Essay: Sudan’s civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight
In an article first published on the Conversation, JAN POSPISIL, an associate professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University in the UK, looks at the two-year-old conflict in Sudan and the challenges facing a peaceful resolution…
Islamists wield hidden hand in Sudan conflict, military sources say
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Thousands of men who worked as intelligence operatives under former President Omar al-Bashir and have ties to his Islamist movement are fighting alongside the army in Sudan’s war, three military sources and one intelligence source said, complicating efforts to end the bloodshed. The army and a paramilitary force have been battling […]
Fighting flares in Sudan; Bashir moved from jail as allies walk free
Khartoum, SudanReuters Sudan’s army and a paramilitary force battled on Khartoum’s outskirts on Wednesday, undermining a truce in an 11-day conflict that civilian groups fear will tighten the military’s grip and revive the sway of an ousted autocrat’s loyalists. The army said Omar al-Bashir, the 79-year-old former dictator toppled in 2019, had been transferred from […]
Know It All: The International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. ANGUS MACSWAN and EDMUND BLAIR, of Reuters, provide some facts and figures…
Sudan protesters face tear gas, stun grenades on uprising anniversary
Khartoum, SudanReuters Sudanese security forces used stun grenades and tear gas on Monday to disperse crowds of protesters rallying in Khartoum on the fourth anniversary of the uprising that toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir, a Reuters reporter said. The protests in the capital come two weeks after the military leaders who staged a coup last […]
“The revolution isn’t over” say Sudan’s frontline female protesters
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation The iconic image of a young woman in a traditional white robe standing on a car roof with her finger in the air came to symbolise the role of women as vanguards of Sudan’s revolution but many say their calls for equality are already being ignored. Following the protesters’ ousting of […]
Sudan urged to ensure justice for raped women protesters
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Sudanese women were a driving force during months of protests that ousted veteran autocrat Omar al-Bashir, but the sexual violence they endured risks being forgotten with the signing of a power-sharing deal, women’s rights activists said this week. Action must be taken to address scores of rapes committed during a deadly […]
As Sudanese protesters demand democracy, Catholic bishop pushes for freedom of worship
Nairobi, KenyaRNS A Roman Catholic bishop in Sudan has charged that the largely Arab and Islamic country’s ongoing popular revolution will be hollow if it does not also deliver freedom of worship for non-Muslim faiths. “A civil society movement has for the first time brought all Sudanese people together, and the church is part of […]
Now is not the time for gradual change in Sudan, says church leader, in wake of coup
Now is not the time for compromise or gradual change in Sudan, a key church leader has said in the wake of last week’s regime change, but the time “to open the door for equal opportunities and better life for all”. In a statement released following a service held at sit-ins around the country’s military […]
Removal of Sudan’s al-Bashir a “window of opportunity” to end persecution of Christians, says Release
The ousting of Sudan’s now former President Omar al-Bashir has opened a “window of opportunity” to end persecution in the African nation, according to UK-based persecuted church support organisation Release International. Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans in front of security forces during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, on Monday, 15th April. PICTURE: REUTERS/Umit Bektas Bashir, who […]