SLOW AND STEADY PROGRESS TOWARDS A NEW SUDAN
By Donnelly McCleland Sudan’s hard-won transition to civilian rule has fallen behind schedule just days after the new prime minister delayed the formation of the first government since veteran leader Omar al-Bashir was removed. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, a seasoned United Nations economist who faces the daunting task of rescuing his country’s moribund economy, was…
SUDAN MILITARY COUNCIL, OPPOSITION REACH POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT
5 JULY 2019 (SOURCE: AL JAZEERA) – Sudan’s ruling military council and the opposition coalition have reached an agreement to share power during a transition period leading to elections, an African Union (AU) mediator announced on Friday. The two sides, which have held talks in Khartoum for the past two days, agreed to “establish a sovereign council by…
SUDAN’S OPPOSITION CALL FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CAMPAIGN AFTER CLAMPDOWN
By Donnelly McCleland A civil disobedience campaign in Sudan has brought the country’s capital to a standstill, closing down restaurants, banks and other businesses and turning streets desolate on Sunday [9 June], the latest escalation by protesters demanding an end to military rule. The mass showing of government defiance follows a military crackdown, that protestors…
SUDAN PROTESTORS DEMAND CIVILIAN RULE
By Donnelly McCleland Sudan’s main protest group on Sunday [14 April] demanded the immediate handover of power to a civilian transitional government, saying it would keep up the street demonstrations which ousted former President Omar al-Bashir last week to achieve its aims. (Reuters) Uncertainty and turmoil amid jubilation A sit-in in the Sudanese capital, which…
SUDAN’S ARMY TO MAKE ‘IMPORTANT STATEMENT’ AS PROTESTERS CALL FOR BASHIR TO GO
11 APRIL 2019 (SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN) – The Sudanese army will make an “important statement soon”, state television and radio announced on Thursday morning, as thousands of protesters camped outside the military headquarters in Khartoum demanding the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir. “The Sudanese army will issue an important statement soon. Wait for it,” a television anchor…
SUDANESE POLICE FIRE ON PROTESTERS DEMANDING PRESIDENT STEP DOWN
18 JANUARY 2019 (THE GUARDIAN) – Thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across Sudan, including the capital, where activists said a child and a doctor were killed in clashes between police and protesters calling for the end of Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year-old rule. Thursday’s protests marked some of the most widespread disturbances since…