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Drone Strikes Plunge Sudan’s Capital Into Darkness

Drone Strikes Plunge Sudan’s Capital Into Darkness

September 9, 2025 10:28 am

Drone strikes by Sudan’s powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), struck critical infrastructure in and around Khartoum this week, triggering widespread blackouts across the capital and further straining a nation already battered by civil war.

Local media and witnesses said the attacks late Monday targeted both military and civilian sites, including the Wadi Seidna military zone, the Al-Markhiyat electricity substation in Omdurman, and areas surrounding the Al-Kalakla district, where a military factory is located. The town of Al-Jaili — home to Sudan’s largest oil refinery — was also hit.

Footage circulated on social media showed transformers at the …

Sudan's Crisis Seeking Peace Amidst Wad Medani Conflict

Sudan’s Crisis: Seeking Peace Amidst Wad Medani Conflict

January 1, 2024 2:46 am

In the vast expanse of Sudan, where the Blue and White Nile rivers converge and flow as one, a tragic conflict has erupted, tearing through the heart of the country and profoundly altering the lives of its people. Wad Medani, the bustling capital of Aj Jazirah State, known for its vibrant markets and rich agricultural heritage, now stands as a stark emblem of a nation in turmoil. The escalation of violence, particularly in this region, has led to a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic proportions, painting a somber picture of a land besieged by strife.

Over 250,000 to 300,000 people, …

Sudan Crisis And The Abysmal Failure Of The Africa Union

Sudan Crisis And The Abysmal Failure Of The African Union

May 25, 2023 12:07 am

When the African Union (AU) was established in July 2002, there were a lot of loud and boisterous statements about shunning the intervention of external countries, such as the US and the UK, and the enthronement of African solutions to African problems.

Over two decades later, the AU cannot even be called a shadow of itself because it never, at any point, lived up to the boasts and promises that the African leaders made. Instead, it still continues to play second and third fiddle to the same external countries it vowed to push out of the scene.

Truth be told, …

Sudan Crisis Why Africans Should Be Concerned

Sudan Crisis: Why Africans Should Be Concerned

April 27, 2023 3:33 am

Sudan is boiling at the moment. What started as a disagreement between the President and Head of the Sudanese military forces, General Abdel Fattah al Burhan, and the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, RSF, General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has managed to unleash a humanitarian crisis in the country.

Both men had worked together to remove former longstanding dictator, President Omar Al Bashir, taking advantage of the protracted protests by pro-democratic forces demanding a return to elective rule. A transitional diarchy of military and civilian representatives was put together to work out the terms of a new democratic order, however, …

134 Killed, Homes Wiped Out As Seasonal Floods Hits Sudan

134 Killed, Homes Wiped Out As Seasonal Floods Hits Sudan

September 16, 2022 5:54 am

Flooding in Sudan has left no fewer than 134 people dead and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the northeast African country’s ongoing wet season, police said on Thursday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that heavy rains is known for falling between May and October in Sudan, which faces severe flooding each year, wrecking property, infrastructure, and crops.

The National Council for Civil Defence said the floods have killed a total of 134 people, left 120 others injured, and damaged or destroyed more than 128,000 homes so far this wet season.

Water can be seen engulfing villages and …

Tesnion As Thousands Hold Protest Over Military Rule In Sudan

Tesnion As Thousands Hold Protest Over Military Rule In Sudan

August 19, 2022 5:55 am

There is pandemonium as Sudanese security forces yesterday fired tear gas at thousands of its citizens who took to the streets to renew demands for civilian rule after last year’s military coup.

According to an eyewitness who spoke to newsmen, protesters were seen in the capital Khartoum carrying Sudanese flags and chanting: ‘No, no to military rule,’ and ‘Civilian rule is the people’s choice’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that security forces fired rounds of tear gas to disperse the protesters with many of them picking up injuries.

