Why the Bouficha Appeal stands for the aspirations of people who want an end to militarized violence on earth. On March 15, 1950, the World Peace Council sent out the Stockholm Appeal, a short text ...
The countries included in Trump’s extended travel ban include Nigeria, Eritrea, Burma, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania and Sudan. The White House announced on Saturday that six new countries would be added to the list of those whose ...
“We are not Muslims, we are not Christians, we are not Arabs, we are not Africans, we are Sudanese.” – Secretary General of Sudan’s Council of Churches, Father William Deng For the first time in ...
The U.S. announced sanctions targeting two South Sudanese officials as a deadline for forming a national unity government is again moved back. After much frustration over stalled efforts to form a unity government in South ...
“The US sanctions will shape the trajectory of this transitional government. If it goes wrong it will take years to reverse the damage.” In an exclusive interview with The Independent on Sunday, Sudanese Prime Minister ...
A decree was passed yesterday prohibiting the participation of al-Bashir’s National Congress Party (NCP) in political activities for 10 years. The properties and assets of the party are to be confiscated and its members removed ...
After signing a peace deal last year to end South Sudan’s six-year-long civil war, the country is still struggling to form a transitional government. Violent clashes were reported Thursday in South Sudan, leaving two people ...
The U.S. has grown increasingly wary of South Sudan’s failure to form a national unity government, yet U.S. officials have refused to take firm action despite previous warnings. Sudanese Defense Minister Jamal Edlin Omar met ...
Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of bearing responsibility for the deaths of thousands of Sudanese soldiers during the Yemen War. In a televised press conference over the weekend, a spokesperson for the Yemen-based ...
Egypt and Ethiopia are locked in a stalemate over the massive Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project that Egypt worries could curtail their water supply. In response to Tuesday remarks that suggested the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy ...
Sudan is eager to be removed from the U.S.’ list of states that harbor terrorism but also not ready to normalize relations with Israel. On the sideline of the meeting between Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla ...
After a disastrous civil war and much negotiation between opposing factions, South Sudan is beginning to form a transitional government. Both the president of South Sudan Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Riek Machar agreed ...
While many challenges lie ahead for Sudan’s new government, 18 cabinet members have already been named to serve out the coming three-year transitional period. The beginnings of a new Sudanese cabinet – the first since ...
Testimony by a high-ranking police officer was a part of the Sudanese court hearing Monday, Aug. 19. The officer said that Omar Al Bashir had admitted that some of the money he kept for himself ...
Sudan’s military announced all officers involved in the Monday deaths of protestors were fired and will be brought to justice. The news brings hope a civil government will soon form. A spokesman for Sudan’s Transitional ...
Only weeks after Sudan celebrated the signing of a power-sharing agreement between Sudan’s military and opposition groups, five high schoolers were killed by Sudan’s military while protesting. Sudanese transitional authorities decided on Tuesday to suspend ...
According to the power-sharing agreement, a total of six civilians and five military leaders will rule the country until an election is held in three years. Following weeks of deadly protests and a series of ...
Sudan’s power-sharing deal will include a joint investigation of recent waves of violence across Sudan and the formation of a technocrat government of independent national figures. The Sudanese opposition Coalition of Freedom and Change said ...
The Sudanese military claims a coalition government is in the works, but Sudanese citizens continued protests over the weekend to keep up the pressure for a democratic future. Large crowds of people took to the ...
“We have met with representatives of all categories of the Sudanese people and we want to make sure that all rumors that could prevent Sudan from realizing stability, are totally removed.” Sudan’s transitional military council ...
“The breaking up of the sit-in was one of the main points on the agenda that was discussed. Unless he got the green light from his regional allies he would not have been able to ...
Ethiopia is offering to mediate discussions between the Sudanese military and opposition leaders after over 100 protestors were killed in a military crackdown. The Sudanese coalition for the opposition said on Friday that they would ...
After killing 35 and injuring hundreds of protesters, the notorious paramilitary force, RSF, has overrun the capital city, terrorizing the citizens seen on the streets. (Peoples Dispatch) The Transitional Military Council (TMC), through which the ...
Over the past few days, protesters had camped in front of army headquarters, urging soldiers to join the months-long protests. (Peoples Dispatch) Omar al-Bashir, who was president of Sudan for nearly 30 years, has been ...
Ethiopia is building a dam that threatens Egypt’s access to water – a country that is expected to hit “absolute water scarcity” by 2030. The famous Nile River is a source of intense disagreement between ...
The government of Sudan is facing international pressure to release Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese girl sentenced to death for killing her husband after he repeatedly raped her. Using the Twitter hashtag #JusticeForNoura, activists around ...
There could be light at the end of the tunnel for the more than 12 million people of South Sudan who have had to contend with violent and politically instigated clashes over the last five ...
Sudan, the last male northern white rhino died on March 19th, but his DNA lives on thanks in part to Sudan’s dashing Tinder profile. Conservationists, environmentalists and animal lovers everywhere mourned the loss of Sudan, ...
During an interview on Democracy Now General Wesley Clark reveals the Bush presidency's response to 9/11 was to take out 7 middle eastern countries in 5 years.