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Apr
16
2024
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s year-old war: The build-up and the turmoil

Sudan’s year-old war: The build-up and the turmoil

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
SUDAN is now a year into a war between rival military factions that has killed thousands, forced millions to flee and created a humanitarian catastrophe. Below is a timeline of the events that led up to the conflict and the turmoil that followed: THE BUILD-UP Dec. 19, 2018 - Hundreds protest in the northern city of Atbara against soaring bread prices. Demonstrations spurred by a broader economic crisis soon spread to Khartoum and other cities. Security services respond with tear gas and gunfire. April 6, 2019 - Hundreds of thousands begin a sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum. Five days later the…
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Jan
03
2024
By The African Mirror
Sudanese paramilitary leader Hemedti meets civilian leaders on tour

Sudanese paramilitary leader Hemedti meets civilian leaders on tour

NEWS
THE leader of Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo met with civilian pro-democracy politicians in Addis Ababa, the latest stop in a foreign tour as his troops take the upper hand in a devastating nine-month war. The meeting comes as General Dagalo, known as Hemedti, has appeared to present himself as a possible leader of a country now home to the world's largest displacement crisis, with little aid reaching millions in need amid threats of famine. He has also been received by leaders in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, which army head and Sudan's head of state Abdel…
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Sep
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Trade Boost: South Sudan, Sudan to re-open border

Trade Boost: South Sudan, Sudan to re-open border

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD Sudan and South Sudan will reopen their borders on October 1 for the first time in 11 years, in a deal expected to re-calibrate trade between the two states and usher in a new diplomatic dawn for the erstwhile foes. Sudan's reformist Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and South Sudan President Salva Kiir said in a joint statement last week that their borders will be opened at four crossings to allow free movement of goods and people. These are Buram–Timsah in Western Behr El Ghazal state, Meram—Wanjok in Northern Behr El Ghazal State, Jebelain Renk in Upper Nile…
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Jul
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Ex-Sudan ruling party members arrested

Ex-Sudan ruling party members arrested

NEWS
SUDANESE authorities said they arrested scores of members of the former ruling party, accusing them of plotting "acts of destruction", as young people took to the streets in separate pro-democracy protests in the capital. Police detained at least 200 members of the National Congress Party (NCP), officials said, the 32nd anniversary of the coup that brought that party's former leader, ex-President Omar al-Bashir, to power. Bashir was in turn ousted in 2019 and replaced by a shaky military-civilian transitional government that has promised to hold elections and has regularly accused NCP loyalists of trying to undermine its work and disrupt…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s prime minister warns of risk of chaos, civil war

Sudan’s prime minister warns of risk of chaos, civil war

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ  SUDAN's prime minister warned on Tuesday of the risk of chaos and civil war fomented by loyalists of the previous regime as he sought to defend reforms meant to pull the country out of a deep economic crisis and stabilise a political transition. Abdalla Hamdok made the comments in a televised address days after young men carrying clubs and sticks blocked roads in the capital Khartoum following the removal of fuel subsidies. Hamdok's government serves under a fragile military-civilian power-sharing deal struck after a popular uprising spurred the army to overthrow veteran leader Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s public prosecutor resigns

Sudan’s public prosecutor resigns

NEWS
SUDAN’S Sovereign Council accepted the resignation of the public prosecutor and relieved the head of the judiciary from her position, according to a council statement. No reason for the decision was given, though the statement noted that Public Prosecutor Tajalsir al-Hibir had repeatedly asked to step down. The council made the announcement less than a week after two protesters were killed at demonstrations marking the anniversary of a deadly raid on a protest site during the 2019 uprising that toppled former president Omar al-Bashir. Reaction to last week's killings is seen as a test of the fragile relationship between civilian…
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Apr
06
2021
By The African Mirror
US, Sudan discuss peace process

US, Sudan discuss peace process

NEWS
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke yesterday with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on efforts to advance the peace process and promote political reforms, the State Department said in a statement. The two also discussed negotiations related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the need to lower tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia, according to the statement.
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Mar
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan requests mediation over Ethiopian dam

Sudan requests mediation over Ethiopian dam

NEWS
SUDAN’S prime minister has written to the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States to formally request their mediation on the Nile water being used to fill Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Sudanese foreign ministry announced yesterday. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok expressed concern over Ethiopia's stated intention of adding more water to the reservoir behind the hydropower dam for a second year in letters sent on Saturday, the statement added. Sudan had already floated the idea of the four-party mediation with Egyptian support after an African Union-led mediation effort stalled.
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Dec
14
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s offer to broker ceasefire in Tigray “unnecesary”

Sudan’s offer to broker ceasefire in Tigray “unnecesary”

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ SUDAN’S Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has visited Ethiopia briefly with what three senior Sudanese government officials said was an offer to broker a ceasefire in its northern Tigray region, a proposal Ethiopia said was unnecessary because fighting had stopped. Hamdok, who was accompanied by Sudanese security officials, planned to present his concerns about threats to Sudan's security along its border with Tigray during the visit, the officials said. However, Hamdok returned within a few hours from what Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had earlier described as a two-day trip. Fighting erupted on November 4 between Ethiopia's government and…
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