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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...

Videos and pictures of a young woman leading chants in anti-government protests in Khartoum has gone viral overnight since it first appeared on 8 April, 2019. Pictures have been shared hundreds of thousands of times on...

At the biggest rally so far, thousands of protesters have marched to and staged a sit-in at the headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Khartoum since 6 April, 2019. In the fourth day of the...

The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), the entity leading the ongoing anti-government protests in Sudan, called out for a mass demonstration to the headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Khartoum and across Sudan in a protest dubbed...

As part of the ongoing anti-government protests in Sudan, the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) have called for a mass protest on Saturday, 6 April, which is dubbed (مليونية 6 ابريل (#مليونية6ابريل, which loosely translates to ‘A Million...

On 2 March 2019, students at the women-only Ahfad University for Women (AUW) in Omdurman, Sudan, staged a peaceful, musical sit-in within their campus as part of the ongoing anti-government protests in Sudan. Sitting in a circle,...

March is Women’s History Month! And this year, the 2019 theme for Women’s History Month is ‘Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence’.  As the National Women’s History Alliance said: ‘For generations, women have resolved conflicts in...

In October 2017, the US lifted economic and trade sanctions on Sudan, which have been in place since 1997, due to cooperation with the Sudanese government in fighting terrorism and reducing conflict. However, contrary to Sudanese hopes of improved economic conditions,...