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By Adel Abdelrheem KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan’s rulings Sovereign Council has denied reports about a meeting between its head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Islamic movement leaders. Sudan Tribune news portal, citing sources, said al-Burhan had met with Islamist leaders, including Secretary-General of the Islamic Movement Ali Karti, in the city of Port Sudan. The broadcaster […]

11th Sep 2023

Sudan: 43 killed in airstrike on Khartoum market

By Buhram Abdel-Men’em KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 43 people were killed in an airstrike on a marketplace in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Sunday, according to a medical group. In a statement, Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate said 55 people were also injured in the attack that targeted an open market in Mayo neighborhood in South […]

1st Jun 2023

Sudan: 17 civilians killed by heavy shelling in Khartoum

By Adel Abdel Rahim KHARTOUM (AA): At least 17 civilians were killed in clashes in the south of Sudan’s capital on Wednesday, local medics said as fighting continues between the country’s army and paramilitary forces. In a statement on Thursday, the Sudan Doctors Syndicate said the Mayo area witnessed heavy shelling late the previous night, […]

18th Apr 2023

Sudan: Fighting since weekend left 180 dead, 1,800 injured

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): More than 180 people have been killed and 1,800 injured in armed clashes between military rivals in Sudan since the weekend, said the UN’s envoy to Sudan on Monday. “Fighting has been going on almost uninterruptedly. It’s a very fluid situation. So it’s very difficult to say where the balance […]

16th Apr 2023

Sudan: Death toll rises to 56 as clashes continue

By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The death toll in ongoing clashes between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has reached 56 while the injured is 595, the central committee of the Sudanese doctors said in a statement Sunday. The committee called on the RSF and Sudanese Armed Forces to open humanitarian […]

5th Sep 2022

Sudan: 112 killed in flash floods

By Buhram Abdel-Men’em KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudanese authorities on Sunday put the death toll from torrential rains and flash floods at 112 since June. In a statement, the National Council for Civil Defense said 115 people were injured in addition to the collapse of 34,944 homes and the partial damage of 49,096 others. Last […]

24th Nov 2021

Sudan: Former foreign minister accuses Egypt, Israel of supporting Sudan ‘coup’

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Former Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi has accused Egypt and Israel of supporting what she described as a “military coup” in Sudan. Speaking at a virtual panel hosted by US think tank, the Atlantic Council, al-Mahdi said most countries have rejected the “coup” in Sudan. “Even countries that wanted to support […]

25th Oct 2021

Sudan: Military arrests members of govt, places premier under house arrest

By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan’s military arrested members of the civilian government and leaders of the ruling coalition of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), officials in the capital Khartoum announced early on Monday. The officials, who declined to be named, also confirmed that the military surrounded the residence of Prime […]

1st Dec 2020

Sudan: Israelis visit Sudan’s defense industry facilities

By Omer Erdem KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA):- A delegation from Israel visited Sudan’s capital Khartoum and held talks on military matters, the spokesperson for the transitional government said Sunday. Speaking to a local newspaper, Mohammed al-Faki Suleiman said the delegation did not discuss political issues. He said the delegation toured defense industry facilities of the Sudanese […]

24th Oct 2020

Sudan: Palestinians condemn normalization ties with Israel

By Mohammed Alamin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan declared official normalization of relations with Israel and a halt to any aggression with the Jewish state, Sudanese state television reported Friday. The normalisation has been condemned by Palestinians A joint statement said the leaders of Sudan, Israel and the US indicated that Tel Aviv and Washington […]

1st Jul 2019

Sudan: At least 7 killed, 181 injured in rally against military rule

By Husameldin Badawi Ahmed Almayl and Gulsen Topcu KHARTOUM (AA): At least seven people were killed as protesters staged mass rallies in the capital Khartoum and other states on Sunday demanding the ruling military council to hand over power to civilian authorities. Sulaiman Abdul Jabbar, undersecretary for the Health Ministry, confirmed the death toll to […]

7th Jun 2019

Sudan: African Union suspends Sudan as death toll rises to 113

By Omer Erdem KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan’s membership with immediate effect as the death toll rises to 113. “The AU Peace and Security Council has with immediate effect suspended the participation of the Republic of Sudan in all AU activities until the effective establishment of a civilian-led transitional […]

4th Jun 2019

Sudan: 35 killed as forces clear protest camp in capital

By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 35 demonstrators were killed and hundreds injured Monday as Sudanese security forces moved in to clear the main protest camp near the army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum. The head of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) announced early Tuesday that elections will be held within nine […]

27th Apr 2019

Sudanese continue protesting to demand civilian rule

KHARTOUM (AA) – Thousands continued to protest on Friday outside army headquarters in Khartoum to demand that Sudan’s ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC) hand over power to a civilian authority. In a Friday sermon delivered near the protest, Adam Ibrahim, a prominent preacher, urged the MTC to prosecute figures close to ousted President Omar al-Bashir […]

14th Apr 2019

Sudan: New transitional leader pledges large reforms

By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Days after the ouster of Sudan’s longtime leader, Omar Bashir, the new head of the country’s transitional military council on Saturday pledged large-scale political and economic reforms. In a televised address, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan announced the lifting of the state of emergency and the curfew imposed […]

13th Jan 2019

Sudan: Protests leave at least 24 dead

By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 24 people have been killed in Sudan since protests began on Dec. 19 over the country’s deteriorating economy, the country’s public officer said on Saturday. A total of 131 people were also injured during the protests, Amir Mohamed Ibrahim said at a news conference. Hundreds turned […]

21st Dec 2018

Sudan protests spread to Khartoum; 8 killed across the country

KHARTOUM (AA): Demonstrations in Sudan spread to capital Khartoum on Thursday while at least six protesters were killed in the eastern city of Gadarif. Two other protesters were killed in the city of Atbara, 400 kilometres east of Khartoum, governorate spokesman Ibrahim Mukhtar said. State of emergency was declared in Dangola and Gadarif cities, after […]

27th Jun 2018

Yemen: 9 civilians killed in Saudi coalition airstrike

By Murat al-Arifi and Ali Oweida SANA’A (AA): At least nine civilians were “mistakenly” killed on Tuesday and another 11 wounded in an air raid by the Saudi-led coalition in western Yemen’s Hudaydah province, a local military source said. The coalition’s fighter jets struck a bus carrying displaced people near a checkpoint for Yemen’s […]

26th Sep 2017

US: Trump’s new immigration ban does not include Saudi Arabia

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Saudi Arabia was excluded from the Donald Trump administration’s most recent effort to curb international immigration over security concerns because Riyadh met U.S.-mandated criteria, the White House said Monday. Saudi Arabia was home to 15 of the 19 Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers, and after the U.S. unveiled Trump’s third […]

29th Jun 2017

US sets new visa rules for 6 Muslim countries

By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria that require a “close” family or business relation in the U.S. for visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries, according to The Associated Press. The action comes after the Supreme Court decided Monday to allow part of a travel ban on refugees […]

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