24 December 2024

Sudan Demonstrations

  • The Attacks of 13 May

    by - May 22, 2019
    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...
  • Inside Al Qeyada

    by - May 5, 2019
    The Sudanese uprising begin on 19 December 2018 and continues to this day. The protests began in smaller numbers in cities outside the capital and found their way in larger numbers in Khartoum and across the...
  • Everything You Need To Know About Sudan Right Now: Part II

    by - Apr 16, 2019
    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...
  • One Million Protesters to Join Anti-Government Street Protests on 6 April

    by - Apr 2, 2019
    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...
  • Sudan After The Fall

    by - Mar 13, 2019
    In 1989, Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir seized power after a coup masterminded by the late Sudanese politician Dr Hassan Al Turabi. The purpose of the coup was to establish an Islamic government, and to ‘save’...
  • Sudan Protests Unearth Police Brutality

    by - Mar 11, 2019
    It has been three months since anti-government protests began in Sudan. The protests began on a small-scale on 19 December 2018 due to a hike in prices of basic commodities such as bread and fuel shortages and...
  • Sudanese Professional Association Calls on March to Honour Sudanese Women

    by - Mar 7, 2019
    As part of the ongoing anti-government protests in Sudan, Sudanese Professional Association (SPA) called on protesters across the country to partake in a march on Thursday, 7 March #موكب7مارس in honour of Sudanese women. تأكيد دعوة الخروج...
  • Ahfad Student Sit-in Inspires ‘White Toub’ Trend

    by - Mar 5, 2019
    On 2 March 2019, students at the women-only Ahfad University for Women (AUW), a private higher education university in Omdurman and one of the top universities in Sudan, staged a peaceful and musical sit-in within their campus as part of...
  • NISS Forces Attack Students at UMST

    by - Feb 26, 2019
    On 24 February 2019, students at the University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) were attacked by National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) forces after joining the ongoing peaceful protests. The protests began within the campus at approximately...
  • Al Bashir’s Speech Fuels More Protests

    by - Feb 24, 2019
    Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir delivered a televised broadcast speech at the Presidential Palace on Friday, 22 February 2019, declaring a nationwide year-long state of emergency, following two months of deadly anti-government protests. Countering protests calling...