Omar al bashir
Sudan's transition faces hurdle of merging paramilitary into army
A civilian-military administration has led Sudan since August 2019 under a power-sharing deal that was due to expire next year but was extended after a peace...
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Sudan PM hopes to settle $60 bn foreign debt this year
The seasoned UN economist-turned-premier took office at the head of a transitional government shortly after the 2019 ouster of president Omar al-Bashir whose three-decade iron-fisted rule was marked by economic hardship, deep internal conflicts, and biting international sanctions.
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Hundreds rally in Sudan for justice over 2019 protests killings
The protest was held outside the army headquarters in Khartoum at the site where thousands gathered in 2019 initially demanding Bashir should step down and urging a transfer to civilian rule.
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Sudanese women march demanding equal rights
Sudan has been undergoing a rocky transition since the army toppled Bashir in April 2019, following months of nationwide protests against his rule.
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Sudan paramilitary opens probe of intel chief over killing
Days later, his family found his body bearing signs of torture at a hospital morgue in Omdurman, the capital's twin city, triggering a public outcry.
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Lawyers walk out of Sudan ex-president trial in protest
Dozens of lawyers, in a hearing broadcast on Sudanese television, left the courtroom after the prosecutor, Tagelsir al-Hebr, read out the charges against ousted president Omar al-Bashir.
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Sudan's Bashir trial adjourned to 22 September
Bashir is also wanted by the International Criminal Court to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur. The United Nations estimates 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced.
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Western donors pledge some $900 million for Sudan's transition
The European Union donated 312 million euros ($349.94 million), the United States $356.2 million, Germany 150 million euros and France 100 million euros for various projects in Sudan, officials told the online event.
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Sudan committee seizes Bashir's bank account, closes FX bureaus
The Empowerment Removal Committee has been charged by the attorney general with dismantling the system built by President Omar al-Bashir after his ouster in April last year.
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Traced Bashir regime assets 'tip of iceberg'
Investigators have so far recovered hotels, farms, shopping centres, agricultural lands and other properties in Khartoum and other cities from the ex-leader's relatives and aides.
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Sudan says 3 jailed members of ousted Bashir regime have coronavirus
The Arab African country, which has reported 4,146 coronavirus cases and 184 deaths, released more than 4,000 prisoners in March as a precaution against the spread of the disease in jails.
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Sudan police fire teargas at Bashir supporters: witnesses
The protesters -- who lambasted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's recent austerity policies and higher food prices -- rallied in defiance of a ban on large gatherings to stem the coronavirus outbreak.
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Sudan economy in crisis almost year after Bashir ouster
Mass protests erupted in Sudan in late 2018 against a government decision to triple bread prices.
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Sudan women decry slow progress on rights since Bashir's fall
An activist involved from the start of the protest movement that ended Bashir's three-decade rule last April, Zeineb Badreddine will lead a demonstration in front of the Justice Ministry on Sunday to mark International Women's Day.
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Sudan fires scores of diplomats allegedly linked to Bashir
The Empowerment Removal Committee was formed under a law introduced in November to dismantle the system built by Bashir, who was ousted in April last year after nearly three decades in power.
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Head of Sudan ruling council 'pledges' ICC cooperation over Bashir
Omar al Bashir, also accused of crimes against humanity in Darfur, has been jailed in Khartoum since he was toppled after mass protests last year.
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Sudan to hand over Omar al-Bashir to ICC - reports
The former president faces charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over the conflict that broke out in the country's Darfur region in 2003.
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Sudan gives Israel initial okay for overflights - official
The meeting in Uganda between Sudan’s Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu stirred controversy in Sudan after Israeli officials said it would lead to normalising relations between the two former foes.
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Sudan sentences 27 intelligence agents to hang for teacher's killing
It was the first time courts have handed down convictions over crackdowns on demonstrations in the months before and after Bashir was toppled in April.
