Omar al bashir
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...
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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.
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Sudan opens Darfur crimes probe against Bashir regime figures
The conflict between pro-government forces and ethnic minority rebels left around 300,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced, according to the United Nations.
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Sudanese flood streets a year after start of uprising that toppled Bashir
Marchers gathered in different parts of the capital Khartoum and in the city of Atbara where protests began against dire economic conditions on 19 December last year.
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Bakeries bountiful in birthplace of Sudan's bread uprising
In was in the dusty streets of the central town on the banks of the River Nile that Sudanese demonstrators held their first rallies against the government's decision.
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Sudan's Bashir questioned over 1989 coup that brought him to power
Omar al Bashir, who ruled Sudan until the military removed him in April following months of street protests, was charged in May with incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters.
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Sudan adopts law to dissolve Bashir party, 'dismantle' regime
Bashir and his Islamist National Congress Party (NCP) had ruled the northeast African country since 1989 before a nationwide protest movement resulted in him being deposed earlier this year.
