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Ethiopia denies attack on Sudan, blames rebels for unrest
On Saturday Sudan's military said "several" soldiers had been killed in an attack by armed groups and militias linked to the Ethiopian military in the fertile...
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Sudanese security forces fire tear gas at anti-coup protests
Security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Omdurman as well as in the central state of North Kordofan and in North Darfur, witnesses said.
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Sudan's PM Hamdok calls for halt to post-coup sackings
Top General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had grabbed power and detained Hamdok on October 25 but, following international condemnation and mass protests, reinstated the premier last Sunday.
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Sudan still 'at mercy of military' after PM returns: experts
Releasing frail-looking Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok from house arrest may have eased pressure from the international community, but the episode ultimately proved the military's grip on power, they warn.
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Sudan PM Hamdok reinstated after coup, protester killed
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan appeared at the presidential palace in Khartoum for a televised ceremony with a haggard looking premier Abdalla Hamdok, emerging from weeks of house arrest.
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Sudan PM Hamdok to return to government after deal: mediators
Sudan's top military leader and the prime minister he ousted last month have reached a deal for the premier's return to government and the release of detained civilian leaders, mediators said on Sunday.
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Killing of protesters in Sudan 'utterly shameful': UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said her office had repeatedly appealed to Sudan's military and security forces "to refrain from the use of unnecessary and disproportionate force against demonstrators".
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Police disperse Sudan protesters after deadliest day since coup
Police fired tear gas to disperse dozens of anti-coup protesters who had stayed on the streets of north Khartoum overnight, braving an intensifying crackdown that has drawn international condemnation, witnesses said.
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10 shot dead in crackdown on Sudan anti-coup protests
The fatalities -- all in Khartoum, especially its northern districts -- raised to 34 the death toll from unrest since the military seized power, a pro-democracy doctors' union said. Hundreds more have been wounded.
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Death toll from latest Sudan protest rises to 8: medics
Three teenagers were among those who lost their lives during the latest mass protests on Saturday, which were met with the deadliest crackdown since the October 25 coup.
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Sudan court orders end to internet cut but services still offline
Online access in Sudan has largely been blocked since October 25, the day of a widely condemned military coup, and phone lines have also been intermittently disrupted.
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Sudan anti-coup protesters block streets
Sudanese anti-coup demonstrators built street barricades in and around the capital overnight on Saturday following calls for civil disobedience to protest last month's military coup.
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UN rights chief: Sudan’s deadly coup is ‘deeply disturbing’
The UN Human Rights Council has convened a special session to discuss a draft resolution condemning the coup.
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Sudan's army says government formation 'imminent' after military takeover
The military power grab on October 25 prompted local and international mediators to push for a compromise between the two sides.
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Sudanese security forces kill two during anti-coup protests: medics ab-mz/it
"Two demonstrators were killed in the city of Omdurman by the putschist military council," the independent Central Committee of Sudan's Doctors said in a tweet.
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Opposition to Sudan military coup grows
The decision by Sudan's Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to dissolve the country's government this week sparked angry street protests but he is also facing mounting opposition on multiple other fronts.
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Sudan anti-coup protests defy military, rebuild barricades
Seven protesters have been confirmed killed since Monday by morgues in Khartoum and its sister city Omdurman, a health official said, adding that more corpses had since been received, some with wounds caused by "sharp tools".
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African Union suspends Sudan over 'unconstitutional' seizure of power
Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday ordered the dissolution of the government and declared a state of emergency, sparking widespread international condemnation.