Sudan has been rocked by near-weekly protests and a violent crackdown …

African Union Denounces Sudan Talks, Calls Its ‘Dishonest’

African Union Denounces Sudan Talks, Labels It ‘Dishonest’

June 23, 2022 12:57 am

In an effort to put Sudan’s transition back on track following the military coup last year, the African Union has stated that it will not participate in talks that exclude key actors.

The majority of Sudan’s civilian actors have thus far abstained from discussions with military officials that were initiated under international supervision earlier this month in an effort to find a political compromise that would allow the resumption of urgently required Western aid.

‘The AU cannot continue these dishonest, opaque discussions which sideline participants or treat them in an unjust way,’ the bloc’s ambassador to Sudan, Mohammed Belaiche, told …

Gunmen Kill 17 Civilians In Sudan

Gunmen Kill 17 Civilians In Sudan

March 12, 2022 4:12 am

No fewer than 17 civilians were confirmed dead in Sudan’s Darfur region, officials disclosed on Friday, in the latest violence between rival groups that has left dozens dead this week alone.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that recent fighting has seen heavily armed forces battle in the rugged Jebel Moon mountains in West D1arfur state which is close to the Chad border.

In fighting from last Sunday to Monday, 16 people were killed in clashes between the Masalit — a non-Arab people of largely settled farmers — and Arab groups of herders in Jebel Moon, according to a independent …

Sudan Inflation Soars Above 400% As Discontent Grows

Sudan Inflation Soars Above 400% As Discontent Grows

July 19, 2021 2:39 am

The economic fortunes of Sudan have worsened as inflation has now jumped to more than 400 percent, even as popular discontent over rising prices after a series of IMF-backed economic reforms continues to brew.

Quoting a government statement, a local media outfit -SUNA said; ‘The annual inflation reached 412.75 percent in June, compared with 378.79 percent in May’.

According to SUNA said the latest spike in the inflation rate was because of price hikes including on food.

Read Also: More Trouble For Nigeria As Inflation Rate Hits 18.17%

Sudan has been going through a rocky transition since the April …

Sudan declares economic emergency as currency plunges

Sudan Declares Economic Emergency As Currency Plunges

September 11, 2020 5:32 pm

Sudan has declared a state of emergency to avert economic downturn due to the dramatic fall of its local currency against the US dollar and soaring inflation.

The decision — reported by official news agency SUNA — includes setting up emergency courts, enacting laws to protect the economy, and imposing harsher penalties on smugglers and a rising black market.

In a Thursday press conference, Finance Minister Heba Ali blamed the sharp dollar rise on “systematic sabotage” by currency exchange market manipulators, official news agency SUNA reported.

Read Also: Will Sudan’s Peace Deal With Rebels Work?

The Sudanese pound has plunged …

Sudan To Form New Parliament After Peace Deal With Rebels

Sudan To Form New Parliament After Peace Deal With Rebels

November 7, 2019 5:09 pm

Sudan’s protest movement Thursday agreed to form the country’s new parliament only after a peace deal is reached with rebel groups for ending long-running conflicts in three border regions.

The 300-member parliament was to be formed within three months of a power-sharing deal that was signed on August 17 between protest leaders and the generals who had seized power after the April overthrow of longtime president Omar al-Bashir.

Since the signing of the so called “Constitutional Declaration”, the transitional government, led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, has engaged in talks with three rebel groups to reach a peace deal to …

Sudan PM Talks Of Peace On Maiden Trip To Darfur

Sudan PM Talks Of Peace On Maiden Trip To Darfur

November 4, 2019 3:35 pm

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said Monday his government was working toward bringing peace to war-torn Darfur as he met hundreds of victims of the conflict who demanded swift justice.

Hamdok’s one-day visit was his first as prime minister to the devastated region, where a conflict that erupted in 2003 has left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced.

He met victims of the war in the town of Al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur state, which houses several sprawling camps where tens of thousands of displaced have been living for years.

“We want justice! Send all criminals of …

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