Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees are being moved by the UNHCR to new camps away from the border with Sudan. According to the visiting UNHCR deputy,concerns regarding security and access to aid are increasing along with the number of refugees.
The violence between rival military forces has trapped civilians in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.Narrated by Salem Solomon,Sidahmed Ibraheem has this report from Khartoum.
Four years have passed since a popular uprising in Sudan prompted the military to depose President Omar al-Bashir, but the hopes for civilian rule have not materialized. The pro-democracy movement in Sudan has struggled for control with the armed forces.
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
Sudanese musicians who were banned by ousted president Omar al-Bashir’s government have returned to the country to play at a series of New Year concerts – in a move seen as symbolic of the changes that have taken place in the country. The Sudanese artists, some of whom were living in the United States, also marked the one-year anniversary of the uprising that led to Bashir’s downfall
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
New protests have broken out in Sudan’s capital — but this time, outside the Sudanese Professionals Association, a labor union which played a central role in negotiating the new power-sharing deal between the military and opposition