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FILE: A grab from a broadcast on Sudan TV shows Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdulrahman taking oath on 12 April 2019 as chief of the new military council, in the capital Khartoum. Picture: AFP

Omar al bashir

Dirco condemns detaining of Sudan PM, govt officials amid a 'coup'

By Lauren Isaacs

The military's general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has declared a state of emergency and announced a formation of a new government in what activists have denounced...

  • FILE: A grab from a broadcast on Sudan TV shows Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdulrahman taking oath on 12 April 2019 as chief of the new military council, in the capital Khartoum. Picture: AFP

    Sudan's military 'dominant' despite power-sharing deal

    Sudan's military ousted and detained long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April 2019 after months of mass protests against his rule.

    333 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir on 14 March 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Sudan's Omar al-Bashir: key dates

    Sudan's deposed dictator Omar al-Bashir is to be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes in Darfur.

    366 days ago
  • Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Picture: @SudanPMHamdok/Twitter

    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 agreement reached in October with several rebel groups.

    410 days ago
  • Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Picture: @SudanPMHamdok/Twitter

    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.

    456 days ago
  • FILE: Sudanese protestors chant slogans demanding civilian rule on 30 June 2019 during a rally in Khartoum's southern al-Sahafa district. Police fired tear gas at protesters in Khartoum as thousands gathered for a mass demonstration against Sudan's ruling generals, amid international calls for restraint to avoid a new deadly crackdown. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    457 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    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.

    490 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    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.

    591 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during his corruption trial in Khartoum on 24 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    675 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during his corruption trial in Khartoum on 24 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    696 days ago
  • FILE: Abdalla Hamdok speaks after being sworn in as Sudan's interim prime minister in the capital Khartoum on 21 August 2019.  Picture: AFP

    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.

    777 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during his corruption trial in Khartoum on 24 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    793 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during his corruption trial in Khartoum on 24 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    803 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during his corruption trial in Khartoum on 24 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    806 days ago
  • FILE: Omar al-Bashir is escorted before being driven in an armed convoy from the Kober prison to the prosecutor's office in North Khartoum on 16 June 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    848 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during his corruption trial in Khartoum on 24 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    882 days ago
  • Sudanese activist Zeineb Badreddine talks to AFP during an interview at her home in Omdurman, near the capital Khartoum, on 7 March 2020. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    887 days ago
  • FILE: Sudan's deposed military ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant's cage during his corruption trial in Khartoum on 24 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    893 days ago
  • FILE: Omar al-Bashir is escorted before being driven in an armed convoy from the Kober prison to the prosecutor's office in North Khartoum on 16 June 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    911 days ago
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