an interesting reversal of roles, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir will mediate peace talks between the government of neighbouring Sudan and rebels in the...
