Sudan Protests

It all began on 19 December 2018 in the eastern city of Atbara, the first city to take to the streets in protest of a hike in bread prices. Soon, they began to call for the...

Since 19 December 2018, images and videos of protests in Sudan have been flooding social media. Some show violence, blood and death as National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) responded to protests with live ammunition, rubber bullets...

Over a week ago, Sudanese Professionals Association called for further anti-government protests on 17 January in greater Khartoum and other cities in the fourth week of the Sudan uprising. Anti-government protests continued across Sudan throughout the...

‘اتق شر الحليم اذا غضب’ An Arabic proverb that goes along the lines of ‘Be wary of the forbearing (slow-to-anger), if they become angry’. As we speak, Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, who has been in...

It is 2008, the Kenyan election has just started. Violence erupts around the country after widespread perception that the count of the presidential election was modified in favour of then Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, leaving millions of...

December 2018 marked the beginning of the Sudan uprising or revolution with anti-government protests breaking out across the country, calling for the downfall of President Omar Al Bashir and his regime. As peaceful demonstrations flooded the...

The anti-governement protests of Omdurman on 9 January 2019, which saw the largest number of protesters of the ongoing Sudan uprising, turned deadly as police forces responded to the peaceful demonstrations with live ammunition, rubber bullets, and...

On Wednesday, 9 January 2019, Sudan witnessed its largest anti-government protest of the ongoing Sudan uprising, which began on 19 December 2018 over shortages and rising prices of essential commodities. Over 20,000 protesters in Omdurman marched...

When the ongoing protests began in Sudan on 19 December 2018, calling for the overthrow of President Omar Al Bashir, quite a few took a step back to contemplate the implications — what comes next? As...

The first day of the new year marks Sudan’s Independence Day, which is celebrated as a national holiday with elaborate festivities across Sudan. On 1 January 1956, Sudan gained its independence from the British ruling, coinciding Sudan’s Independence Day...