According to reports, fighting and intercommunal violence between the Sudanese army forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the state of West Darfur have intensified recently. Witnesses who escaped the city of Geneina say that their hometown is being destroyed.
The cease-fire in Sudan was extended for another 72 hours on Thursday, but it’s still unclear whether the country will soon experience lasting peace.
Seven Sudanese states have declared a state of emergency. They are Sennar, South Darfur, West Darfur, North Darfur and East Darfur, as well as the states of North Kordofan and West Kordofan, which denounced the deterioration of living conditions, the rise of inflation and lack of subsistence food
Sudanese women played a pivotal role in ousting former president Omar al-Bashir in 2019. As Sudan’s transitional government moves toward democracy, for the first time in decades, women are again playing a key role in seeking justice and equality
Sudan’s government recently declared an economic emergency after the Sudanese pound lost 40 percent of its value in one month and the annual inflation rate jumped to 167 percent
Sudan this month marks one year since protests over prices turned into a months-long demonstration that led the military to oust former president Omar al-Bashir from three decades in power. The coup was followed by a deadly crackdown on protesters before a deal was made on a transitional government
Sudan once had the largest railway network in Africa, with most of the train-cars sourced from the United States. But decades of negligence, economic troubles, and U.S. sanctions have crippled the railway and made Sudan reliant on Chinese-made trains and parts that it can hardly afford
Sudanese citizens gathered in dozens of cities around the world over the weekend to show solidarity with protesters in their home country demanding the country’s military junta hand power to a civilian government
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