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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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Apr
13
2024
By The African Mirror
Why is Sudan still at war a year on?

Why is Sudan still at war a year on?

NEWS
A conflict in Sudan that erupted a year ago has wreaked havoc across swathes of the country, unleashed waves of ethnic violence in Darfur, driven millions into extreme hunger and created the world's largest displacement crisis. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tensions had been building for months before fighting between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in the capital Khartoum on April 15, 2023. The army and RSF had been in a fragile partnership after toppling a civilian government in an October 2021 coup, a move that derailed a transition from the rule of Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir, who was…
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Jun
29
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudan: Hidden Islamic hand in war

Sudan: Hidden Islamic hand in war

NEWS
THOUSANDS of men who worked as intelligence operatives under former president Omar al-Bashir and have ties to his Islamist movement are fighting alongside the army in Sudan's war, three military sources and one intelligence source said, complicating efforts to end the bloodshed. The army and a paramilitary force have been battling each other in Khartoum, Darfur and elsewhere for 10 weeks in Africa's third largest country by area, displacing 2.5 million people, causing a humanitarian crisis and threatening to destabilise the region. Reinforcements for either side could deepen the conflict. The army has long denied accusations by its rivals in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that it depends…
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Apr
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Omar al-Bashir brutalised Sudan – how his 30-year legacy is playing out today

Omar al-Bashir brutalised Sudan – how his 30-year legacy is playing out today

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
SINCE independence in 1956 the Sudanese have lived through 35 coups, attempted coups and coup plots – more than any other African country. When the 2019 uprising against long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir created a military-civilian transitional government, the Sudanese hoped that their country would transition to democratic rule. But their hopes were dashed in October 2021 when Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a coup against his civilian counterparts in the transitional government. Author WILLOW BERRIDGE, Lecturer in History, Newcastle University In the latest round of conflict that began on 15 April 2023, civil war looms as the security actors who benefited…
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Apr
13
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR
Sudan fatwa call worries UN as Bashir loyalists up activity

Sudan fatwa call worries UN as Bashir loyalists up activity

NEWS
THE United Nations expressed concern about a request for a fatwa seeking the assassination of its head in Sudan, as loyalists of ousted leader Omar al-Bashir stepped up opposition to a draft deal for a new civilian government. In a video on social media, a man calling himself only Abdelmoneim is seen speaking to a gathering in Khartoum that included pro-Bashir politicians seeking inclusion in the deal. "I volunteer to assassinate Volker, and I request a fatwa (religious legal opinion) to make his blood permissible," the man said, referring to U.N. envoy Volker Perthes. Government sources said an investigation had…
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Apr
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan transition deal delayed, protesters march against talks

Sudan transition deal delayed, protesters march against talks

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ THE head of Sudan's army said he remained committed to a plan for a new transition towards elections, despite disputes over the integration of a paramilitary force that has twice delayed the signing of a final deal. The agreement, which provides for the formation of a civilian government and is strongly supported by the international community, is meant to end a political vacuum that followed an October 2021 coup. But the signing was postponed for a second time late on Wednesday as the army and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued negotiations over what commitments they would make…
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Apr
13
2022
By The African Mirror
Sudanese protesters mark third anniversary of Bashir’s ouster with fresh protests

Sudanese protesters mark third anniversary of Bashir’s ouster with fresh protests

NEWS
CROWDS of Sudanese protesters gathered in parts of the capital and other Sudanese cities, on the third anniversary of Omar al-Bashir's ouster to protest the prospect of renewed military rule. Bashir was ousted after three decades in power by a group of his top generals, who later entered into a power-sharing government with the civilian groups that had led months of protests in 2019. That arrangement ended on October 25 when the same military leaders, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, staged a coup, which plunged the country into economic and political turmoil. "Bashir's downfall did not mean a final…
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Apr
08
2022
By The African Mirror
Jailed head of Sudan’s outlawed ex-ruling party to be freed

Jailed head of Sudan’s outlawed ex-ruling party to be freed

NEWS
THE jailed head of Sudan's former ruling party is to be freed, his lawyer told Reuters, becoming the most senior figure from the deposed regime of Omar al-Bashir to have charges of crimes against the state dropped since a coup last October. Ibrahim Ghandour, who also served as foreign minister in ex-President Bashir's outlawed National Congress Party (NCP), was found innocent of undermining the constitution, financing terrorism, and plotting the assassination of former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok along with other attacks, lawyer Abdelrahman Alkhalifa said. Leaders of the coup - which ended a power-sharing agreement between civilian political parties and…
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Apr
08
2022
By The African Mirror
Draft Sudan deal cements military’s grip

Draft Sudan deal cements military’s grip

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ FACTIONS aligned with Sudan's military have drawn up a deal to form a transitional government that would cement the army's control and bypass pro-democracy groups it shared power with before an October coup, according to a document seen by Reuters and three sources familiar with the agreement. The draft deal comes with the military under pressure from a deteriorating economy and frequent protests that have continued despite a lethal crackdown by security forces. The military takeover derailed a transition that had raised hopes in Sudan of an end to decades of autocracy, civil conflict and economic isolation after…
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Sep
24
2021
By The African Mirror
After fall of Bashir, Sudan closes door on Hamas

After fall of Bashir, Sudan closes door on Hamas

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ, NAFISA ELTAHIR and JOHN IRISH SUDANESE authorities have taken control of lucrative assets that for years provided backing for Hamas, shedding light on how the country served as a haven for the Palestinian militant group under former leader Omar al-Bashir. The takeover of at least a dozen companies that officials say were linked to Hamas has helped accelerate Sudan's realignment with the West since Bashir's overthrow in 2019. Over the past year, Khartoum has won removal from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism (SST) list and is on course for relief of more than $50 billion in debt.…
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