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Sudan

  • The 8 December 2021 protest by the media against state-led press repression in Sudan. Credit: Ayin.
    Editor's PicksSocietySudan

    “Back to the former lies”: Sudan reverts to media repression post-coup

    By Elzahraa Jadallah, Khaled Fathi & Tom Rhodes
    December 16, 2021
    When the military seized power on 25 October, one of the first casualties was Sudan’s newfound freedom of expression. On 17 November, journalist Ali ...
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  • General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan declared a nationwide state of emergency and dissolved the transitional government in Sudan on 25 October 2021. Credit: Sudan TV.
    PoliticsSudan

    We stand with Sudan’s people and demand more AU, IGAD, UN action

    By Various co-signatories
    October 27, 2021
    Scores of African institutions condemn the coup and call on international bodies to take more robust actions to avoid violence and suffering. We, the ...
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  • Protesters in Sudan's 2019 Revolution. Credit: Osama Elfaki.
    PoliticsSudanTop story

    Sudan’s self-coup and four factors that will determine what comes next

    By David Kiwuwa
    October 27, 2021
    The Sudanese masses brought down governments in 1964, 1985 and 2019. They could present another stern test to the military. This week the head ...
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  • The Trump US-Sudan deal made Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok look weak and may have emboldened militant and Islamist figures. A new approach could instead support the civilian authorities. Credit: International Hydropower Association.
    PoliticsSudanTop story

    Sudan: Trump’s deal could be disastrous. Biden can fix it.

    By Matthew LeRiche
    November 18, 2020
    Instead of undermining Sudan’s democratic transition and drawing it into regional conflicts, a reconfigured US-Sudan deal could do the opposite.  In the weeks running ...
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  • Thousands of refugees and internally-displaced persons, such as those pictured in a South Darfur, Sudan, could return home under the peace deal. Credit: UN Photo/Albert González Farran.
    PoliticsSudanTop story

    The obstacles to Sudan’s landmark peace deal

    By Yaseen Mohmad Abdalla
    October 12, 2020
    The agreement is promising, but two influential rebel groups have refused to sign it, while paying for it will be challenging. On 3 October, ...
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  • The UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur holds a job fair for its Sudanese staff in 2015. Credit: Hamid Abdulsalam/UNAMID.
    SocietySudan

    “They did nothing”: UN peacekeeping missions’ forgotten local staff

    By Tanja R. Müller
    October 8, 2020
    Working for peacekeeping missions like UNAMID can be hugely risky for local staff. Yet they feel they get little protection from their employers. It ...
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  • A still from the breakout Sudanese film You Will Die At Twenty.
    CultureSudanTop story

    You Will Die at Twenty and the Adichie moment that never came

    By Zeena Mubarak
    October 7, 2020
    I am beyond ready for stories that could give the lost little Sudanese girl in the US I once was, a template for loving ...
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  • SocietySudanTop storyTravelling While African

    “Are you sure you still want to go?” Travelling on a Sudanese passport

    By Dallia Abdel-Moniem
    July 27, 2020
    As an Arab-African, Muslim, female, solo traveller, identity is one of the first stumbling blocks to getting a visa to go anywhere. This is ...
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  • Africa InsidersSudan

    Africa Insiders: Why Sudan is turning to the ICC to prosecute al-Bashir

    By Africa Insiders
    February 20, 2020
    The essentials: Last week, an official of Sudan’s transitional government announced that former President Omar al-Bashir could face charges of war crimes and crimes ...
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  • PoliticsSudan

    Sudan needs a lifeline now

    By Seth Appiah-Mensah
    November 20, 2019
    Now is not the time to wait and see. Sudan’s new government needs the support of its international allies, particularly in Africa, immediately. At ...
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