Africa: Sudan

The attack took place in the southeastern town of Romans-sur-Isere. By JEFF PACHOUD (AFP)

Three Sudanese arrested over French 'terror' stabbing

Apr 5, 2020

French police have arrested three Sudanese nationals in a terror probe after a stabbing spree in the southeast left two ...

South Sudan has been hosting peace talks since last year between Khartoum's post-uprising administration and rebel groups that fought the ousted regime of longtime president Omar al-Bashir. By Akuot Chol (AFP/File)

Sudan defence minister dies at Juba peace talks

Mar 25, 2020

Sudanese Defence Minister Lieutenant General Jamal al-Din Omar died of an unspecified illness Wednesday while in neighbo ...

Hospital wards overflow with young men disfigured by machine gun fire. By TONY KARUMBA (AFP/File)

South Sudan's road to peace marred by 'unconsciona...

Mar 13, 2020

The cattle rustlers were asleep, resting ahead of a raid, when automatic gunfire tore through their camp. Ambushed by ri ...

Sudanese have been enduring hours-long queues to buy bread for months as the economy shows few signs of improvement since the ouster of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in April last year. By ASHRAF SHAZLY (AFP)

Sudan economy in crisis almost year after Bashir o...

Mar 13, 2020

Sudan's economy has sunk into a deep crisis since the overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir almost a year ago, r ...

Sudanese rescue teams and security forces circle damaged vehicles at the site of a bomb attack targeting the convoy of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who survived the attack unharmed. By ASHRAF SHAZLY (AFP)

Sudan's post-uprising PM unharmed in assassination...

Mar 9, 2020

Sudan's post-uprising Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survived unharmed after a bomb and gun attack targeted his convoy Mo ...

Sudan PM unharmed in assassination bid: top aide

Mar 9, 2020

Sudan's post-uprising Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok escaped unharmed Monday as an assassination attempt using explosives ...

In Mogok there was little choice, either an airdrop of tonnes of grains and cereals, or people would have simply perished. By TONY KARUMBA (AFP/File)

In starving South Sudan, peace is no guarantee of ...

Mar 9, 2020

The villagers hear the distant roar of jet engines before a cargo plane makes a deafening pass over Mogok, dropping sack ...

Sudanese activist Zeineb says nothing has been done to advance women's rights since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir. By ASHRAF SHAZLY (AFP)

Sudan women decry slow progress on rights since Ba...

Mar 8, 2020

Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists ar ...

A Sudanese protester chants slogans in the capital Khartoum's Green Square on July 18, 2019, during a rally to honour comrades killed in the months-long protest movement that has rocked the country. By Ebrahim HAMID (AFP/File)

Sudan crackdown may have killed up to 241 last Jun...

Mar 6, 2020

Sudanese security forces deliberately killed scores of people, possibly as many as 241, in a crackdown on a pro-democrac ...

Sudan June crackdown killed 241 people: rights gro...

Mar 5, 2020

Sudanese security forces deliberately killed 241 people in a crackdown on a pro-democracy protesters in June, an interna ...

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (C) embraced Vice-President Riek Machar (L) in a step towards peace. By ALEX MCBRIDE (AFP)

South Sudan's path to peace still littered with ob...

Feb 24, 2020

South Sudan's main rivals are once again uncomfortably sharing power, but analysts warn it will be a long and perilous p ...

South Sudan: New Unity Government Must Not Make Th...

Feb 22, 2020

Following the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity in South Sudan, Amnesty Internat ...

South Sudan Forms Unity Government as Tb Joshua’s ...

Feb 22, 2020

Saturday 22nd February 2020 is set to go down as a historic date in South Sudan as a unity government between onc ...

Bitter South Sudan Rivals Salva Kiir (left) and opposition leader Riek Machar (right) at talks last year which have finally produced a new government. By Majak Kuany, Majak Kuany (AFP)

S.Sudan rebel leader Machar sworn in as vice presi...

Feb 22, 2020

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar was sworn-in as first vice president on Saturday, formally rejoining the government ...

Hands together: South Sudan President Salva Kiir, left, and rebel leader Riek Machar in Juba on December 17 last year. By Majak Kuany, Majak Kuany (AFP/File)

S.Sudan rebel leader appointed vice president

Feb 21, 2020

South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday appointed rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, after the two men final ...

Sudanese protesters in the capital Khartoum call for the reinstatement of soldiers forced into retirement after they voiced support for last year's revolution. By ASHRAF SHAZLY (AFP)

Sudan police fire tear gas, disperse protests over...

Feb 20, 2020

Sudanese police fired tear gas Thursday at hundreds of protesters in Khartoum calling for the reinstatement of soldiers ...

The two have agreed to join forces for the third time since independence in 2011 -- an experiment which has twice previously ended in disaster. By Michael O'HAGAN (AFP/File)

S.Sudan's warring leaders to form long-delayed uni...

Feb 20, 2020

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed on Thursday to form a unity government, a long-dela ...