Sudan News

At dawn on Monday, 3 June and the 29th day of the holy month of Ramadan, government forces began shooting at peaceful protesters in an attempt to disassemble the mass sit-in in Al Qeyada at the...

According to the Alliance of Freedom and Change, the two-day national strike has been successful with the participation of at least 90% of the offices, banks, shops, schools, clinics, hospitals and even Khartoum International Airport.  Protesters...

Prominent opposition leader, Ali Mahmoud Hassanein, has passed away in Sudan early morning on Friday, 24 May at the age of 85. The cause of death is yet to be determined. #السودان #سونا| المجلس العسكري ينعى فقيد البلاد الأستاذ...

On 19 May, the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Alliance of Freedom and Change gathered around the table, after a 72-hour long period of suspending negotiations, to resume negotiations to determine or finalise an interim...

Egyptian actress Shimaa Seif has faced backlash after appearing on a Ramadan TV prank show, “Elshak2labaz”, on MBC Masr in blackface in a demeaning imitation of a Sudanese woman. Dressed in the Sudanese toub, Seif attempts to...

Cofftea Trading Co Ltd, a leading tea and coffee company in Sudan, has awarded the three young men who went viral for a street song they came up with to encourage protesters to have tea in...

One of the most well-known South Sudanese journalists, Alfred Taban Logune, died on Saturday, 27 April, 2019 at the age of 62. The veteran journalist turned politician died in Uganda where he has been hospitalised for months...

Since 6 April, Sudan has been witnessing the largest and longest sit-in in Sudanese history with at least five million protesters camping at the headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Khartoum. On 11 April,...

On 11 April, Defense Minister, Awad Ibn Auf announced the ousting of Omar Al Bashir and the formation of a new transitional Military Council. Ibn Auf was then sworn in as de facto ruler of the Military...

In the early hours of 11 April, Sudan’s military announced that they will be making a statement that will be broadcasted on national TV and all radio stations. A few hours later, news of the step down...